New to Traditional

[vinyari]

Hey everyone,

I'm new to traditional archery, but not new to the sport, I have been bow hunting for about 5 years now, have been 3D shooting for about 3 years, and have just bought my first recurve. I didn't want to spend much money but wanted a bow that I could have some fun with so I bought a Ben Pearson mach 1 off of ebay. It's #45, 52" AMO, I know it's old but that doesn't mean I can't have some fun with it. I'd like to know any info you guys could give me on what gear, arrows and anything elseI should consider, I presently use Carbon Excel 400 w/100 grain heads. I do know that I need to use feathers not vanes, I need to buy a string for this and I realize that I need a string that will stretch or I might hurt the bow??? what string would be good??

any info you could give me would be great.
thanks in advance
Vinyari

Email Chad on here. He goes by LBR. He set me up with a really old recurve I setup. And also makes great flemish twist dacron strings. Just go to www.recurves.com His email is on there. You need to take a tape measure and measure the length of the recurve. I use a string to measure from nock to nock. And then measure the string. YOu probably want a string 3-4" less than that measurement. Depending on the bow, I would set the brace hieght to 7.5". I set the recurve I got to 8", to make it quiet, and the wife shoots that one and doesnt like string slap.

[vinyari]

thanks alot

i'll look him up,

Vinyari

[BobCo19-65]

Welcome to traditional! I'm sure you'll have a lot of fun.

Yep, Chad is the expert on what you need. I can also vouch for him.