More forgiving

[weedwacker]

Looking for something more forgiving than my Morrison ILF.  Looking at Bob Lee's stuff.  Any opinions?  More or less forgiving?  The same?

[FerretWYO]

What do you mean by more forgiving?

[Orion]

Longer ILF limbs would probably do it.

[weedwacker]

Originally posted by FerretWYO:
What do you mean by more forgiving?

Great question!  I am not a very experienced recurve shooter so I was relating this to the compounds I am used to.  A compound with a longer brace height is usually more forgiving of my mistakes than one with a shorter brace height.  I figured there might be a similar formula for recurves.

[James Wrenn]

Longer bow,less string angle for better release,longer sight window.higher brace height ect all translate into an easier bow to shoot.There is a reason target bows are always longer bows. jmo

[Gil]

Longer limbs and higher brace height would make your bow more forgiving.But a perfect tune would also make a forgiving bow,any bow for that matter.You can twist up the string to increase your brace height and see what happens first.Good luck.

[FerretWYO]

As gil and james said a longer bow will be a little more forgiving. as id does reduce the string angle and make a clean release a little easier. as gil said a well tuned set up will help the most. Make some small controled changes and see if it helps you.

[amar911]

There is not much that would be more forgiving than a Morrison ILF unless you add weight or length. Comparing a recurve to a compound will only get you frustrated. Of course, if you want to go to the Olympic style bow where you start adding all kinds of devices to stabilize and balance the bow you can definitely get something that is more forgiving of your mistakes. But you will have a lot of trouble trying to hunt with a setup like that!

Since you are "not a very experienced recurve shooter", perhaps you should spend some more time getting comfortable with your Morrison. It is a fantastic bow!! You may also want to head down south one state to Arkansas and spend a couple of days with Rick Welch to get help with your equipment setup and shooting skills. Rick makes his own line of bows that you could try out. I have never shot one, but many people who have say it is the most forgiving bow they have ever shot. I have a hard time believing Rick's bows are a lot more forgiving than a Morrison ILF, but what do I know?

Allan