When I bought hte bow they measured me and told me 29 inches and thats what I gota 29 inch bow. They made me stretch my arms out and they measured and then they divided by 2.5 I believe. Also the grip, it really does look like I am squeezing the chit out of it, I never thought i did to bad till I looked at my picture, I put a sling on it so maybe that will help with the grip, keep the comments coming yall...