Samick makes a pretty decent bow - my first Samick was the 58" one-piece Stingray (now discontinued). Fun little bow but was heavier than marked - I ordered 55# but it came in closer to 60# so I haven't shot it much because it was too heavy. It was also tillered even for shooting 3 under and I shoot split finger which was giving me some annoying vibration in the limbs. Over the past year I've been carefully sanding the glass a little at a time and now have it right at 55# with a little positive tiller and it's working better for me.
Your shooting is really coming along - I bet those 30# limbs are 35+ at your draw length. Oh - all that smoke looks about the same from my view across the lake
Thanks, and I'm finding I shoot better with the centershot recurve. Not giving up on the longbows though.
Yes I'm thinking 35 or so with these 30" shafts. When I get some 32" 500's probably be in the 38-40# range. Probably need to drop point weight down to 125/150gr or so with 32" 500.
I tried some 32" 400 spine. With 200gr up front they flew sorta ok, but bare-shafted too stiff. I could probably get them right with 250gr points, but I'd be giving up some speed.
I looked at the Discovery pretty hard but w the Bear Mag coming out for 2021 am gonna go that route. W #1 limbs I can get a 45-50# rig that's 56". Should be handy in a tree.
Draw length vs velocity, 30# R3 limbs, 567gr arrow
32" draw - 165 fps 28" draw - 130 fps
I was impressed with the velocity I measured at my draw, it almost seemed like too much. So I taped an arrow at 28" and did some short-draw over the chrono. 130 fps give or take (128-134).
It's a lot of gain from the longer power stroke, and added draw weight of a 32" draw.
Looking good! Hadn't heard of making string silencers with that - interesting. I bought a roll of wool yarn years ago to make mine and probably have a lifetime supply.
I stumbled across the idea on youtube. Here's a good and quick tutorial,
I have a 25# recurve that my 7yo and I shoot. It always had a pretty nasty vibration to it. I remembered this vid and finally followed up with doing something about it. It works as well or better than any other string silencer I've tried. The little recurve is a smooth shooter now.
Thanks for the vid!
“Life is life and fun is fun, but it's all so quiet when the goldfish die.”
Looking good! Hadn't heard of making string silencers with that - interesting. I bought a roll of wool yarn years ago to make mine and probably have a lifetime supply.
I stumbled across the idea on youtube. Here's a good and quick tutorial,
I have a 25# recurve that my 7yo and I shoot. It always had a pretty nasty vibration to it. I remembered this vid and finally followed up with doing something about it. It works as well or better than any other string silencer I've tried. The little recurve is a smooth shooter now.
Thanks for the vid!
You bet.
I did another thing to quiet down the string slap on the limbs. Bought some Velcro tape on Amazon, and put strips of it about 4 inches long on the string grooves. That helped quiet it down a bit more.