RE: Speed
ArthurP: You "need to get with the times and quit being so old fashioned." HeeHee Just couldn't resist. <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>
I posted a thread here about speed and was discussing how this quest for speed might just cause some personal injury. This bothers me because we may loose some archers for life because of it.
Limb design and caming innovations have made more speed readily available without suffering or sacrificing what we had years ago. What we have to do, however, is be willing to forego that amount of speed and pain which depletes accuracy. This is hard for some to do but, sooner or later, most will learn it the hard way.
Like TFox, my equipment, and I personally, can shoot WELL over 300 fps; but, I keep it around 270 for hunting and 3D. 270 is more than enough for normal hunting distances and suffices very well for any 3D course.
Yes, a slower bow may be the choice for many for many reasons; but, give me a faster bow that can be handled as well as that slower bow so that I can throw a heavier arrow at the same speed. Davidmil can attest to the devastation of a well-tuned heavy arrow out of a smooth and quiet fast bow.