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06-26-2011, 04:52 PM
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100gr
 
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Northern Nevada
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What is your draw Weight & Length?
What is your draw weight and your draw length?
I'm just curious to see how many of us are little people and how many of us are gorillas! Mine is 60 lbs and 26"
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Diamond - The Rock, 60LB at 26" draw, 369 grains at 250fps - Love it! 
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06-26-2011, 05:42 PM
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100gr
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: South Carolina
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Two bows both at 30.5 inch draw.
Once is set at 67 1/2 lbs and one is set at 80 lbs. I used to shoot one at 90 lbs but I don't eat as many bananas nowadays. Honestly, the 67 1/2lb bow is plenty for everything except dangerous game. I've got the 80 pounder just in case. |
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07-12-2011, 08:26 PM
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75gr
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: lincoln county, Ga
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m7 27.5 in draw 80# weight 416 grain arrow 305 fps absolutly love the setup i just feel like screaming HULK SMASH every time i let one fly. and suprisingly i shoot it better than any bow ive ever shot. Just my silly opinion if you can easily pull the weight why not. im not an old geezer yet.......but if these georgia summers keep rocking on like they are i wont be long for the retirement home
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07-13-2011, 11:27 PM
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100gr
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Northern Nevada
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Alright you big guys are just showin' off now! I'm 5'7 and I work with some pretty big guys, standing in my office with three guys around 6'7 makes me feel small! I never knew I was small until one day I was making fun of a small guy and everybody told me he was bigger than me!
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Diamond - The Rock, 60LB at 26" draw, 369 grains at 250fps - Love it!
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07-14-2011, 10:32 AM
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100gr
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: South Carolina
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I'm only 5' 17"  , years ago when I played college basketball I was the littlest big guy LOL!Peak Draw weights are deceiving indicators of a bows potential performance. The reason is this, the peak draw is only part of the equation in figuring how much energy is being stored at full draw. How much energy is stored at full draw is how much potential energy there is to transfer to the arrow when it is released. The resultant kinetic energy of the arrow will not exceed the energy that was stored drawing the bow back. The only indicator Bow manufacturers supply that indicates the energy storage is IBO Speed. Literally a higher IBO speed means a higher energy storage factor for the bow. Here's a quick example. Bow A has an IBO of 310fps Bow B has an IBO of 335fps IBO speeds are for 350gr Arrows, 30" Draw bows set at 70lbs. You want to make an approximation of how far you can turn down the draw weight on Bow B and get the same speed as bow A with a 350gr arrow. Use the ratio of the squares of the IBO speeds times the IBO draw weight of 70lbs to determine this. ((310^2)/(335^2))*70 = 59.94lbs What this means is Bow B will produce approximately the same Kinetic energy with a 350gr arrow set at 60lbs as Bow A with a 350gr arrow set at 70lbs! That's a 10lb difference in peak draw weight with equal performance. On the surface you might conclude that Bow A set at 70lbs must be a more powerful set up than Bow B set at just 60lbs. The reality is because Bow B stores more energy per inch of draw than Bow A it's absolutely as powerful set at 60lbs! |
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