Why not just shoot a compound!?

[tuffshot]

How fast is your recurve, raisins?
If under 200fps, then there are compounds shooting twice as fast as your recurve.

[raisins]

Originally Posted by tuffshot

How fast is your recurve, raisins?
If under 200fps, then there are compounds shooting twice as fast as your recurve.

It's around 200 fps. 47 lbs draw, 29" draw length, carbon foam samick limbs, lightest carbon arrow I can find (CT cheetah), clean release (if I say so myself). I was more speaking within usual bounds, which my recurve is. A compound at 400 fps?? Gotta be 90 lbs draw and a 350 grain arrow!! Which would scare me to even shoot and i'm thinking would sound like a .22 short! I will say though, the most impressive achievement of current archery tech on the compound side is noise reduction. It used to be that an ibo ready bow was SO loud. Now, I'm amazed at how relatively quiet they are at the range, especially if they have off-string silencing, which I bet will become a mainstay in the 'high tech' trad scene in the future. The disadvantage is that it makes your bow look 'weird'.

[tuffshot]

Originally Posted by raisins

It's around 200 fps. 47 lbs draw, 29" draw length, carbon foam samick limbs, lightest carbon arrow I can find (CT cheetah), clean release (if I say so myself). I was more speaking within usual bounds, which my recurve is. A compound at 400 fps?? Gotta be 90 lbs draw and a 350 grain arrow!! Which would scare me to even shoot and i'm thinking would sound like a .22 short! I will say though, the most impressive achievement of current archery tech on the compound side is noise reduction. It used to be that an ibo ready bow was SO loud. Now, I'm amazed at how relatively quiet they are at the range, especially if they have off-string silencing, which I bet will become a mainstay in the 'high tech' trad scene in the future. The disadvantage is that it makes your bow look 'weird'.

Right now 400 fps is being accomplished with 80#'s soon to be down to 70#'s
405 fps with an xbow is already out on the market.

[backquiver]

There are several manufacturers with production compounds that are over 360 fps off the shelf, in standard draw weights - which is getting really close to being twice your bow...