ORIGINAL: GMMAT
I'd like to understand that.....but I don't (Sylvan's post).
As long as an archer has no issues pulling the draw weight.....is there a DISadvantage to more KE? I understand wantng to be "most" efficient. But I'm asking what difference it makes if the archer can handle the draw.
I won't be shooting my bow at 71#'s.....but is this a valid question?
Don't you want to be "most" efficient at whatever draw you can handle? It seems to me that for what ever amount of energy you expend drawing the bow back, ideally you'd not want to waste a bit of it. You'd like all of your effort converted to arrow velocity wouldn't you?I certaily do. Ofcourse any bow made by man is imperfect and some amount of your effort will inevitably wind up wasted. My point was merely that some bows will waste less of your efforts than others and that is what is important to me. I want to get the biggest bang for my "effort expended" buck so to speak.
I will never shoot an arrow that carries 97.3 ft/lbs of ke simply because I'm not physically capable of expending that much energy drawing any bow over my draw length. But I want to be as efficient as I can be with what God gave me.