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is this artical for real? most every flagship bow is well over 4 pounds at this point. Your looking at finished bow weights pushing 8 pounds. If anything in the last 5 years the bows need to be put on a little diet
One thing many of us don’t chat about concerning bow stock weight is the size of today’s bows. Today’s bows are losing axle to axle length every year therefore, risers are being cut thereby reducing overall weight. Additionally limbs are being deflected differently to parallel and past parallel designs as well as using less limb length and travel to reduce hand vibe. Again, less limb equals less weight. My point ? Bow weight is a obviously reducing. It’s not any new riser cut outs or refined metals by and large. It’s mostly overall bow size that’s got most bows in the 3 pound area before rigging. Here’s something to laugh at. Today we use less materials to build a bow, but they cost 5 times what they used to cost a mere 20 years ago. Lol So to me, bow raw weight is a relative thing. I don’t buy into the manufacture hype that they’ve engineered a bow to weigh less. It’s partial truth. They’ve engineered a complete bow to be more compact so as to use less metal, less limb material which makes for less weight. Same basic materials, metal, Carbon, fiberglass. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I started writing about how light bows are today and it quickly turned into a rant so I'm just going to say my '93 Oneida weighs 6 pounds. I have no problem walking around with it all day and it's the most stable bow you could possibly imagine in your hand. There are pros/cons to either and today's bows are more accurate for their technology whereas yesterday's bows are more forgiving for their weight and limb/riser design. Too bad no one has combined the two! Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk
I've walked with a 9 pound shot gun for upland and small game. Held that same gun all day in the duck blind. Have no clue what my bow wieghts ,but its no problem walking in to the woods going to my stand. Maybe if i was a western hunter.
I think a heavier bow is better as long as you can keep your form good and keep your arm from dropping. I feel that a little more weight will keep you from floating around on the target. When you start to pull and use your back tension you need resistance (weight) to keep from bow arm from floating.
A heavier bow is more stable...You don't see target archers trying to make their bows lighter, in fact the opposite is true. Same with bow length, and brace height, bigger is better. The move towards shorter, lighter, and faster bows is misguided IMO. To each his own though, shoot what you will. I'll stick with my old, heavy, long, Bowtech Sentinel, thanks. Silent and accurate.
The accessories add the weight, and unfortunatley a lot of aluminum is used to make them. Aluminum is not the lightest way to go...
