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Originally Posted by ComplexCreature  Am i right in generally thinking that slightly stiff is better than slightly weak? |
IMO,that is correct.I think the idea behind that way of thinking is that after a couple of months of shooting you may feel the need to up the poundage a bit,which would make the weaker spine too weak to tune but would bring your slightly stiffer spine into the ideal.
I had a set of 460 redlines which were way too stiff(the shop didn't have correct spine for me).I needed 520's or even 600's.I brought them 2" longer than needed.After 3 months i had upped my poundage twice and i had shortened them twice.They were a bit whippy at first but at the time of me selling them they were spot on.I'd still have them now if it wasn't for the ban.
I wouldn't recommend doing it the way i done it because its a lot of messing about.I was too impatient.But it does show that a very stiff spine can be tuned with a bit of understanding.Recurve bows are very adjustable and seeing as you will only be,at most half a spine out,you wouldn't have any problem at all