A pre owned 80lb Hoyt would probably suit you
That having been said, if you cant shoot 60-70 arrows in a single session without starting to struggle, you're not as strong as you think you are (at least when it comes to archery)

 

Thank you very much for the reply and the suggestion, I might set up an alert on eBay for when anything suitable is listed!

Yes, I shot target with my brother for 2 hours this past weekend which was great fun. It's not that I think I'm particularly strong overall, just I've found shooting these draw weights relatively easy - obviously medieval archers used to pull much more!

Thanks again

 

What are you hoping to do with the bow? Shoot spots or hunt? There's the APA King Cobra as you mentioned, I know Cam Hanes does or used to shoot a 90lb Hoyt but pretty sure that was a custom build just for him. Might be able to find a used PSE Xpedite. Think the fastest bow made was the Full Throttle.

 

Thanks for the reply also. Thanks for the recommendations also, as mentioned above, I might set up eBay alerts for these types of bows.

To be honest, my first priority is self defence as I live in a country where I can't own a firearm (there is no licence issued to non-nationals like myself). I'm able to shoot accurately at the most probable ranges I would have to shoot if required and my time between shots is manageable.

My second motivation is that I have an interest in how modern bows would fare in modern warfare, so I'm interested to see how modern high powered archery equipment would perform against modern armour, etc.

Thanks again!

 

There's a huge difference between 60# and 100#, when shooting a compound.

#1--You'll never need a 100# bow, even if you hunt elephants or hippos. 80-90# would work fine.

#2--Unless you're planning a very expensive hunt to Africa, for elephant, hippo or Cape Buffalo, you'll be fine with any high quality 70# bows for decades. (A lot of huge Cape Buffalo are also taken every year with 70# bows, where legal).

#3--Shooting a 100# bow makes finding correct arrows for it much more difficult and much more expensive.

#4--You'd have a huge selection of appropriate arrow shafts with a 70# bow.

#5--If you really want a high-powered bow, though, I suggest you start with 80#, because you'll never need more, and it won't be too hard to find/build arrows for it.

#6--Accuracy and shot placement are much more important than raw power.

 

Thank you very much for the reply and the reasoned, helpful advice!

I mentioned my two main motivations above, one of which is to see how modern high-powered equipment fares against modern armour, etc. This advice is very helpful and actionable, thank you, and a great reminder about the importance of accuracy over raw power.

Thank you again!

 

Thank you very much for the reply and the reasoned, helpful advice!

I mentioned my two main motivations above, one of which is to see how modern high-powered equipment fares against modern armour, etc. This advice is very helpful and actionable, thank you, and a great reminder about the importance of accuracy over raw power.

Thank you again!

Arrows will penetrate Kevlar vests. You wouldn't need an especially high-powered bow. Even a knife or an icepick would penetrate Kevlar. Only a Class 4 type vest with steel or other hard plate inserted would stop an arrow.

 

Don't know about the whole modern vs modern aspect but on the flip side, one year for our science fair project my son built Japanese paper armor to see how that held up to target bows shooting lighter target arrows. We shot and compared penetration depth to poundage.

I think that the 100-layer paper armor was able to stop 23s shot from a 60# Hoyt. Obviously a 70 to 80 pound bow with hunting or field tips and a heavier arrow could punch through.

We decided a chest protector that thick would be too heavy for a soldier to be effective.

 

Thank you very much for the reply and the insight. Wow, amazing to think that effective armour can be made simply from something so cheap and readily available. Would be pretty hard to ban paper also! Thanks again.

 

Good you use to be a weight lifter, that doesn't translate to shooting bows. Archery against modern warfare, you loose!

 

Adequate power and accuracy combined with high rate of fire will always rule over slow, powerful misses.
Learn to do this - with a 70-lb bow - and you'll be onto something.

 

Great reply, thank you. Working on it at the moment. As mentioned previously, I'm accurate within most common close protection ranges and my reload time is manageable though could always be better. This young man can do something similar to Lars with a low powered compound bow:

Lars himself filmed a video penetrating basically cheap replica (though still somewhat effective) armour and shooting his style with a Oneida Osprey 30-50lbs bow:

Thanks again.

 

Get an 80lb PSE Omen. And get ready for all the comments here from guys who can't pull even 70lbs to tell you :

-"You don't need 80lbs", or:

-"You can't shoot 80lbs unless you're sitting on a lawn chair with your feet over your head, while balancing on a medicine ball. "

 

good