I'm thinking about buying a recurve but I sure would like to be able to shoot the same arrows I shoot from my longbow. I don't want to start over on the tuning and have two sets of arrows if possible. If the draw weight on the recurve is the same as my longbow, what are the chances they will fly the same?
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Jerp, I can only base this on the assortment of Toelke bows I've owned and my conversations with Dan....but in a perfect world his recurves need to be 2# lower draw weight than my longbows for me to use the same arrow combo. Of course, if the weights are close, you could probably just play with point weight and strike plate thickness. In reality, I've found that with fletched arrows there seems to be a lot of wiggle room.
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In my experience the recurve needs to be a little lighter in poundage. I guess it really depends on the bows involved. Of coarse you can slow down a faster bow with double silencers, heavy string, moving center shot out, you know what I'm saying.
I have two bows that have become my go bows because of the fact that they are similar in draw weight and both shoot the same exact arrows pretty darn close to the same.
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Wow. I just went to the Stu Miller calculator where I've saved the inputs for my current arrows. With the inputs from my longbow the two numbers are very close at 54.2/54.5 I changed the bow input to a Bob Lee recurve with the same draw weight, and that number (Dynamic Spine Required) jumped to 69.6. How could that be?
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Originally posted by jerp View PostWow. I just went to the Stu Miller calculator where I've saved the inputs for my current arrows. With the inputs from my longbow the two numbers are very close at 54.2/54.5 I changed the bow input to a Bob Lee recurve with the same draw weight, and that number (Dynamic Spine Required) jumped to 69.6. How could that be?
If the Lee is cut closer to or more past center than the longbow, it will require a much stiffer arrow.
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Originally posted by BowBuddy View PostI have a 54# recurve and later i bought a 57# longbow and they both can shoot the same exact arrows
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Jerp, I agree that it is possible depending on the cast/efficiency of the bows and the amount of paradox the arrows need to go through due to how close to center shot the risers are cut. My 45 lb modern cut to center recurve, 50lb hybrid (close to center) longbows and 57lb hill style (not very close to center) longbow all shoot the same arrows well.
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Originally posted by jerp View PostWow. I just went to the Stu Miller calculator where I've saved the inputs for my current arrows. With the inputs from my longbow the two numbers are very close at 54.2/54.5 I changed the bow input to a Bob Lee recurve with the same draw weight, and that number (Dynamic Spine Required) jumped to 69.6. How could that be?
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Originally posted by jerp View PostI'm thinking about buying a recurve but I sure would like to be able to shoot the same arrows I shoot from my longbow. I don't want to start over on the tuning and have two sets of arrows if possible. If the draw weight on the recurve is the same as my longbow, what are the chances they will fly the same?
Last edited by Greywolf in Hawaii; 09-13-2013, 11:29 AM.
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