Actually today was the 1st time I ever shot a longbow, and MAN IT WAS SWEET! I shotthis onerecurve, it was so effortless. Really nice bow. Shot a couple more then there were a few "hybrid" recurves. They shot nice, but eh. Then he's like shoot this long bow too. 1, the thing couldn't have weighed more than 20 ounces It was unreal. It really zipped those arrows out and was so smooth. I ended up shooting a couple more after that. I'm really torn now between a long bow or recurve.