TJD, by 1988 we already had bows that had full fastflight rigging (Hoyt' s AIM system), very shootable and high performance cams, mechanical releases were beginning to spread through the ranks... A lot of what we have now was already in place back then.

What we did not have. We did not have fiber optics. Other than the Graham Dynabow there were no single cams. We were shooting MAN size bows instead of these little kiddie bows that are being shoved at us. We did not have carbon arrows. We did not have " IBO speeds" because IBO hadn' t come up with their 5 grains per pound rule. If I remember correctly, I think that came along in 89. Or maybe they came out with the rule in 88 and people didn' t start talking about IBO speed until the following year... I' ve slept since then.

But there' s the rub! Isn' t it amazing that one private organization' s RESTRICTION is so widely accepted that it becomes an unofficial industry standard, while another private org' s restriction is berated up one side and down the other? I guess when someone builds a 70 pound, high performance bow that will safely shoot arrows at 3 grains per pound, then IBO will be ripped apart like P&Y has been...
But the very fact that you don' t see P&Y putting restrictions on performance should be a notice to all that they are not a ' bunch of traditionalists trying to limit compounds,' as has been said way too many times by the ignorant.