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Title: Interesting draw weight comparison
Post by: saumensch on January 14, 2010, 10:05:00 AM
I meassured the actual draw weight i have on my fingers at my draw on two of my bows and got a quite interesting outcome:

Bear Hunter TD I Recurve 50# @28", 60";
Bob Lee Signature LB TD 54# @282, 62";

@ my 30 "draw the Bear had 58# and the Lee 59#!
So only 1 # difference remaining though there should be 4 ? Is it a sign of the BEar stacking or just coincindence?

thought you might find it interesting too.

Regards
Title: Re: Interesting draw weight comparison
Post by: Apex Predator on January 14, 2010, 10:33:00 AM
Looks like stack to me.
Title: Re: Interesting draw weight comparison
Post by: Orion on January 14, 2010, 03:48:00 PM
Is the initial weight the marked weight or the measured weight?  The amount of stack on the Bear looks a bit high.  Shorter bows will stack faster, all other things being equal, which they aren't in this case, of course.
Title: Re: Interesting draw weight comparison
Post by: cacciatore on January 14, 2010, 05:45:00 PM
Those old TD limbs stack quiete a bit.This is good of you have your draw lenght around 28" because it acts like a cliker.
Title: Re: Interesting draw weight comparison
Post by: Pointer on January 14, 2010, 09:48:00 PM
I don't think any 2 bows stack the same...no two sets of limbs are the same, limb design is different etc. I hade a super k that was 44 @28 and only went to 51@31.
Title: Re: Interesting draw weight comparison
Post by: 30coupe on January 14, 2010, 10:24:00 PM
Did you check the weight of the Bear at 28"? Bear is notorious for putting the approximate weight to the nearest 5# on the bow. They used to put the actual weight under the strike plate. It would not be unusual if yours is actually 52# @ 28", in which case it really isn't stacking much at all. I have seen several that were a pound or two off. I had a Black Bear once that was marked 45# on the limb, but 47# under the strike plate. My bow scale agreed with the 47#.

On the other hand, if it is actually 50# @28", then, yup, it is starting to stack a bit at 30". Neither scenario would be surprising.