RECURVE TO LONGBOW

[Jmatt1957]

I have been a recurve shooter all my life(except for a couple of years on the dark side. Recently my nephew and his friend(brother) started shooting longbows, and I don't want them to use that as an excuse when I beat them on the 3d courses. So I am switching to a long bow, specifically a Big Jim buffalo. It is 64 ' and 54#@28. my recurves are all 52 to 54 lb. Any advice on making the transition from recurve to long bow would be greatly appretiated.

[Orion]

Really not much to it.  The Big Jim Buffalo is a hybrid that will perform very similar to a recurve.  Grip might be a little lower wrist, but not much of a change.  Maybe take 5-10 arrows to get dialed in.  That's it.  Have fun.

[Jmatt1957]

Ok good news. Thank you.

[Steve Clandinin]

No sense giving up one for the other.In time to come it will be" Recurve with Longbow " You'll get the hang of it and be shooting either or depending on your mood.Been shooting both for years,you'll enjoy the challenges and benefits of both.Best of luck.

[monkeyball]

The only tip I can give you is  shoot it, shoot it, and shoot it.


  When I am shooting my longbow regularly and then go to my recurve,it only takes a few shots for me to get dialed in.

   That is not the case when I go from my recurve to my longbow,more like a few quiver fulls.

                                                           Good Shooting,
                                                                          Craig

[two4hooking]

Not much difference between those two as Orion said.....