recurve bow limbs strength

[nu]

Hi everyone,

I am shooting for a year now and am about to purchase a gold medalist. It is 70" tall, my draw length is 29.5" and I am not sure what limbs I should get. I am between 36 and 38 Lbs. I will be shooting at 90 meters.

All opinions are most welcome.

[crosshairs]

Get a Vector. You won't regret it.

BTW, when you said 29.5 inch....you do understand that it is measured from the nock groove to the end of the shaft, and not to the end of the point, don't you?

So, which arrows are you using, how long is your point, and where lies your clicker?

[nu]

Thank you crosshairs,

After what you pointed it turns out that my draw length is 31". As I haven't yet built the bow I can not tell where the clicker lies exactly. My guess is it will be close to the outer end of the riser. The points should come more than 5mm out of the shaft, I imagine. My shafts will probably be easton ACC (affordable for me) 3-28 30" long(?), any suggestions upon that?

The Vector limbs are way to expensive for me at this stage, I will probably use the W&W striker or in the best of cases the win act ones.

My problem remains: if 36 lbs limbs mean 42 lbs on my fingers and 38 lbs limbs mean 44 lbs on the fingers, which should be the best choice for comfortable 90m shooting as well as technique learning?

[crosshairs]

You're most welcome.

Ok, if you wanna save some money.......do this: Have a friend visiting Singapore get a pair of 70" Vector ( yes ) from this guy called Bill Wee. He sells it at S$768 or so. Do the conversion. His address is available at Hoytusa website, under Asian Dealers.

I will not recommend using Win&Win for your case. I just had one guy in a local forum admitting that he broke a number of W&Ws (drawlength 31.5) 70".

One more thing. You should be using a 100 grain point weight, meaning that it should measure 15 mm instead, or more. Considering that, your correct arrowlength should come up to around 30 & 3/4 inch.

You should be using 3-28 - 3-29 ACC shaft. You should get a 36lbs Vector. Then your clicking weight would come up to around 39-40 lbs. You must see that it's your actual drawlength. Most guys in my country have longer drawlengths than they originally thought. It's done by opening up your draw fully and anchor while still aiming in front, as though you were doing a morning stretch when you had just woken up. (Feel a slight comfortable stretch on your back)

Why Vector? My friend has a vector. It doesn't stack at all......that's what we think. And it seems that the draw limit for a pair of 68" limbs is 31". So you can expect it to last longer than a W&W.