ORIGINAL: Matt / PA
Things always seem to come full circle. Bows used to be 36-38 in. ATA , then the trend was to 31 or so. Now we're back to 34-36in. ATA. Just pondering
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I remember the first 36" bow I ever bought, a 1996 PSE XSR-500 dual cam. I can still remember sitting there turning it over and over in my hands and holding it out to the side thinking how much it looked like a toy.
To imagine that 36" would ever be considered by many as LONG is almost comical.
To me a 36" bow might be the PERFECT hunting bow length, good string angles, and
plenty of clearance.
I'm not entirely sure where this thought of if I don't have a 31" ATA bow I'm gonna be whacking it off everything ever came from?
I agree.
Dopler, I'd be interested in why you say that Bowtech's birth certificate numbers are inflated. All of mine have been dead on.
And yes there are chrono numbers out there by some very reputable shops and bow tuners. Average speeds seem to be in the 325+ range at 29" and it doesn't seem to matter whether it is a 60# or a 70# bow. One well known bow tuner on Archery Talk has one shoting 345fps at 29.5", 61# and 306 grain arrow.