Dave... Why not listen to someone who was around when this 5 grains per pound stuff happened? You know diddly squat about it so I'll TRY to educate you.

They put in the 5 grains per pound rule nigh on 20 years ago because people were shooting arrows so light they were blowing bows up right and left and getting hurt. It was a rare tournament there for awhile that I didn't have to put my first aid training to work. It was often a bloody mess. So, IBO put in that rule to stop people from having to leave tournaments to go to the emergency room. It's a safety rule, designed to try and keep idiots from hurting themselves and others. Period. If you don't believe me, trot your buns over to the IBO site and ask.

After that rule, guys started setting their bows up with 5 grains per pound arrows, shooting them through a chrony and started bragging about their "IBO speed." The manufacturers picked up on it, used the 30" draw length from the AMO standard and settled on 70 pounds asthe max poundagethe average 3D'er would shoot and Voila! There's how they started up the myth there's an "IBO standard." For years now IBO has constantly been trying to distance themselves from the whole concept.

Here's the website. www.ibo.netClick on the 'Contact Us' link and you can ask them anything you want. Ask them if I'm telling you the truth about the "IBO standard" and how it came to be.