Anyone chrono there arrows?

[chiefbkt]

I have thought recently about buying a chrono to check my speed on my bow (along with guns). Do any of you check your arrow speed by chrono or do you rely on what the manufacurer has said? Not too many archery shops in my area have chronos, so that is why I have considered buying my own. This way I will be able to see the difference in any little adjustment that is made with my bow. Maybe it will be a complete waste of money, but what the hell...you can't take it with you, right?

[Marti375]

I would love to do it just for fun but I know what would happen. I would spend way to much time trying to tweek it even more. There are just way to many variables to begin with, a few fps here or there just something else to drive you nuts.

[chiefbkt]

True, but I think half the battle is knowing what your actual fps are.

[fasteddie]

I have a chrono but have never used it to check my bow speed . As long as I am hitting where I am aiming I don't care about the speed .

Unless you are using a real light arrow and have nothing on your string I doubt that you will achieve the advertised speed .

Speed doesn't kill . Accuracy does .

[5.9cummins]

I have a chrono but have never used it to check my bow speed . As long as I am hitting where I am aiming I don't care about the speed .

Unless you are using a real light arrow and have nothing on your string I doubt that you will achieve the advertised speed .

Speed doesn't kill . Accuracy does .

A little weight wont hurt either.

Unless your the deer.

Edited September 9, 2012 by 5.9cummins

[fasteddie]

I shoot a 430 - 440 grain arrow .

[Lawdwaz]

IIRC my arrows are going about 260fps, maybe a shade less.. (My new 25-06, with 100gr Nosler Ballistic Tips, 51.5gr IMR 4350 is going at 3180fps, if you were wondering)

Hang on, I'll go check the weight of a RTG arrow...........

315gr plus 100gr Slick Trick=415gr Ready To Go.

[sweet old bill]

if you go to a ASA shoot they seem to have one at the shoot to see if your bow meets there specs for shooting etc. I always just set up the bow for a good heavy stable setup for hunting. I see a lot of the guys go for speed and you can see there arrows are just to light. There was a major study done on arrow flight of light vs heavy arrows. The faster ight arrows did not have the level of peneration as a 5% to 10% higher weight arrow etc.

when you say bull to that if you toss a pink pong ball compare it to a 1/2 lb rock...I will take the rock all the time.

[SteveB]

Ping pong ball weighs 47 grains.

1/2 lb rock weighs 3500 grains

Comparing the 2 is like comparing a 300 gn arrow to a 22,200 gr one!

I stand a pretty good chance of hitting my target with a 300 gr arrow (I shoot 4 to 500).

Only way I hit something with a 22,000 gr one is if it is underneath me and I drop it.

[Doc]

Actually, being a numbers nut, I am surprised that I have not bought a chronograph. I have both archery equipment and guns and the results would be kind of interesting. But for the bow, it would probably be just a once or twice use ...... just to have an answer when somebody asks how fast the arrows are going. For the guns, the fact that I reload means that it would be a useful purchase.

I am definitely not a speed freak and in fact I think that excessive pursuit for speed can lead an archer far away from accuracy. Plus I am cheap and cannot (or will not) afford to pay the prices to chase speed. However, there is nothing wrong with some healthy curiosity as to what your set-up is yielding. And if a guy has multiple uses for a cronograph ..... why not get one?

[Larry]

i have, my bows advertise seed is 320 it shoots at a avg. seed of 283

[Marti375]

Two years ago I bought a Bowtech destroyer. I was shooting a PSE that I bought about 10 years before that. What sold me was the employee at the shop adjusted it to my length and with no sights he said here just shoot. I was so amazed I had to have it. I shoot a 350 grn arrow at a 70# draw. It's fast and accurate but is it really shooting 350 fps, I don't know. If you think your bow is not shooting fast enough try shooting a bow thats 10-15 years old and you won't worry about minor speed changes any more.

[SteveNY]

I could care less about arrow speed, as long as my arrow is on target and my bow is quite, thats what I think matters most.

I also shoot a 70 pound draw weight, maybe i would think a little different if i shot a lower weight...

[fasteddie]

Try a heavier arrow and you will hear a difference sound when it hits the target .

[MuzzyLoader]

I shoot 50#'s, 26" draw, 396gr arrow. My arrows chrono at 220fps... but my bow is just about dead quiet.

I'd love more speed... but this package kills deer.

[WNYBuckHunter]

I chrono'ed mine. IBO speed was advertized at 318, in hunting config mine shoots 293.

[Doewhacker]

I bet it might be fun to own one but I can't say I care to know how slow my set up is at 500 something grains total.

[Lawdwaz]

I bought mine (CED M2) for reloading. I could really care less how fast my arrows are going. When I did chrono my arrows, it was when my buddy was dying to know how fast his were going out of his new bow.

Yep, a bit disappointed he was.

[SteveB]

I actually shoot my recurve threw one a lot. When I cam keep the speed difference to 2 fps or less, I know my draw length is dead on consistent.

[WNYBuckHunter]

I bet it might be fun to own one but I can't say I care to know how slow my set up is at 500 something grains total.

But you could use the speed to figure out what your KE is. I bet that number would be up there for you!

[chiefbkt]

It would be interesting to see the difference in velocity and KE between my current arrow set up (372 grains) vs a heavier one, say around 400-450 grains. I bet the velocity difference is negligible, but the difference in KE would be more impressive. I also wonder how accuracy would differ? Maybe I'm just asking for trouble, but my scientist occupation makes me wonder about these things. Perhaps a study of my own is in need?

[gfdeputy2]

fast eddie I agree never crono'd mine either I shoot a Hoyt rampage XT now & it is fast enough a deer will not be able to tell you whether the arrow is going 280 or 320 fps if it is dead most all modern bows with a 50# draw weight is going to be fast enough my last deer I took out in Naples last year was 53 yards complete pass through & only went about 50 yards Accuracy is more important then getting a couple FPS

[nyslowhand]

See, you can tell by all the responses that you really don't want to know.

If your current bow, arrows and technique kill deer - Don't try to fix what isn't broken!!!

Just one of those questions you really don't want to know the answer to.

[Doc]

It would be interesting to see the difference in velocity and KE between my current arrow set up (372 grains) vs a heavier one, say around 400-450 grains. I bet the velocity difference is negligible, but the difference in KE would be more impressive. I also wonder how accuracy would differ? Maybe I'm just asking for trouble, but my scientist occupation makes me wonder about these things. Perhaps a study of my own is in need?

For us "numbers guys", the chronograph would be a very useful tool. You just pointed out a few of the different aspects of equipment set-ups and inter-relationships of changes that you could learn about. It's not a waste of time and money if you can satisfy some of the questions about these things, or just want to debunk some of the suspected BS that you think you have read or heard. It's all just another aspect of the sport of archery.

[WNYBuckHunter]

Btw, alot of the better bow shops have chronos, and if they have a range to shoot, and arent really busy at the time, they will get it out for you if you ask. I dont own one, yet.

Chief, dont be too afraid of a weight change, it will just affect the up/down adjustment, and you should be able to just move the whole sight. Im going to be doing just that this year. Going to a heavier broadhead, so Ill have to re adjust a bit.