Any good 80 lb bows come out recently?

I know this is old but I'm glad to see a few more 80s on the shelves these days. I'm a bit limited by my 31-31.5" draw length, so it is difficult to find both long draw and 80# new bows.

I still rock an old bowtech CPXL coming in at 82#. I love those cam designs for yoke tuning but i'm not a speed chaser. my elk arrows were 640gr and with 200gr heads those same arrows come in at 720gr. I shoot the 640s at around 275fps IIRC. haven't chrono'd the 720gr version.

I just got back from south africa this week where i shot a cape buffalo and eland with the cpxl. the buff took the arrow in the shoulder and buried to the fletchings, it zipped straight through the eland. I have both shots on video i will eventually post somewhere. I was using iron will 200gr single bevel "buff" heads (no bleeders).

For arrows that spine out correctly there are not many. I use gold tip kinetic kaos .200s. 100gr inserts, footers, and IWs. they're tough as nails. There are a few on the market now, black eagle has some .150s, and there are some newer arrow companies out with stiff arrows, but i haven't been checking into the latest and greatest stuff for a while.

Every couple of years i will wander into a shop with my bow, shoot a couple of the new ones, shoot mine, then pack mine up and go home. I haven't found enough difference in shootability or technology to justify retiring the old cpxl yet; nor for paying new prices on flagship models.

cape buff shoulder at impact:
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dam, I went to type that the Insanity wasn't that old. It use to be a flagship bow 10 or so years ago, then. Guess it's a little old but a lot of the newer ones are based on that.

My bow the revolt x80 is a long draw I'm pretty sure. 34 inch axle to axle.

I use victory arrow 4mm arrow called VAPs in a 250 spine. I get them blank, cut and fletch them. 3 degree right helical with TAC vanes.

I set my self up for those further shots with large wind gust.
 
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Its actually not that bad
I tried one this spring and the draw cycle was way better than a pse omen cam
Whats your draw length?

Some of those hatchet cams like the bowtech rpm 360 was fine at my buddy's 28". When i tried it at 30 it was way, way worse. Not saying thats the case here but i have experienced it.
 
80lbs just a memory for me, it was great for 20 years but I'm 66 now things change not to mention my draw weight. I have shot the Hoyt Aspen 32" draw for 25 years about 5 years ago I had to back my bow down to 73-75 lbs. I have tried out Mathews Lift 33 and was impressed with the 80% let off, considering the Aspen only has 65%.
I'm not married to Hoyt but I have shot them for close to 40 years it was very tempting to buy the Lift. Hoyt has a couple of bows that would work for me but the one that I am interested in is the Highline. So I'm curious if anyone has shot both bows the Lift and the Highline and what your options were between the two.
Thanks James
 
I have the lift 33 80lbs with 85% let off. I'm shooting 28 1/2 draw and 515gn arrows at 282. On my garmin sight I can get out to 90 yards without having to dial anything. Be interesting to see what I could get to with like maybe a 420-430 gn arrow
 
I have the lift 33 80lbs with 85% let off. I'm shooting 28 1/2 draw and 515gn arrows at 282. On my garmin sight I can get out to 90 yards without having to dial anything. Be interesting to see what I could get to with like maybe a 420-430 gn arrow
Soon as my local bow store gets my 80lb mods in I'll let you know what mine does with 425 grain arrows. BUUUUT, my wingspan is a little more than yours , so I'm gonna pick up a little more
 
With my 31.5" DL, I'm guessing that the 425 grn arrow will be around 320 fps. Just a guess
It's been a long time since Mathews has impressed me with a bow. Today that changed.
Finally got the lift put together. 31.5" dl. 80 lb.
426 grain arrows were a consistent 338-338.8 over the Garmin. 451 grain arrows only dropped to330 fps.
 
I have the lift 33 80lbs with 85% let off. I'm shooting 28 1/2 draw and 515gn arrows at 282. On my garmin sight I can get out to 90 yards without having to dial anything. Be interesting to see what I could get to with like maybe a 420-430 gn arrow
Look for roughly 1 fps for every 3 grains of arrow weight, either direction. At 425 grains I'd put you right around 310-315 fps. 615 grains would put you around 250 fps. Look for around 2 fps per pound of draw weight, drop 70 # mods in your bow and your 515 grain arrow would be flying around 260 fps. My Phase 4 33 at 70 pounds and 28.5" draw is shooting exactly 280 fps with a 437 grain arrow, when I tested the Lift 33 at 70 and 28.5 draw with my arrows it was 5-7 fps faster, that was on launch day for the bow so long enough ago that I don't remember exactly. The Lift is a sweet bow.
 

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