what limbs do you suggest?

[wood butcher]

hi all
i am after your collective advice and opinions.
i am just about to take my last lesson and want to buy a pair of limbs.
i already have a Winstar11 riser 25" new.
at my club i am using a trainer bow with 70" limbs 22lbs and 31"arrows
on my last lesson my coach will be measuring me properly for draw length and bow size,
so i am after opinions of what limbs to get and what poundage,
i will have a budget of about £125 can go more if needed.
i am 6 foot tall and work in the construction industry if that info helps.
many thanks in advance.

[bkupris]

Try out some of your club members bows if possible (with their permission ) with your coach present and try and determine a poundage that you can safely and comfortably handle. Plenty of good wood core limbs available at reasonable prices. Win and Win Winacts with carbon for £180 if your budget can stretch that far are hard to beat. Plus they would be easy to flog when necessary to upgrade poundage etc..

[wingate_52]

Go for a carbon rather than a glass limb. The Winacts are good.

[John (OSF)]

We're going indoors soon, ask you coach for advice.
Don't exclude glass limbs either. I bought a pair of glass 28 pounders for a guy two weeks ago and he's getting 167fps out of them which is more than enough to compete indoors. I think it's best to save your money until limb performance really matters (imo)... outdoors and then buy quality carbons

All the best and good luck whatever you choose

[wood butcher]

thanks for that
i was drawn more to carbon than glass

[ian_p]

Gary i'm shooting at the club on wednesday so if you want to try my bow you're more than welcome

[Perks]

For your first set of limbs I'd go as cheap as possible, after all if they last you six months I'd be surprised. You will want to increase your poundage over the next year or two so the lower end is much nicer to the wallet. It is probably worth asking around the club in case any one is looking to off load their old limbs. Failing that KAP Challenger Craft / Winstorm are a good starter limb and are quite easy to sell when you outgrow them.

[wood butcher]

cheers ian

[jmvargas]

you will not go wrong the old challenger carbons made by win & win....they have been replaced,however, by the winstorm which are now made in china......

[chemistry]

Wood Butcher,

Having been in your position about a year ago, I went for 34lb Hoyt Epics (i.e. simple woodcore limbs) at the end of my beginners lessons. During the lessons the heaviest club bow I used was 28lb.

I agonised before buying, worried that 34lb limbs would be too heavy (I have 39lb on my fingers) or that they would be too weak and my arrows would never make more than 50 yards.

In reality, they were fine - and still are! I've reached first class and they have no problem sending ACCs 80 yards, aiming at the gold. Only now am I thinking of upgrading them, some 18 months and plenty of improvement later. For the record, I work in an office, am 6 foot tall, 13 stone and certainly no muscle man!

Similarly, most of the other beginners in my group bought similar limbs, normally woodcore ones (because they are the cheapest, nothing against carbon) in the 34lb to 36lb range. Certainly good enough to get you to second class and even beyond.

My point is, don't worry too much about it and remember too that there is a degree of weight adjustment in limbs anyway, so you can adjust the weight up/down to some degree.

I reckon that if you get some cheapish limbs that result in you having somewhere between 36lb and 40lb on your fingers, you'll be fine for starters. get them, then worry about developing your technique and work up to the longer distances, changing arrows/limbs as needs be as and when you need to.

chemistry