i wasnt trying to make the exact claim about the velocity being 280 i was just trying to estimate because a freind of mine has a 2000 dollar compound bow that chrons out at 340 but his is top of line.

i am glad to get the input on that so we have a pretty accurate estimate on the actual power of the arrow and not just the pull weight which at 124 ft lbs is still average to high power for a .22 lr.

i can tell sextus is very knowledgable in archery because i knew and now know he is into chroning them and you cant argue with facts. as i said i was just guessing on that 280 fps.

my specialty is high powered rifles not much on archery. and thinking on it somemore i would be close to certian that firearms probably shot around the 600 fps mark and the lead shot weight is a guess but i figure since the bores varied but a lot of em were around an inch. maybe someone might know how much the lead balls weighed for arquebuses?