What speed are Switchback shooters getting?
 

I was looking at that head to head bow test and with a 350gr arrow the Switchback took 5th place at 289fps when it has an IBO rating of 318fps. This can't be right. In the test the Hoyt V tec with an IBO of 305fps took 2nd at 297fps. My Legacy with an IBO of 308fps shoots my 348gr arrow at 285fps at 65lbs with 29" draw length. Why did the Switchback score so low? What actual velocities is everyone getting with their Switchbacks and what arrow weight are you shooting?

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I wonder if maybe the cams on the Hoyt are more efficient?just a guess,probably a bad one at that[&:]

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I know that this won't help you any but I have a Switchback and I have never chronoed it. All I know is that if the animal that I am hunting comes within 40 yards that animal is in extreme danger!!! The bottom line is that once you get to 270 fps and up for hunting purposes it is a dead animal!!!:D

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does it really take 270fps to kill a deer?

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a lot of you guys probly wont like this but i think the switchback scored so low cuz its made by MATHEWS.
i think hoyt has more efficient cams.

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The Mathews Switchback scored higher overall than the Vtec did and it scored higher than the Vtec in everything but speed.

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well good maybe they wont have to discontinue this one.

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When you come out with the#1 bow every year you can't keep them all on the line.:D

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Looks like it is time to Switchback to a Bowtech. Nevermind, I shot the SB and it is real nice, it is going to kill deer, dont get all wrapped up in the speed its pretty fast...

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well thats the problem if they have take that many off the line then i dont think i want one somthin that sh!ty

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So every company that discontinues a product, it is because it was a sh!ty product? GM discontinued the Firebird, Camaro, and S10. Remington discontinued the ADL.

A discontinuation doesn't mean it was a sh!ty product, they are just making room for new ones. I will put my Discontinued Legacy up against any current production bow on the market.

I don't have a problem with some one that prefers a bow company other than Mathews, thats your choice, however you have to give credit where credit is due. Mathews makes some of the best shooting bows out there, thats a fact. Oh by the way in case you didn't know Mathews has done more for the compound bow than any other bow company. Mathews did to the compounds what Fred Beardid tothe recurve. All of these other bow companies use or have used some type of Mathews Patent.

You can say Mathews makes sh!ty bows all you want, but it doesn't make you sound very intelligent.

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AGREE

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Preach it Brother!!!!

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I concur

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I dont have a problem with you or mathews i just said i wouldnt shoot one. The shop i shoot at everyday sells mathews and everyday i give the owner crap about his switchback it is a very nice bow!i just wanted to you crap about yours dude.

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I 'm in trouble! All that money on the new Switchback, Easton Axis 400 arrows and I cant kill deer. I only shoot 267fps. I'll have to remove the string leechs to get back to 272fps.

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Ridge Hunter,
I dont get it, you cant kill deer shooting 267fps. My old Mathews was a whopping 240fps and I had no problem getting a pass through shot. Most of the people that I know that shoot the Switchback shoot in the 280's and some in the 290's. I can guaruntee that you could take a deer with that speed. I will setting up my Switchback when I get back from Iraq in a couple of weeks and will post what speed I am shooting