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I missed something here. What are they doing?

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from what I understand they are shooting arrows that weigh about 3 grains per lb of draw and getting some very fast speeds out of thier bows. However, there are stories that the bow doesn' t hold up too well when this is done.

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Well as far as High Country not having fast bows, I shoot a HC 4runner with the MX1 cams, with an IBO rating of 325 fps. With mine setup for hunting, it shoots 298 fps. How fast do you need to shoot?

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UUUUHHHHHH? What happened here????

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Sometimes a man just has to vent:D

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I think he is referring to their advertised speed rating on one of their bows....one of the carbon riser models I think....which lists a 400 fps speed rating. What they don' t tell you is that the arrow weight is much lighter than IBO specs. The faulty advertising coupled with the potential danger to the customer is probably what has him fired up.

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Ohh. Ok :D

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Hey guys, let' s see if I can shed some light on this. HCA is trying to convey that their bows are strong enough to withstand shooting 3gr/lb. They did so at the ATA show in Indy. They demo' d a 30" , 70lb bow shooting a 220gr arrow. They said that doing this it was possible to obtain 400fps. Problem was the bow blew up. Of course if you do that they will honor the warranty. The problem I see is who is going to pay the medical bills of the dumbies who get hurt? Now I wouldn' t say this is false advertising but sure is misleading. The general public doesn' t get the full story most of the time.

Barry

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I really don' t care much about bow speed. Guys were killing and are still killing deer with recurves and long bows that have speeds of under 230. At the range I shoot most of my deer, which is 20 yards or closer, I can' t see adding the noise and stress on equipment to shoot over 300. The game isn' t impressed with how fast a bow you shoot.:D

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Pay attention and that smoke won' t go up your butt.

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I will agree High Country is being misleading in their speed claims. The arrow they shot was 225 gr. If all you wanted to do was say I shoot over 400 fps, that works. If you want to keep your bow and equipment in one piece, that' s questionable. The 225 gr arrow would be absolutely worthless for hunting, IMO. Anyone buying this bow, expecting to get the speed advertised, will be very disappointed when they shoot an arrow of reasonable weight. But at least the bow might survive.

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The whole thing reeks of desperation IMO. They can' t make the grade by industry standards...so they make up their own standards?!?

OR..is it the other way around? Now (playing the Devil' s advocate here) what if HCA found a limb material and design that actually could stand up to shooting 3 grains per pound and never have an issue?? " Pioneers in the industry" will be the caption of their new marketing campaign.

(stir the pot baby!:D)

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