How often do you up your poundage?

[Leighton]

Just wondering. I also realize that the more you shoot, the faster you can increase your poundage.
Personally, I can't afford to "upgrade" my poundage. :P

[DanceswithDingoes]

then don't :roll:

[mbomike]

That was constructive critisism Dingo :o

Chug, It's a personal thing. If you think that ranking up the poundage will make for a better shot, then go for it.

[Leighton]

Sorry, should have clarified the reasons for my post a bit better. I might get the opportunity to purchase a pair of carbon limbs for a good price, but they are 40# and I'm not quite sure if I can handle the poundage. I also really shouldn't buy these limbs, but its a good deal and I was wondering how often people change their poundages, or, a better question, when to increase poundage and why?

[Flehrad]

Well, depending on your riser, you might be able to crank them down ~10% thus making them more usable for the time being until you beef up and shoot them at 40lb, then you could crank them up ~10% and have some beefier limbs to shoot with.

There are obviously implications on changing poundage, but the two that I always think about is that increasing poundage

a) Makes your arrows go faster, thus less time in the air to deviate from wind etc

b)Stuff's up your bow tuning in relation to everything else.

The other bits like not actually being able to shoot the darn bow just means you need to do some SPT and weights.

[hill billy with a shotgun]

Also you might have to get a new set of arrows when you put the weight up. it all depends on how much heavier you want to shoot.

:agrue:

[Leighton]

Really, new arrows? Well, I think 4 pounds wouldn't warrant new arrows....would it?

How would it stuff up my bow tuning in relation to everything else? Does that mean tuning the bow properly becomes more important to a bow shooting 50# compared to a bow shooting 20#?

Thanks in advance,
Chug

[Flehrad]

I don't know if it will warrent new arrows unless the arrows you are using are already on the soft/weak side of their spine rating for the poundage you are shooting, and bumping up 4lb might bring it past being tuned well.

Note, tuned well, as I'm sure you could still shoot with them, but perhaps not as well as arrows properly spined.

As for stuffing up the bow tuning, because you've changed poundage, it means your bow speed has changed, so the flex of the arrow upon release is going to change. You'd have to reset your button pressure essentially, as if the limbs are centred, then you won't have to change your centreshot settings.

However, since they would be new limbs, it means you'd have to correct for tiller and centreshot as they might not align the same as your old limbs also.

[Leighton]

Gotcha. Well, since I'm getting a new riser anyway, I'd have to do all that anyway. (note: yes, I can afford the riser because my riser is more than 15 years old)

And since I'm in the habit of asking questions, I have a new one. Sorry for all the questions guys, and thanks for answering them. Are there any negative side effects of using the poundage adjustment system on a riser?

[Flehrad]

I'm not a recurve shooter, well, not a proper one yet, wait for my tax return....

But, as far as I am aware, the only problems that arise from using the riser's weight adjustment systems is a alignment issue.

Some of the risers have a "poorly" designed system where in order to increase the poundage, it also incidentally moves the limb alignment system at the same time. This means you have to fiddle a bit carefully to get both the poundage and alignment right.

But I think with the Aerotec riser (I don't know about any others) it is a completely seperate system, so you can bump up and down the poundage without consequence on the alignment