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28-03-06, 06:53 AM
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| What size longbow?? Womble has been bitten by the longbow bug!!! He currently shoots recurve, 68" @ 38lbs - 29" draw He needs advice on the best size bow to be on the look out for!! 
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28-03-06, 07:14 AM
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31-03-06, 07:05 AM
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| If he's buying off the shelf he won't have a lot of choice on the length. He should pick a weight that he can pull comfortably. Bear in mind that if he is going to do marks or flight he might want a bit of extra draw to get past his ear. The draw-weight curve of a longbow will be very different to the recurve and the best way is to find somewhere he can try a few. If you are having one made, leave it to the bowyer. I usuall reckon on 68" for a 28" draw and add a couple of inches for every half inch after that. But what I usually do is start off with a long bit of wood and pike it during tillering. | |||||||||||||
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31-03-06, 08:38 AM
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| Roughly speaking: if it's made from a premium bow wood (yew, osage, lemonwood), then about the same height as himself. For other woods, about 20% taller than himself. The extra length reduces the likelihood of the bow developing string-follow, where the bow takes a permanent curve in the direction of bending. That's not an absolute rule at all -- a shorter bow would probably be fine, especially if he's not shooting it very often. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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15-04-06, 09:45 AM
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| I shoot a 70inch recurve #40 approx' 31inch arrows my longbow is a Bickerstaff, 78inch #50.max draw length 31inch Made for me by Pip Hope that helps
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