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Arrow Speed?????

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SuperCracker:
Hi all. You guys have made some really nice bows here and I'm quite impressed.

Have any of you had the chance to chrono your bows? I'm jut curious what kind of arrow speeds you're getting.

adb:
Hi,

I'm not at all intereseted in arrow speed. I'm more interested in cast, and most interested in cast with heavy arrows.

SuperCracker:
well, they would be kind of related

Papa Matt:
Shane, I've never had the opportunity to chrono any of mine, but I've seen most guys on here post their arrow speeds between 145 and 165 (feet per second I think). It is hard to get a self bow, unbacked, any faster that 165 from what I've seen.

I can't believe nobody has rung in yet to show off their arrow speeds. I'm sure it's coming though.

~~Papa Matt

adb:
I believe I've heard of speeds approaching 200 fps with some selfbows. I think this came up as a thread a while back. Maybe do a search. From my perspective, it's not an issue with warbows for me. This would be more in the regular bows section. Medieval archers and bowyers had no way to measure arrow speed... cast was the important thing.

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