Hi Matthew, I remember you and I'm glad to see you over here.
Most of the bows you mentioned are very good bows, and they are top of the line. But check out these quotes form another thread:
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If you are looking strictly at recurves, I'll leave you with something Ken Beck of Black Widow said to me a few weeks ago. "There's not a nickle's worth of difference in performance among the better bows."
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Actually that pretty much the same thing OL Adcock told me at one time, different words, same meaning. And I believe there is a lot of truth to that.
Since you are 16, I am assuming you will proably have some growing to do. If you get a custom made at your draw and you do grow, there is a chance that at some point, your bow may begin to stack on you. For this reason and a few others, you may want to wait a few more years to look at these top of the line custom bows. Don't let the prices fool you too much. For instance I have a fewexpensive bows, but I also have Chek_Mate Kings Pawn on order. Not afraid at all of the quality after talking to owners and holding a few. Also, you will find that a lot of these bowyers have a long waiting list, some probably a year or so.
One big question, do you plan on using the bow this year. If yes, you will probably be a little too late to get a custom. In that case you could either go the used route (which in many cases a good one) or the off the counter route.
Do you know what your draw length is currently?