is 200 fps possible with arrow 10 grain per pound of draw weight

[mullet]

Mine was a highly R/D, And I remember now that it was eagleone that ended up with the bow. The bow had taken no Set and was only shot those two times.

[Springbuck]

I think it's possible.  I have been pretty close before, but with a 30" draw.  I have a bunch of ideas, but little time anymore.  If anybody else wants to keep trying, PM me, I'll share some stuff out of my notebooks, and maybe a better bowyer than me can try.

[timmyd]

not to throw water on the parade but I've followed bow testing and even did a lot myself and to date, I have never heard of a bow hitting 200 fps with a 10gpp arrow. This is with a consistent test basis of 28" draw and 16 strand FF string. Naturally, if you draw longer one could do it but with a standard 28" draw, I do not believe anyone has been able to hit that number and that is with high performance glass bows. The fastest glass bows out there are rarely hitting 200 with a 9gpp arrow and that is very few. In fact, ive never seen a finger shot bow test where it was done but some can get close out of a shooting machine drawn 28".

[PatM]

not to throw water on the parade but I've followed bow testing and even did a lot myself and to date, I have never heard of a bow hitting 200 fps with a 10gpp arrow. This is with a consistent test basis of 28" draw and 16 strand FF string. Naturally, if you draw longer one could do it but with a standard 28" draw, I do not believe anyone has been able to hit that number and that is with high performance glass bows. The fastest glass bows out there are rarely hitting 200 with a 9gpp arrow and that is very few. In fact, ive never seen a finger shot bow test where it was done but some can get close out of a shooting machine drawn 28".

   You must not follow THAT closely. It was done at WTT a number of years ago.
  A finger shot bow is potentially faster, not slower.

[timmyd]

it came close but if its the bow I'm thinking about, it blew up not long after. and sorry, I have never seen a finger shot bow shoot faster than a machine shot bow...ever. If you have proof of this, please forward it to me because I'd like to see it.

[PatM]

A person can push their bow hand and add fps. A machine just sits there. That's why a machine is used, to eliminate any aid to the bow.

[Frodolf]

I a little confused. No one here mentions draw weight. Surely, a 75#/28" shots faster than a 50#/28", for example? Do all you guys know something I don't or are you just assuming some unspecified DW?

Interesting discussion though.

[bradsmith2010]

if the arrow is 10grains per pound of draw,, it equals things out,,
a 50 @ 28 would shoot a 500 grain arrow,,,a 70#@ 28 would shoot a 700 grain arrow etc,,

[mullet]

Frodolf, That's why I didn't make a big deal out of my two shots. I wasn't running a test, didn't care to, and I just wanted to see if I could get the most out of that bow or break it. I normally pull 29-30" and I know I was way over that when I released.

[joachimM]

As draw weight increases, so does arrow weight at 10 grains of arrow weight per pound of draw weight (gpp). Two 50# bows glued side by side (100#) shooting a 1000 grain arrow won't shoot faster than a single 50# bow shooting a 500 gr arrow.

Heavy bows only shoot faster if arrow weight stays the same (and exceeds the dry fire arrow mass)
10 gpp is just a way to level the playing field across draw weights.

[Frodolf]

I realized my mistake, but, alas, I was too slow to edit or delete my comment before you guys replied. :-) Of course you're right! Brain fart.

[JW_Halverson]

I realized my mistake, but, alas, I was too slow to edit or delete my comment before you guys replied. :-) Of course you're right! Brain fart.

Just like if you ain't breakin', you ain't makin'.....if you ain't having brain farts, then you ain't gettin' excited about something!  No judgement here.