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<blockquote data-quote="HSmithTX" data-source="post: 2666689" data-attributes="member: 121677"><p>I am in the camp that the new bows aren't ANY more accurate or much if any faster than the older bows and haven't been for a long time, if I remember correctly the fastest bow tested by Lancaster (or was it outdoor life? or bowhunting magazine? whatever) was a 2014ish PSE, rated at 360 and shot 357 or something? Silly fast. The bow companies have had their ways to inflate speed ratings for as long as it has been advertised, I look to third party testing of off the shelf bows that you and I buy for real world speeds. I was shooting 480 grain arrows at 270+ back in 2004 with a 28" draw and a single cam bow pulling 73 pounds. The same bow would shoot a 330 grain arrow near 320, and it had a brace height around 7 inches and ATA of 37. Buy the new super bad *** whatever and it really isn't going to surpass that by much if any and especially if it is near 7 inch brace and 34+ ATA. The new bows are however VASTLY easier to keep in tune, VASTLY quieter and super soft in the hand. The cams and equal loading of the cables and things like that (thank you Mr Darton) on basically all of the new bows make setting them up, getting them shooting great and stay shooting great way easier, basically for the life of the string and cables things stay very close to optimal. Some of the new bows are also WAY WAY more speed consistent across draw lengths than they ever used to be, PSE and Bowtech are the best among them from the third party tests I have seen. The draw cycles are crazy smooth now compared to older bows shooting similar speeds too. There are definite advantages to the new bows over say a 2015 or older bow, but is there $1000-$1800 buying new bare bow worth of advantages? The answer to that is very personal I would say, I would love to have the new flagship bow from several companies but I am not willing to spend the money it takes to get those advantages on a bow. It's chump change compared to what I and a lot of us have spent on a rifle by the time its ready to shoot and well less than what I and a lot of us have spent on a single scope but I just can't make it make sense in my mind yet. We now seem to be entering the next generation of bows where some or all your accessories that you love on the old bow aren't going to move to the new bow when you get one, so $2000-3000 is in play for a new flagship bow ready to hit the field. It will be interesting to watch for the next few years.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HSmithTX, post: 2666689, member: 121677"] I am in the camp that the new bows aren't ANY more accurate or much if any faster than the older bows and haven't been for a long time, if I remember correctly the fastest bow tested by Lancaster (or was it outdoor life? or bowhunting magazine? whatever) was a 2014ish PSE, rated at 360 and shot 357 or something? Silly fast. The bow companies have had their ways to inflate speed ratings for as long as it has been advertised, I look to third party testing of off the shelf bows that you and I buy for real world speeds. I was shooting 480 grain arrows at 270+ back in 2004 with a 28" draw and a single cam bow pulling 73 pounds. The same bow would shoot a 330 grain arrow near 320, and it had a brace height around 7 inches and ATA of 37. Buy the new super bad *** whatever and it really isn't going to surpass that by much if any and especially if it is near 7 inch brace and 34+ ATA. The new bows are however VASTLY easier to keep in tune, VASTLY quieter and super soft in the hand. The cams and equal loading of the cables and things like that (thank you Mr Darton) on basically all of the new bows make setting them up, getting them shooting great and stay shooting great way easier, basically for the life of the string and cables things stay very close to optimal. Some of the new bows are also WAY WAY more speed consistent across draw lengths than they ever used to be, PSE and Bowtech are the best among them from the third party tests I have seen. The draw cycles are crazy smooth now compared to older bows shooting similar speeds too. There are definite advantages to the new bows over say a 2015 or older bow, but is there $1000-$1800 buying new bare bow worth of advantages? The answer to that is very personal I would say, I would love to have the new flagship bow from several companies but I am not willing to spend the money it takes to get those advantages on a bow. It's chump change compared to what I and a lot of us have spent on a rifle by the time its ready to shoot and well less than what I and a lot of us have spent on a single scope but I just can't make it make sense in my mind yet. We now seem to be entering the next generation of bows where some or all your accessories that you love on the old bow aren't going to move to the new bow when you get one, so $2000-3000 is in play for a new flagship bow ready to hit the field. It will be interesting to watch for the next few years. [/QUOTE]
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