Before I tell my story, how accurate should bow manufacturers be accounted for concerning their advertised mass weight specifications on their bows. Thanks

one thing you have to remember, where most get there specs, its a perfect bow secnerio , the bow the use for specs will be close to being perfect, it wont be the ordinary run off of the line that you wil buy at the store....there will be some variance

If its anything like advertised IBO speeds then I would assume its a bunch of cr##, oops I meant marketing . Bowtech at least supplies a birth certificate which is an actual test of the bare bow. With that information you can estimate pretty close what your particular setup produces. From what I read here and on other forums some manufacturers are pretty liberal in thier claims.

if weight is anything like ata or brace height, then it's probably +/- half a pound.

Of course, the weights are determined with no accessories at all, and most likely with the lightest limb sets they make. A greater variance in final shooting weight occurs, depending on the accessories you choose to put add. It's real easy to make a bow much heavier or much lighter, by choosing accessories carefully. I've found the easiest way to reduce weight is to not use a bow quiver. Adding weight is real easy.

...now that was rich...

Seriously though, I would expect it to be within a few ounces of the listed mass weight. I am sure there are variances here just as with any of the other advertised specs but it still needs to be relatively close in my opinion.

Never weighed my bows before I set them up, couldn't tell you. You must be serious about this though, you have this posted on every message board I go to pretty much.

Are you talking a bare bow, or have you added any thing to it yet? I think the bare bow should be pretty darn close, since like said on another forum it is pretty technical the way they are made.

The one thing to keep in mind though is that they have the right to make changes to the design during production that may or may not effect the advertised specs. This is probably in the fine print somewhere. It may be the original design was 8 ounces lighter and they changed something mid run, or vice versa.

Almost everything I have bought has some sort of disclaimer that says something like this. The specifications listed are a representation of the products performance, your product may or may not meet these specs. All specs listed are subject to change without warning or notification.

What it is going to boil down to is you took the bow the way it was, and it's not defective in any way. If overall weight was that big of an issue for you maybe you should have weighed it before you took it home.

I would simply call the company and ask them why the weight does not match the advertised specs and see what they say. And why won't you mention what company or bow it is? Maybe some of us would like to know. That is why a lot of people come to sites like these, they want to know if a product lives up to it's hype. As long as you are telling the truth the company can not do anything to you. Now if you come on here making stuff up and trashing a company that might be different. However I still don't think they would do anything but ask you stop or want to know how you came to those conclusions.

Paul

I think that most people do not understand how to figure IBO if they are not at 30 inches. My bowtechs are right on at 28 in.