For a nice short riser, the Mizar is probably very hard to beat, value wise. Our club chairman shoots one (very well too!) admittedly with sights, but loves it to bits! I shouldn't imagine the sight picture will be to hard to fathom out, but you may have to revert to shooting more instinctively for a while, as a gap picture will be a nightmare to get! Why not stick with the stick, still shooting your carbons & enter in barebow? I often shoot aluminiums from my hybrid, in barebow & do surprisingly well against the modern recurves (better than most, if truth be told) If you switch to shooting 3-under, even with woodies, you'll have to shoot barebow, regardless. Your shots go a hell of a lot lower, for the same aim-point, when shooting 3-under. I tried it for a while, but I was finding my aim ended up as point-on at 30yds rather than 50. You don't want to be in Bowhunter, full stop. You've got the compound boys to deal with then! If you keep your eyes on EBay, you'll often find cheaper metal risered bows there mate. If you're deadly serious, go for the Hoyt Gamemaster over the Samick. There's not too much price difference & it is a far, far better bow for what you want it for. It has a much shorter sight window, making things much more familiar. Don't forget, though, you'll need to factor in the price of a new set of arras. Recurve & longbows spine out completely different for a given draw-weight. Hope this helps Malc!
ps. Tom Rhude says 'Hi'
