new archer with a question...

[hshawn31]

I am new to archery and just purchased a Browning Fusion. All i know about this bow is that it's a one cam. Does anybody know what year these were made? And does anybody know the i.b.o speed?

[rackshooter449]

I think that the fusion was produced sometime around 1998, Im not sure but I had an older darton around the same year that was pushin around 260 FPS (IBO) which was pretty quick for the that period of time

[Kelly Johnson]

It's hard to tell. They had the "Fusion" names for about 10 years I think and the bows are all very different.

IBO speed is really unimportant. It's generally a ficticous number for practical purposes anyway.

Basically pick a number btw 280 and 310 that sound good to you and you can tell your friends that's what it is.;)

Truth is in how you shoot it:)

[dtg]

:yeahthat: What is important is how comfortable it is for you to shoot and how quiet you can get it so the deer won't jump your string. Speed is helpfull in shooting flatter and getting the arrow in the deer before it knows what hit him, but IBO is NOT a hunting number, I think that's the number that it can shoot the lightest possible arrow. How flat doesn it shoot from 20-30 yrds? I'd be more concerned with getting it as quiet as possible with string silencers, limb savers, etc.

But if you must really know how fast it can shoot, go to your local archery range and shoot it through the chrono.

[Riddle]

A.M.O.(Archery Manufacturing Organization) and I.B.O. (International Bowhunters Association) both have a method for testing arrow speed from bows and although they are different both can be used to compare equipment for relative speed. Both of the speed testing standards use a constant drawlength, arrow weight and bow weight to test bowspeed. These are the way the two differ.
A.M.O.
Under this standard the bow being tested will have a maximum pull weight of 60lbs. The arrow will have a grain weight of 540(9 grains of arrow weight per pound of bow weight). The draw length will be set at 30 inches. The chronograph used for measuring the speed will be placed at point blank range for testing.
I.B.O.
Under this standard the bow being tested will have a maximum pull weight of 70lbs. The arrow will have a grain weight of 350(5 grains of arrow weight per pound of bow weight). The draw length will be set at 30 inches. The chronograph used for measuring the speed will be placed at point blank range for testing.
What is important about these two speed ratings is that they are only to be used to compare bows speed tested under the same standard. They should NOT be used to tell you what you will personally shoot for speed. For example lets take an average archer……Bill Bowshooter……..Bill has a 29 inch draw length shoots his bow at 65 lbs and shoots a 455 grain aluminum arrow. In our example neither the A.M.O. or the I.B.O standards will accurately reflect the speed of Bill’s bow. Since Bill is shooting a shorter draw than both standards, shooting an arrow that weighs 7 grains of arrow weight per pound of bow weight, and is shooting 65 lb peak weight he will shoot at a speed very different to either standard.
If we try to make some generalizations about the two different ratings we could say that the I.B.O. speed rating is much faster than most archers could achieve, and conversely the A.M.O. speed rating reflects a speed that is less than what most shooters could achieve with the same bow. If a bows I.B.O. speed rating is 320fps and its A.M.O. speed rating is 245fps that would mean the average archer would shoot that bow somewhere in the middle of that range.

I have an older Browning (an Ambush 80). Bought it two years ago, I took it into Gander Mt. had them look at it, got some arrows, practiced. Didn't see any deer to shoot at the 1st year, got two bucks last year. only took three shots, first shot, the top limb nicked a branch on release and the deer ducked the shot. I know it's slower than my buddies bows, but they didn't get anything, as they didn't see any deer.

The moral: bow is only part of the equation.

[Chuck]

Call the manufacturer and tell them the serial numbers on your bow and they should be able to tell you what year it is and everything else you would want to know.