Re: FPS

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Sonofagun wrote:Hey, just wondering if anyone's familiar with an arrows speed compared to the equipment your using.

I'm shooting approx. 200fps, I think.
http://www.huntersfriend.com/bow-review ... nd-bow.htm

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Try this link. http://www.huntersfriend.com/bowselection.htm

I tried to find a graph showing AMO or IBO verses bow Lbs. No luck yet.

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Re: FPS

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Sonofagun wrote:Hey, just wondering if anyone's familiar with an arrows speed compared to the equipment your using.

I'm shooting approx. 200fps, I think.
http://www.huntersfriend.com/bow-review ... nd-bow.htm
Have you shot through a chronograph to confirm? That is the only real way to prove what's on the paper, so to speak. I have found over the past few years that this is one of the most useful shooting accessories I have ever purchased.

Lot's of factors determine arrow speed. Fletching, shaft weight, weight of the tip (broadhead or field point) all play a factor, as do draw length and poundage.

One thing to remember when you are picking out a bow...those FPS numbers in the brochure are almost always measured at the maximum draw length and maximum poundage a bow can deliver. So that 340 fps that high end Hoyt or Matthews says it can get in the magazine was probably measured at 32" draw and 80# of weight with some uber light carbon fiber shafts.
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bumDharma wrote:
Sonofagun wrote:Hey, just wondering if anyone's familiar with an arrows speed compared to the equipment your using.

I'm shooting approx. 200fps, I think.
http://www.huntersfriend.com/bow-review ... nd-bow.htm
Have you shot through a chronograph to confirm? That is the only real way to prove what's on the paper, so to speak. I have found over the past few years that this is one of the most useful shooting accessories I have ever purchased.

Lot's of factors determine arrow speed. Fletching, shaft weight, weight of the tip (broadhead or field point) all play a factor, as do draw length and poundage.

One thing to remember when you are picking out a bow...those FPS numbers in the brochure are almost always measured at the maximum draw length and maximum poundage a bow can deliver. So that 340 fps that high end Hoyt or Matthews says it can get in the magazine was probably measured at 32" draw and 80# of weight with some uber light carbon fiber shafts.
Are you sure a chronograph is slow enough? I don't know much about them and no I just tried to figure it out mathmatically and without regard to arrow charactoristics. Every arrow I have is either bent, split, missing fletching, some have plastic fletching some have feathers, all my target points are fucked so I took the blades out of a bunch of rocky mtns.
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A pretty basic Chrony chronograph can measure speeds from 30 fps to 7000 fps. It'll measure your bow no sweat.

Now it sounds to me like you have major issues with your arrows.

You need to have a dozen arrows all with the same weight and size of shaft, the same fletching, and the same weight and style tips, otherwise you'll never get consistent arrow flight.

Think of it like reloading your own cartridges. If you have all different powders, primers, bullet weights, seating depths, etc...you will never get consistent results.
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