Speed of your Trad bows

Schultzy · 01-19-2008, 08:06 PM

Yes I've been bored lately= Reason for posting another thread. How many fps do you get with your Trad Bows?

JimPic · 01-19-2008, 08:50 PM

My Widow's shoot mid to high 170's,my Shafer Silvertip will do mid to high 180's and my Northern Mist longbow is in the mid 170's.All arrows were about 9gr/lb of draw wgt

SteveBNy · 01-19-2008, 09:14 PM

My DAS is 193 at 9gr/lb.
Have it setup for 3D now - getting 212 at 6.4 gr/lb

Steve

Schultzy · 01-19-2008, 09:25 PM

The last time I checked mine which was about 8 years ago I was getting right around 220 fps give or take. It can wing them out there very quick for a recurve but I'm also shooting 73lbs at my draw weight. I'd like to do it again to see if it would be any less as the bow gets older. My dads Big Horn recurve would put them out about 200 fps when it was new 20 years back.

SteveBNy · 01-19-2008, 09:43 PM

Schultzy- really need to have gr/lb of draw or total arrow and draw wght's to make comparison's.

Schultzy · 01-19-2008, 10:21 PM

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ORIGINAL: SteveBNy

Schultzy- really need to have gr/lb of draw or total arrow and draw wght's to make comparison's.

I have no idea what it would be gr/lb. I'm shooting 22/16 Aluminum arrows tipped with 125 grain heads shooting 73lbs at 29" with 30" arrows 4 fletched with 4" feathers. If anything I think I'm shooting a heavy set up. I don't have a clue on how to figure out that gr/lb stuff, I don't get into that technical stuff to much. The intent of this thread wasn't to see who's bow was quicker, I was just curious as to what speed different traditional bows were comparing Longbows, Recurves, different bow makers, ect.

Arthur P · 01-20-2008, 12:10 AM

My homemade longbow and my ChekMate Kings Pawn both draw 50 pounds @ 32"and they each like 2216 arrows. I chrono'd them once when I bought the club's chronograph. Had to test it ya know.

Anyway, the 2216's weigh in at 570 grains. That's 11.4 grains per pound. My longbow shoots 'em at 186 fps. The Kings Pawn does 185.

Edit: Added grains per pound for my arrow weight. Just to make everyone happy.

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JimPic · 01-20-2008, 12:41 AM

Also should have stated-the Black Widows are 47,51 & 54#.Shafer is 56# and the Northern Mist is 52#.My draw is a shade over 26"

SteveBNy · 01-20-2008, 04:39 AM

Didn't mean it as a criticism or a contest - just pointing out the info needed fo relevancy.
To get the grains per lb divide the total arrow wght by your draw wght.
Based on info at the easton site, your arrow wght appears to be around 500 grns giving you gr/lb of 6.85
With your 29" draw, the 220 sounds about right - most would consider your bow heavy, but the arrow light for it.

Steve