That makes it a bit harder to shoot in confined surroundings, simply because of its lenght. Traditionally a longbow is as long or longer than the archer is tall, so you're looking at around a 66-68" longbow for the average male. I wouldn't say that a longbow is easier to shoot in compromised positions. I'll have to add though, that a well made, expensive once piece recurve bow is almost as good as a longbow when it comes to limb twisting. The limbs of the light weight beginner recurve bows that I hand them out can be very easily twisted. Since I am a lvl 1 archery instructor, I often notice that when teaching beginners and total noobies archery. Overall especially beginning archers tend to twist limbs and string while drawing their bows, it is one thing that comes with sloppy form. A 56" Recurve limb obviously can't be twisted as easily as a 68" recurve limb. Also it depends on the length of the bow. On a higher draw weight recurve bow its harder to twist limbs and string simply because they are stronger. And for that, a longbow is perfectly fine. Some just want to experience the spirit of archery and all the different ways it can be done. But I think not every archery just wants to shoot at a target face at the same known distance all day. They can offer you a lot of gimmicks to hit those targets reliably (stabilizers, clickers, sights.). There are olympic style recurves for that, that have been developed for many years. If you want to shoot at target faces at 70m or 90m, obviously a longbow isn't the right choice. There is a reason, why practically every well known trick shooter from Howard Hill to the Wilhelm Brothers to Byron Ferguson almost exclusively used longbows or longbow-variants: They needed reliable, forgiving bows for perfectly accurate shots at short to mid range distances. On the other hand a longbow will make it very hard for you to twist/torque its limbs and string while drawing and therefore is more forgiving, which helps especially a beginning archer. Well, true story bro, but what if i want to ride a bike because i like the physcial activity? Then suddenly the motorcycle is inferior to the pedal bike.Ī longbow can give back less energy to the arrow than a recurve bow can and traditionally, they are not cut "past center" which makes it a bit harder to aim over the tip of your arrow and further reduces the energy the limbs can give back to the arrow. Saying they are "inferior" is like saying a bike is inferior to a motorcycle. They are just a different kind of bow meant for a different kind of shooting. Links to other archery content around the webĪ guide for buying your first recurve, by /u/FerrumVeritas!Ī guide to recurve risers (2021) also by /u/FerrumVeritas!Ī guide for buying your first compound, by /u/ILikeCatsOnPillows!Ī guide to the various disciplines in archeryĪdditions to the above tables are welcome! If you have any ideas for additions, please message the mods! Feel free to contribute, as it is a community document. This includes jokes, reposts, and memes - if you don't like it, downvote it please refrain from reporting them unless they violate the other rules! Effort and content policies are left to the voters. PVC bows are archery as much as FITA compound. Every discipline is welcome! Please refrain from discriminating based on another user's style of shooting or choice of bow.Repeat offenders are subject to banning at mod's discretion. Hunting, recreational, and competition archery are all welcome! Rules r/archery is a place to share and discuss content relating to one of mankind's earliest pastimes. Want an avatar by your comments? Click here!
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