46-48". Then Bear came out with a 44" model and the race was on.
It was funny.... last summer a former club member that had been away from archery since about '91 came out to the range to visit. He looked on the bow rack and said something about how happy he was to see so many kids' bows in the rack. Then he looked around and noticed there weren't any kids at the range that evening and he was getting the evil eye from a lot of guys.