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Old 08-28-2003 | 10:44 AM
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Rangeball
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Default RE: Can this be the future of bow design?

While I agree that bow technology will advance onwards, and AMO specs will creep up as IBO specs do, I' m still wondering if there is a place where the emphasis won' t be on pushing IBO specs and light arrows more and more than AMO specs?

If bows/cams are being tweaked to get every bit of performance at IBO specs, do you see a market segment for hunters, which tend to shoot a more middle of the road arrow weight, and are presumably a much larger market than target shooters, where bow/cam design leans more towards getting maximum performance out of a 6-7 grain per pound arrow over the 5 grain per pound currently being pushed?

If I' m a hunter, and two bows I' m considering both have an IBO speed of say 320, but one only flings a 500 grain arrow 250 and the other 270, I' m gonna buy the 270.

I think the general population (including myself until recently) assumes that the higher the IBO spec, the faster the bow will fling a heavier than IBO arrow, which isn' t necessarily true, apparently.

I don' t know, it seems like a marketing niche wide open for a heads up bow company...
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