Getting a bow

[vertek]

Hi i'm new to the forum and archery.

I'm going to get a cheap recurve bow to mess around with for a while off of ebay and by messing I don't mean it litrally.

What do you think of this

http://cgi.ebay.ie/51-RECURVE-BOW-ARCHERY-HUNTING-SHOOTING_W0QQitemZ150011715386QQihZ005QQcategoryZ2 0840QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Or


http://www.merlinarcherycentre.co.uk/acatalog/Knight_Recurve_Archery_Bow.html

Which do you recon I should go for?


It will be my first bow,when I build the right muscles up and get a bit more accurate I'll buy a more professional bow.

Thanks

[Robert43]

Dont buy any thing untill you join a club . I f you buy something now in 6 months time you will wish you had something else.
Aclub will help you find the right bow for your style / needs etc
In saying that if I had the choice of both I would go the second 1 as it looks like a Ato Z take down bow grat club bows
Hope this helps

[andrewf87]

Go here: http://www.archery-forum.com/showthread.php?t=11259

Should give you a good idea of how to get started.

[Tristan]

I agree that the second bow looks a lot better than the first. The first bow is only 20lbs at 25" draw. It's also only 51" long. This means it's really meant for teenagers or younger (generally speaking). For an adult beginner you normally would be looking at 25 or 30 lb at 28" draw and a bow about 60" long or more if shooting recurve.
I also agree that it would be best to get involved with a club and do one of their beginner courses. That way you should be able to try recurves and probably compound bows as well (you might even get to try a longbow).

[Sandy Hancock]

The first bow is not suitable for target archery. The riser is *very* short and there are no stabilizer or sight mounting facilities. It looks to be intended for barebow hunting.

The second bow is very similar to the Samick A-Z of old (now discontinued).
It is a very short bow (you have said elsewhere you are 6' 2" tall) and was only made in lighter draw weights. It does not have international limb fittings so will not be upgradable.

You can do much better for not much more money.

Go to a club (you may have heard this advice before;) :roll: ) and ask around.

[reversehaven]

hm.. i'd say approach a dealer to buy a bow. it's probably cheaper. then just get a wooden bow.

but yeah. very important to join a club. becasue you have the bow... kinda pointless without the club. you don't get proper coaching.. .or at least you don't have peers to help you around kind of thing.

but for training up... normally until you're 1 year into the sport.... i'd not advice getting a metal bow yet. you could if you felt you're rich enough, but otherwise i'd save the cash.