Hoyt Carbon RX-8 Speed Test

This is the Carbon RX-8 from Hoyt. And today we are going to be giving it a speed test using 400, 450, and 500 grain arrows. But before we get started, let's go over some of the specs. This is Hoyt's 2024 flagship hunting carbon bow. They also have aluminum bows, but today we're going to be doing the carbon bow. This axle to axle measures at 30 and nine sixteenths. It's got a six and one eighth inch brace height. It has a 4.0 mass weight. So just the bow alone weighs four pounds. This also comes in an ultra version, which is a longer axle to axle. That one is 34 and 11 sixteenths. But for today's video, we're going to be testing the standard RX-8. It has a speed ATA rating at 342 feet per second. So we'll be sure to test that one out today. It's draw lengths range from 25 inch to 30 inch and it's draw weight ranges from 40 to 80 pounds. This happens to be a 70 pound model. We're going to be shooting this thing today at 29 inch draw length, 70 pounds and running those three different arrows that we mentioned, the 400, 450 and 500 grain arrows. So first things first, we need to get those arrows weighed, show you guys exactly where they come out. Get our scale open, zeroed out. Okay, we're going to do the 400 grain arrow first. Should be exactly 400 grain. There you go. Then the 450 grain, 449. This is as good as we can get it around these parts. And then the 500 grain, our little ant buddy. There you go. And also for fun, we're going to be doing 350 grain arrow. You guys stick around to the end. We're going to shoot this arrow at 30 inch draw length, 70 pounds. So that way we can measure up the ATA speed rating from what we get compared to what the manufacturer says it's at. So it should be fun. Make sure you stick around to the end. Let's get on the range and get this test going. All right, now that the arrows are all weighed, so you guys know what they're at, we're going to double check the draw weight on this bow. So we got the HS4 from Last Chance here. You go ahead and zero it out. 69.8, I'd say that's pretty good for the test we're going to be doing today. The chronograph of choice that we're going to be using today is going to be the Garmin Zero C1 Pro. It's a pretty nifty little chronograph if you have it set up correctly. So for our speed test today, like we said before, we're going to be running through three different grain arrows, 400, 450, and 500. We're going to be shooting each arrow twice through the chronograph to get an average speed rating. And then when we're all done with that, we're going to switch the mod on this thing and put it at 30 inches and shoot the 350 grain one time. 400 grain arrow, 29 inch, 70 pounds. See where she's at. 310.2, I like it. Shot number two with the 400 grain arrow. There we go. 311.1 gives us an average of 310.6. Next up is the 450 grain arrow. So we are going to clear this. Shot number one, 293.8. Shot number two, 450 grain arrow. 293.4 gives us an average of 293.6. All right, last but not least, got the 500 grain arrow. Everybody's least favorite. Got our chrono cleared. 29 inch, 70 pounds. Shot number one, 279.5. Shot number two, 500 grains. 279.9, that's a 279.7 average. All right, now that our speed test is done for our three different arrows, we're going to go ahead and have some fun. We're going to change the mod out to 30 inch, keep it at 70 pounds. We're going to shoot one arrow, our 350 grain, and see how it measures up to Hoyt's ATA speed rating. So we got the last mod moved here. We went from the C setting to the A setting, so 2930. All right, we're going to finish this video off here with our 350 grain arrow. We've got our bow set at 30 inch draw length at 70 pounds, and I'm not looking forward to it. I hate drawing 30 inch bows back, but science, right? I do it for science. Here we go, one shot, chronograph is cleared. Range is hot. So sketchy. 347.4, Hoyt says it's speed rating is good. It is at 342 ATA. So it's a little bit faster than ATA. That's pretty good. That wraps up today's speed test video. Hope you guys enjoyed. Make sure you like, comment down below, subscribe, follow, everything you can. Helps us out. We'll catch you on the next one.