After I bought my recurve on e-bay I asked a few questions about it and was told that I would have a hard time learning to shoot it due to the short,(56"), length. I picked up a Bear Cub longbow shortly after I got the Darton recurve. The bear was much easier for me to shoot. I sold that bow for a handsome profit. It was too pretty for me to take into the woods.
I have now gotten to be a pretty good shot with the Darton after almost 2 years of shooting it on a regular basis. I am very curious about how I would do now with say a 64 or 66 inch recurve. I have a feeling the longer more forgiving bow would be easy for me to shoot accurately in a much shorter time.