I currently have 2 recurves a Martin Hunter(which I love and shoot often) and a York Mojave that I picked up at a yard sale. The Mojave is a 55# at 28" so at my draw it kills me I rarely shoot it it just hangs in my hunting closet. My Martin is smooth and the weight is 45# at 28" so at my draw it is manageble but in all honesty it wears me down pretty quickly as well.

I am looking for another recurve or longbow that I can shoot more for fun than anything, and Ireally would prefer something that isrelatively lightweight on the draw and smooth. I'm thinking maybe even as light asabout 40# at my draw length (about 30"). Iwant something affordable but not cheap if that makes sense. I love shooting my Martin but as I fatigue my form, concentration, and everything else seems to go out the window.

Any help/recommendations would be appreciated.

Nate

I just sold a great one I built last week. It was a 44lbs @ 30" R/D long bow 66 ntn. It was a white oak, hickory,walnut lam, withzebra, walnut, cherry, and mapleriser. It was a great shooter, little to no hand shock, very little cast. I almost didnt want to sell it. I pretty much gave it away. It would have been just what you were looking for. I might make that exact bow agian this week for myself, but at about 55lb @ 30".

How does this help you? I guess it doesnt.Im feeling sellers remorse.

Oh yea, what are you looking to spend? That would give us more of an idea of how to help you out.

Well I don't want to say money is no object because it is, but I would like it to be around $300 (I know that's not much, I might have to look at some used ones). I don't really know the market.

Heck, you should be able to find a good bow for that much. Checkmate, hoyts, persons, bear, etc. etc. can be found in that range. You will find a better variety in used bows, but at a lower draw weight, you should have a good selection.

Burnie, whats your price range? I'm a little interested in what you might possibly do for me!?!

There are a lot of used bows on this site that get some good traffic they come and go pretty quick!

http://tradgang.com/noncgi/ultimatebb.php?ubb=forum;f=5

I just got my first. Pulls 45 lbs and is alot of fun to shoot with cedar arrows.

Don't get me wrong, I love my recurves, but this rig just feels like a Man's bow...
Feels like 'Old-Times'.

BP

I busted my lam grinder last night and think im going to go with a surfacer. So Im going to be sticking with board bows for a while, or until I build a new lam grinder/get a surfacer. Ill let you know when I get things back in order. Ive never been much on producing bows for sale, so I dont really have a price range. I usually build a bow, if I like it, I keep it. I built a few bows to sell this last month to get some extra cash to buy some boat parts. My bass boat motor went cafooowey last summer and I need to do a little work on it. Im working on a little different configuration for an all wood lam bow, that I would be curious on what others think about it. Ill let you know when I get back up and running.

Sounds good Burnie and thanks!