QUESTION HOW MANY DEFLEXED RISERS DOES ANY ONE SEE TODAY??
NOT MANY RIGHT... IT "APPEERS" TO ME THAT THE LONGER BRACE HEIGHT BOWS ARE ALSO SLOWER AMO FPS. ALSO THE SHORTER ATA BOWS HAVE A HIGHER BRACE HEIGHT MAKING THEM GENERALY SLOWER. I AM NO ENGINEER BUT I WOULD THINK THAT THE LONGER AND SLOWER ARROW WOULD BE MORE "FORGIVING". I THINK THAT YOU CAN NEGATE SOME BRACE HEIGHT BY AN OVERDRAW ARROW WOULD BE SHORTER AND LIGHTER, THATS WHY OVERDRAWS GOT A BAD RAP...LOOKING AT A HOYT OR MARTIN ONZA THERE OVERDRAWS ARE BUILT INTO THE DESIGN. AS FOR ATA LENGTH THATS CUSTOMER POINT OF VIEW, LOT OF THE OLD MATTHEWS BOWS WERE AT 3.5# AND THEY AVG. 3.75+ WITH A ATA OF 37 DOWN TO 31...OLD AND NEW SCHOOLS ARE TRING TO MINGLE AND WHAT WORKS FOR ONE WONT FOR SOME ONE ELSE.
I HAVE HAD MY ARROWS A SMALL AS 26" FROM 291/2". I AM MANTAINING MY BEST CONTROL/SPEED COMBO AT 271/2" THATS WITH AN OVERDRAW AND MATTHEWS MQ1....IT IS A MATTER OF MORE OF WHAT YOUR COMFORTABLE WITH AND WHAT YOU CAN CONTROL TO PUT AN ARROW IN TARGET EVERY TIME. (IT MAY BE THE FASTEST DAMN THING ON THE PLANET BUT IF CANNOT HIT A BARN, THEN THE BOW IS USELESS TO YOU...IF IT WEIGHES 4.5# DO YOU WANT LUG IT TO WOODS ALL DAY.....IT HAS TO FIT YOU AND BECOME A SECOND HAND.)
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