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<blockquote data-quote="Danny" data-source="post: 1255127" data-attributes="member: 11002"><p>IMO, no. ATA has nothing to do with arrow speed. Especially now days. </p><p></p><p>In the old days, yes it did. In the pre-compound days, the longer bows usually required more drawing force, thus faster arrows. That wasn't really a result of a longer bow though. When compounds came about, most risers were of a deflex design (meaning high brace height). They were very forgiving, but not very fast. To get extra speed out of them without cranking up the draw weight, you had to reduce the weight of the arrows, or shoot "hatchet" cams which were much more harsh, and hard to draw than the round wheels of the day. With the old AMA rating, the only way to safely reduce arrow weight was to make them shorter. You could shoot previously underspined arrows that were lighter because when you shorten them, it makes them stiffer. So you gained a tad bit of speed there. Then, because they were shorter, you had to use an overdraw. Overdraws simply were a device that let the arrow rest sit behind the riser. Most were in the range of 3" to 6". So you could shoot a much shorter, much lighter arrow. The only issue was, form. If you slightly torque the bow side to side when the arrow rest is sitting directly above your hand, the effects are minimal. However, when you put the arrow rest 6" behind your hand, that torque is magnified greatly. A solution to that was to play with riser design. They came out with straight risers, and reflex risers, which took the place of overdraws. They perfected this design to the point that overdraws are now pretty much extinct, and cams didn't have to be so harsh. In fact, they figured out they could eliminate one of the cams, and replace it with a smoother drawing round wheel. Thus the single cam bows. Now, we have parallel limbs on bows that store even more energy then the old straight or recurve style limbs. All of that helps in the speed department. Unfortunately, they are quite noisy. Even the newer bows that are advertised as being quiet aren't nearly as quiet as my old 48" ata, deflexed handled, Pearson shooting a 600+ grain arrow.</p><p></p><p>Short bows became popular for one reason. They were easy to handle in a tree stand and brush. They later figured out a way to make them extremely light also.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Danny, post: 1255127, member: 11002"] IMO, no. ATA has nothing to do with arrow speed. Especially now days. In the old days, yes it did. In the pre-compound days, the longer bows usually required more drawing force, thus faster arrows. That wasn't really a result of a longer bow though. When compounds came about, most risers were of a deflex design (meaning high brace height). They were very forgiving, but not very fast. To get extra speed out of them without cranking up the draw weight, you had to reduce the weight of the arrows, or shoot "hatchet" cams which were much more harsh, and hard to draw than the round wheels of the day. With the old AMA rating, the only way to safely reduce arrow weight was to make them shorter. You could shoot previously underspined arrows that were lighter because when you shorten them, it makes them stiffer. So you gained a tad bit of speed there. Then, because they were shorter, you had to use an overdraw. Overdraws simply were a device that let the arrow rest sit behind the riser. Most were in the range of 3" to 6". So you could shoot a much shorter, much lighter arrow. The only issue was, form. If you slightly torque the bow side to side when the arrow rest is sitting directly above your hand, the effects are minimal. However, when you put the arrow rest 6" behind your hand, that torque is magnified greatly. A solution to that was to play with riser design. They came out with straight risers, and reflex risers, which took the place of overdraws. They perfected this design to the point that overdraws are now pretty much extinct, and cams didn't have to be so harsh. In fact, they figured out they could eliminate one of the cams, and replace it with a smoother drawing round wheel. Thus the single cam bows. Now, we have parallel limbs on bows that store even more energy then the old straight or recurve style limbs. All of that helps in the speed department. Unfortunately, they are quite noisy. Even the newer bows that are advertised as being quiet aren't nearly as quiet as my old 48" ata, deflexed handled, Pearson shooting a 600+ grain arrow. Short bows became popular for one reason. They were easy to handle in a tree stand and brush. They later figured out a way to make them extremely light also. [/QUOTE]
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