Very impressive numbers!!!

There is a nice write up on the Allegiance VFT in 'Inside Archery' this month. Bill Krenz put one through its paces. Like most Bow reviews he had nothing but good to say about the bow. The one thing that he does that I find interesting however is he records some REAL numbers (as opposed to the manufacturers IBO speeds) because he shoots each test bow with a Hooter Shooter through a chrono.

Here is how the Allegiance stacks up against a couple of other bows in the speed department according to Krenz' tests, although it really isn't comparing apples to apples because of ATA length and brace height, but it is interesting to mull over in one's head. These are all Bill Krenz' numbers: "All twsts conducted with a Spot-Hogg Hooter Shooter portable shooting machine and a Competition Electronics ProChrono Plus chronograph." Draw lengths set at "29 inches and 70 pounds."

Allegiance
ATA..33.625 BH..7.. Arrow wt..305 grains.. speed..326 fps
348 grains.....308 fps
388 grains.....292 fps
411 grains.....286 fps
420 grains.....283 fps
491 grains.....264 fps


Hoyt VTEC
ATA..35.5..BH.7..Arrow Wt..305 grains.. Speed....322 fps
348 grains.....306 fps
388 grains.....290 fps
411 grains.....284 fps
420 grains.....281 fps
491 grains.....263 fps

McPherson Edge
ATA..34..BH..7 5/8..Arrow wt..305 grains..Speed.323 fps
385 grains......295 fps
411 grains......287 fps
416 grains......285 fps
491 grains......265 fps


I was going to include a couple of more but it takes to much time to do and even after editing I can't get the columns to line up so this whole post may be an excercise in futility. Unfortunately I don't have a copy of the Switchback test to throw in the mix for good measure, if in fact he has even printed one yet.

Before someone jumps all over me for the Vtec and the Edge shooting OVER their IBO ratings (Vtec 305 and the Edge 310), all I can say is take it up with Bill Krenz. He is the one that recorded these numbers.

...Ah but I digress, I can't wait to shoot the Allegiance. I shot the Switchback the other day and if the Allegiance is a better all around shooter than that, then BowTech has really got something.