I just chrony'd my 70 lb. UltraTech and it's shooting a 500 gr. arrow at 250 fps. I consider that moderately fast. My longbow shoots the same arrow at 190 which I also consider moderately fast (for a longbow). Now my 3-d rig shoots a 300gr. arrow at 325fps., that's rediculously fast. So I guess my answer to the question would be; it depends.

I think most people would be surprised if they actually shot their bows through a chronograph at how slow they are compared to what you may think they are. Big bulls hit it on the head though; it's all relative.

When it hits the ground it just went to slow.

My old Browning Tornado shot 246 fps. I considered that to be slow. My buddy shot my arrows thru his Matthews and he was shooting 271fps, with the same draw length, weight, etc.

I can't shoot my new Hoyt Trykon yet, due to my shoulder injury, but once I shoot that, I don't think I'll have a slow bow anymore.

My reflex shoots 225 fps turned all the way down.

You guys giving your arrow speeds, please also post the weight of your bow and grains of the arrow. I'm curious.

My 180fps is from a 12 year old XI with little bitty round wheels set at 50lbs and tossing a 520 grain arrow.

(my 110fps is from a 40lb Oneida with a 1500+ grain fish arrow)

155 fps is pretty slow. I probably shoot in the 170's to 180's with most of mine

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