Are you checking your speeds and Kinetic Energy?

[Frontline Defense]

Can't say enough about the Gamrin Zero C1 Chronograph. I use it for load development on my 1,000yd range and now for archery.
I tested various arrows. Final build is the Iron Will RIP TKO V1. 473.5gr with 15.3% FOC. Enter your total arrow weight in the Garmin and let it fly. 265fps and 74 ft-lbs of KE. Works for me.

 

[tradman]

Nope

 

[Beendare]

"Are you checking...." Nope

Over 4 decades bowhunting has shown me what works....and it's not FTLB's or FOC
(sorry for casting shade on your new chrono)

 

[Frontline Defense]

"Are you checking...." Nope

Over 4 decades bowhunting has shown me what works....and it's not FTLB's or FOC
(sorry for casting shade on your new chrono)

Ain't casting shade on it. It's a tax write off and used primarily for precision long range rifle stuff. Also has handgun and other speed stuff. To be able to shoot 5" plates at 1,000yds you need to know your data. Archery option is on it as well. Weighing each arrow and broadhead or practice points is awesome feedback. Just because someone tells you this is what a practice point or what an arrow weighs isn't always accurate. Removing all excuses lol.

 

[Mighty Mouse]

I used to chrono a lot of arrows out of curiosity. As an enginerd, I found the data interesting, but ultimately speed and KE numbers for arrows are of little to no practical value to the archer.

 

[Wilderlife]

I have one of the Garmin chronographs because when I do my rifle testing for magazine articles, I measure the velocity of all the ammo I test.

I use it for my bows as well but it's more for interest than anything else. If I was shooting the poundage I wanted and an arrow weight I wanted, the speed that arrow is going doesn't mean much to me, unless of course I'm chasing smaller pin gaps for a sight tape to shoot further distances or something.

 

[Billy Goat]

The number of people on the planet that can shoot the difference of 5 grs per arrow is pretty miniscule.

Even having the form to consistently shoot within 1 fps isn't that common.


It's interesting to play with, but in the end I feel like it falls into a category of noise. It's getting easy for an end user to weight and sort things to make them "perfect", but in the end it's not a huge consideration.



I carry 100 and 125 gr broadheads, at 40 yards I start to add a yard.

Been a really long time since I have worked out or cared what my KE is, or p is.

 

[JK47]

I hand load for rifles and handguns, so I have a couple chronographs laying around. I did check my arrow speed just out of curiosity. I didn’t bother with the KE.

 

[5MilesBack]

I'll check my speed just to make sure I'm legal for some 3D shoots, but with a 32.5" draw......I don't worry about speed or energy much at all for hunting.

 

[Healthy Scratch]

I used a chrono (borrowed one from my sportsman's club) to set my full draw-4 range finder. It uses speed and a few other parameters to display the top of the arrow arc. I love the range finder especially when shooting thru tunnels of foliage but, to tell you the truth, I don't remember my arrow speed. All I know is that the arrow hits where I aim... most of the time.

 

[JFK]

I shot over my garmin strictly out of curiosity and because I already owned it for rifle reloading. Didn’t use the shot data for anything or plan on changing anything based on it. The only somewhat useful take away was seeing a consistent speed within 1 fps.

 

[jjordan355]

This is the speed for my 530 grain arrows I just finished.

I use mine mainly for rifle load development and chronoing my pistol ammo for matches, but got some new Easton 5.0s fletched last week and shot it over the chrono for my sight tape. I like having the info just because I’m particular about knowing it but I doesn’t effect me in the end.

 

[Joshk358]

I like knowing roughly where I'm at velocity wise for a particular arrow setup.

 

[2Stamp]

As others have stated I check the speed just out of curiosity. I don't use the speed for anything else other than maybe to play with different arrow combos using Archers Advantage. I haven't worried about KE ever and stopped worrying about/ calculating FOC 7 or 8 years ago. I did use my Garmin to do sight tapes in Precision Cut Archery a couple years ago. I may again, we'll see.

I use my Garmin primarily for my rifles.

 

[Joe Holden]

For sights tape, yes.

Did some tinkering back in March with a labradar and 6 different arrow weights for retained velocity at 100. Proved what was already common knowledge/thought for the most part. Fun little side quest.

 

[Eli.taylor]

Can't say enough about the Gamrin Zero C1 Chronograph. I use it for load development on my 1,000yd range and now for archery.
I tested various arrows. Final build is the Iron Will RIP TKO V1. 473.5gr with 15.3% FOC. Enter your total arrow weight in the Garmin and let it fly. 265fps and 74 ft-lbs of KE. Works for me.

I used a chrono to get sight tapes built accurately but other than that I can use podium archers KE calculator or precision cut archery’s information they provide

 

[jonesn3]

Right now I’m using the Garmin mostly for load development for rifles. That’s said, I’ve used it quite a bit for archery for two scenarios: 1) determining a curve of arrow weight vs. velocity for given draw weight (this helps if I want to change arrow setups I can have a good idea of the resulting velocity), and 2) down range velocity and site tape creation. I use a LabRadar more so lately for the downrange velocity data for archery tho now.

 

[anonymous22]

I shoot over my Garmin to make my own tapes but I don’t really mind KE any.

 

[Wilderlife]

Here's a video I made using the Garmin chronograph as a tool to help measure and build consistency in my traditional archery shot.

 

[Beendare]

I doubt this is a revelation to most here but Kinetic Energy doesn't kill critters with an arrow. The wound channel does.

KE is an indicator of a bows penetration potential but it's the combination of BH, arrow weight and speed that dictates the wound channel. No where in the KE formula is there a factor for the BH.

A very inefficient BH needs more arrow weight to function well vs the more efficient BH designs. An example of inefficient BH's is a wider head with less taper in either fixed or mech. 3 blades 2" wide at a 60 degree angle [inefficient] are going to plow like crazy.......vs the most efficient fixed 2 blades tapered to a 30 deg point that slip in effortlessly due to their mechanical advantage [just like a wedge]

Typically where guys go wrong is in not matching the arrow to the BH. Increasing Speed alone doesn't do it....the added speed creates more resistance for inefficient BH's. Thankfully there is energy to burn in most compound systems so there is built in forgiveness.

KE is useful for comparing different bows....though now-a-days there is not much KE difference in the different bow categories when one is comparing apples to apples.