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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.

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.

Been curious just how fast this bow is with the 30# limbs. These are the R3 Samick limbs, Long, 62" AMO on the 17" Discovery riser.

Have had the limbs since last fall, they always felt pretty powerful.

My draw length is around 31.5" or so.

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.

A long wingspan does equal more performance, and it's free!

Yes the extra draw makes a real difference.

Did a little vid comparing the 30# to the 45# limbs, with A 576 grain arrow.

Here's a link if the vid doesn't load here. Looks like my last vid posting is not loading up, at least for me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcRD7jF5kB0




This was the other vid just shooting various arrows with the 30# limbs,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suGBCq5b1KQ

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.

Here's a little vid I made back in June. Shooting the Discovery with the string silencers, string groove pads, and a Limbsaver de-resonator.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRQnIKSQQcQ&t=9s