I know a couple a guys that are stricly recurve shooters. I always get a lot of crap from them about how i might as well bring a 30-06 to the 3D course if im going to shoot my compound. But, when im shooting 12s at 40 yards, and they barely hit the target at 20, i believe ill stick with it. I never was that good with one. They definatly are neater lookin though.