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Don Case

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FPS
« on: December 31, 2013, 10:02:54 pm »
How many FPS difference do two bows have to have before a good archer can notice it? Without a chrono.
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Offline Badger

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Re: FPS
« Reply #1 on: December 31, 2013, 10:30:38 pm »
  If I guess a bow at 172 it might be shooting between 168 and 176 so I would say plus or minus about 4. I think most of that comes from handling the bow and knowing the profile more than the actual shooting.
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mikekeswick

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Re: FPS
« Reply #2 on: January 01, 2014, 04:13:24 am »
I agree with that.
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Offline Del the cat

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Re: FPS
« Reply #3 on: January 01, 2014, 04:39:33 am »
I think it can be very deceptive, it's about feel as well as vision.
I have a hunch that the mind/body judges if a bow is fast compared to how it feels rather than absolute fps.
E.G. My little old Hazel flatbow with plenty of set draws less than 40# but over short range it seems to always shoot high and fast. If anyoneone tries it they shoot over the target! It's acually only 136 fps but that feels fast 'cos it's soooo sweet and llight to draw.
Sorry... rambling now  :-[
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Offline Joec123able

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Re: FPS
« Reply #4 on: January 01, 2014, 04:49:43 am »
It would probably take a big difference in speed to be noticible to the eye
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Offline Badger

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Re: FPS
« Reply #5 on: January 01, 2014, 08:25:07 am »
    I get fooled sometimes when I am shooting short snappy short draw bows, they feel very fast when i shoot them but when tested are never as fast as they feel to me when shooting. I think some of them shoot fast relative to how far I am drawing them and thats what my brain registers.
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