![]() You can see how my groups deteriorated with the Bear Refine EKO and Bowtech SR350. Reilly, the more experienced archer, was able to shoot the more challenging bows better. I beat him by an inch with that bow, one of my wins of the week. But Reilly struggled with the Prime Inline 3, shooting 4.5-inch average-his worst overall. For example, Reilly was lights-out with the Hoyt RX7, shooting a 1.62 average, while I averaged a more modest 3.08-inch group. It’s interesting to note that there was some variation on which bows each of us shot well. averaged a 2.80-inch group for the 11 bows we tested. In other words, I’m probably just like you. I don’t compete, I hang my bow up for the winter, and I’ve never had formal coaching. I’ve been bowhunting since I was 14, and I shoot diligently every summer so that I’m ready to be a lethal hunter in the fall. ![]() In other words, if you put him on a random public archery range he’d likely be the best shooter on the line, but he’s not winning national 3D tournaments. Reilly is an expert shooter and veteran bowhunter. The compound bow testers were myself and P.J. We didn’t stack the deck in favor of compound bows with professional shooters, either. But for bowhunters, the thing that matters most is the question: “How well can I shoot the bow?” So that’s what we measured. If we’d have shot the bows out of a mechanical shooting device, like a Hooter Shooter, we’d likely get different results. ![]() What we were really testing here was field accuracy: how accurately a regular archer can actually shoot the bow or crossbow in the real world. Yep, at 50 yards, the compound bows were more accurate, on average. The average three-shot compound bow group for the field was 3.20 inches. The results? The average three-shot crossbow group for the field was 3.45 inches. Our test team included four shooters with varying degrees of experience. Compound bows were paper tuned and shot without any stabilizers. Crossbows were scoped up, dialed in, and shot from a lead sled. We shot the field of new crossbows and compound bows at Lancaster Archery and Supply’s 50-yard range. Many of us also wonder when crossbow advancements might begin to plateau or when game agencies might crack down on crossbow performance.īut there’s one critical metric where crossbows and compound bows are much closer than most bowhunters realize: accuracy. That difference of 200 fps is so substantial that many bowhunters still argue that crossbows don’t belong in regular archery seasons. For reference, the fastest compound bow in the 2022 Bow Test-the Bowtech SR350-generated a speed of 288 fps with a 67-pound draw weight, 29-inch draw length, firing a 450-grain arrow. In last year’s Crossbow Test, for example, we reviewed two bows- the Ravin R500 and TenPoint Nitro 505-that shot speeds faster than 500 fps, which was impossible to imagine just a few years ago. The performance gap between compound bows and new crossbows seems to be widening exponentially. We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs.
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