ORIGINAL: TFOX
When I placed an STS string suppressor on my Xtec,I saw a 3 fps increase in speed and I did nothing but place it on the bow as it should be.I don't mess around wiith a bow to gain 3-4 fps,it just happened.
Never had or used a meanv.
Well, your an experienced shooter. Does this make sense to you on how this can happen? I mean you got a string that has a fixed amount of kinetic energy. And stopping it abrubtly is going to increase? Your transfering that energy to the arrow. Many factors here with friction of the air, wieght of the string, etc. causing you loss of energy.
One factor could be tight nock fit that compounders use. Us trad shooters sand down our nocks so loose, you can tap a string and the arrow will fall off. I guess the abrupt stop of a suppressor could offset that nock snap. I don't know, just thinking outloud.