Thanks, Mike... I actually didn't want to answer this one from just my own experiences, as there's PLENTY of quotes to pull from various shop owners who handle multiple lines -- not just Bowtech -- who verify Bowtech's published speeds all the time. Unfortunately, I can't get the search engine to work right now.

If you're seeing speeds 10-30 fps slower than stated on the birth certificate, you're the only one I've heard of who's experienced this... and I cruise a LOT of forums -- AND I visit every Bowtech dealer within a three-hour radius of my house probably once a month. Only one or two of these dealers carry Bowtech exclusively, so the rest would not have ANY problem telling me if they were experiencing anything similiar.

Just to clarify, Bowtech obtains its speed ratings using a Custom Chrono, Heavy Duty ProShop Meter and digital scales to check the bow's poundage, which have a variance of +/- 1%. Bowtech's speed ratings are acquired with a factory-installed brass nock and the Hush Kit on bows featuring that accessory. Those items alone probably rob the final number by 5 fps or more, so you can see that Bowtech is doing its best to put out true numbers, not inflated ones by testing with nothing on the string.

I've yet to see a Bowtech which wouldn't make the advertised speed range published in the catalogs and on the websites, and there are many dealers and/or consumers on various forums that will back that up.