What is the speed of your bow?

[MDGrand]

Hey everyone... I tweaked my set up on my Firecat and was curious as to the speeds others are shooting.

Currently I have a Martin Firecat TR2, 67lbs, 29.5 draw. I am shooting Easton FMJ 350 with 100 grain tip, blazer veins, puts me right at regs at 400 grains + or - a grain.

Through the chrony I am shooting 267 FPS.

I am curious as to others on the board here... what is your set up and what speed are you getting?

With the regs being what they are, does anyone have a set up where they are at or well over 300 fps?

[huntnfmly]

what do you mean by the way the regs are.My z7 was #62 29 inch draw 428grn shooting 271fps

[MDGrand]

WA regs require 6 grains per inch.

Often because of the regs here in WA it is tough to take advantage of the advertised speed on most bows.

[Button Nubbs]

My maxxis is shooting a 575gr arrow at 250fps.

My 82nd airborne is shooting a 325gr arrow at 327fps. 5.4gpp it will go over 300fps at 6gpp

[jackelope]

My bow chrono's at 282fps.
Hoyt Alphamax 32 64#, 30" draw, my arrows are around 420 grains all up.

[jackelope]

WA regs require 6 grains per inch.

Often because of the regs here in WA it is tough to take advantage of the advertised speed on most bows.

per inch or per # of draw weight?

[carpsniperg2]

per # of draw. So a 70# bow needs a 420g arrow to be legal.

[MDGrand]

sorry per pound of draw weight

[huntnfmly]

i thought you where hinting at speed restrictions my bad and yes its 6grns per pound of draw wieght

[Tony]

I shoot a Mathews SQ2 and when i first bought it with it set at 70lbs i was shooting 302fps but since have turned it down to 62lbs and have changed arrows and broad heads so no clue what i shoot now.

[carpsniperg2]

This might help you out.

http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,76982.30.html

This is my setup.

PSE X FORCE! Here are my stats for diffrent situations.

Washington hunting "to be legal" 450g arrow at 75lbs= 307fps KE=94
New Zealand/areas that don't have a min arrow weight. 450g arrow at 83lbs= 323fps KE=104
3d shoots if I change from my washington setup 375g arrow 75lbs= 332fps KE=92

[MDGrand]

Thanks, Carp.

compared to others I seem to be a bit slow for the weight I have... maybe another trip to Nock Point is in order

[carpsniperg2]

No prob I would talk to them about maybe using the 400 spine arrows. the 350's to me seem a bit stiff for your setup at 67lbs. I would also bet your arrows right now are way on the + side of 400g being the 350's with a 100grain head. You need to be 402 to be legal at you weight right now. But I would get a arrow that is around the 420 mark so you can go up to 70 pounds "if you want later on" and still be legal. Some people on here have a program that can tell you the spine of the arrow that is best for your setup. I think the 400 would be more along the lines you want and will save weight and gain you speed.

[MDGrand]

Well, I was using the 400s before.. the have a grain p/inch of 11.2 as opposed to the 10.2 for the 350s.. I shot both and obviously the 400 at 11.2 is slower.

Right now a 29" arrow @10.2 = 295 + the tip of 100 grains and 4 blazer veins put me right at 400..

I will say this though.. the FMJs sure to seem like they hit a whole lot harder.

[huntnfmly]

 howdy i was just on easton web site the 340 are 11.3 and the 400 are 10.2 so your arrow wieght is actually more than you think approx 29grns more wick would make alittle more sense with your speed