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Old 12-04-2007 | 09:47 AM
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Dopler
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My Chrono is on as I've compared it to others. I've chronoed about7 bowtechs (i've owned 4 myself)and none of them were what they were stated as being. Disclaimer, I am a huge Bowtech fan so don't get sensitive, Ilove the bows and am not bashing them whatsoever. The only bows that I think are absolutlyhorrible are the new Hoyts ever since they went tothe cam and 1/2. I've owned these too and would never buy again until they revamp thier line like PSE just did.

I have many hunter friends who have told me the samething about speedas I always ask them thestats of their bows when they get a new one, we just come to expect a lower # and are plesently suprised if it's within 10 fps of the stated #. I also had a pro shop owner tell me that he took his chrono out of the shop because bowbuyers were shooting anIBO arrow through the chrono in his shopand thengot upset or even demanded an exchange at the disapointing speedresults. He was a volume dealer and sold 100's of bows each season.He did state however that all bow companies overstate advertised speed, not just Bowtech and that's why he tookthe chronoout of his shop. If you guys are experiencing the same speed thenI believe your results but I have extensive testing on my side which substatiates mystatments from my own experiences. I havetested the same model bow, same year,samepoundage (or very close), same draw, same arrow, same everythingand have notice large speed differences, you can just get afast or slow bow sometimes. Isuspect that if the limbs are matched well it's fast but if one is out of balance from the other then it affects performance? Once again, I'll chrono my new 101st Airborne once I get it and post thereal results, maybe this one will be dead on and I can eat my words this time?I hope so as that would be great.I was just sharing my own experiences.
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