stiff bow

[amazonjim]

I have a bow by archery traditions, by Dan Quillan, Its a great bow but seems real stiff compared to my swift wing bow, both are recurves and I like the grip of the archery traditions but when you start the pull it is stiff from the beginning. A friend said the same and has more trad expierence than me. Reasons?

[Orion]

Different designs preload differently.  Some load heavy early, others don't.  Are the draw weights the same?  Did you measure them on a scale.  The stiffer feeling bow could just be heavier.

[David McLendon]

The Canebrakes(one piece) had a of of preload and loaded up right from the start. They are good shooters and are pretty fast for their draw weight.

[Three Arrows]

what is the weight of the bow?  Maybe you should let me shoot it for a while and soften it up?  The Canebrakes and Patriots have a lot of front end load and ease up when the limbs start to break over.  I love these bows.

[amazonjim]

The bow is 50#@28 according to my scale, I think the pre load is what I am dealing with. Now Three Arrows, does this really happen do they soften up or you just pulling my leg because I'm new to traditional.

[champ38]

My Turkey Creek loads up early ,and at first feels heavy, but then smooths out, as mentioned above. Not sure, but this seems to be a common trait among some of the faster bows.

[Three Arrows]

I am sorry Amazon, I was making jokes...  The bows do not soften up, you get stronger and the bow feels lighter.  Most recurves I have used are heavy feeling at first draw.  50 lbs is a bit on the heavy side unless you shot traditional bows before.  I started using 50 lbs over 20 years ago and hindsight says to use less poundage and work up in weight over the years.

[joe skipp]

Canebrakes were preloaded, the Patriot was much smoother. The Original Canebrakes were not centercut and measured at 26" not the AMO 28". The Canebrake flat out shot though, good bow.