Recurves that perform "better than average"?

[stagetek]

Native, I don't feel much if any hand shock. The grip is wide. I happen to like that, some don't. But, I'm told Ron and Mike will change the grip to your liking.

[Bill Carlsen]

Bob Morrison is really onto something with the new MAX I limbs. I've been at this since the mid 50's. Shot a lot of bows. Owned a lot of bows. My favorites were Groves, Heritage (Rocky Miller), DAS with Win&Win limbs, and now the MAX I limbs on my DAS. They are user friendly and have all the variables I like in a  hunting bow.  Short length, speed, very stable and accurate, quiet and smooth drawing. I would say that the Border HEX 6 and BB2 limbs I had were sensitive and noisy. Widows were on the average side for me but shot well. I really liked the Stalker long bow I had but I am not a longbow guy...but they are very nice to shoot.

[randy grider]

Pittsley Predator has got to be tops in smotthness of draw, no handshock, and speed. Black Widow a  close second.

[daniel boon]

Started counting the answers, and run out of fingers in the first 1/2doz posts. For me it's the my 2 S-Tips, The grip , no handshock, quiet, smooth and as quick if not quicker then most. Sold a Blacktail and a Voodoo Kustom and got another one coming. Also have Border HEX6-W limbs on one of Bob Morrison's 17" wood risers, mine are quiet, no handshock, stable and smooooth and they really smoke on arrow.

[Nativestranger]

Originally posted by stagetek:
Native, I don't feel much if any hand shock. The grip is wide. I happen to like that, some don't. But, I'm told Ron and Mike will change the grip to your liking.

Thanks. I was looking at hunter's niche webpage and got to say I like the look of the bow too. Got to get me one of these some day.

[longbowben]

Im going to throw in the Hoots 54" recurve super smooth at my 28 1/2 inch draw and very fast with excelent cast better than my MOAB.

[cthorsman]

Perform "better than average"

Bruin Huntmaster

Who needs fastflight, With B-50 Dacron it is the quietest, quickest,  most accurate recurve I have ever shot. My other bows are sold or for sale.

I shot a Bob Lee Hunter take-down this past weekend at the Baltimore shoot that may have been smoother. I would have to shoot them side by side to know for sure.

Have owned it for 8 months. Wll post a review sometime this summer.

[LoneWolf73]

Morrison Cheyenne
Black Creek Banshee
older= Hoyt Huntmaster

[will_hunt]

Neil Jacobsen at Bears Paw just finished a new Carbon Hunter recurve for me.  It is third BP I have owned since 2001.  It is the finest shooting recurve I have yet to heft. Smooth as butter and faster than any bow I have drawn. Neil has mastered the carbon market and is producing top shelf work. The man is also the quietest and most unheralded modern bowhunter around.  His trophy room is superior.

[Scott E. Thomas]

Let me start this off that I am not a recurve shooter. I have a few old bear recurves on the rack and have owned a few customs over the years but my love is with the hill style longbow. Long story short I ran into Kirk from Sasquatch Bows at the Baltimore shoot. He had in his hand one of his new static tip recurves. I believe it was a 62" bow and 47 lb. I asked him if I could shoot a few a few arrows threw it in wich he handed me the bow. I had a few carbon express 150's that weighed about 500 grains. All I can say is Wow. That bow shot flat and I was slapping arrows. But what really surprised me was how quiet the bow was with those static tip limbs. If I was in the market for a recurve I would look no farther. Keep up the good work Kirk. God bless, Scott.

[bentpole]

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[bentpole]

[Stixbowdrew]

Palmer carbon not the fastest but it shoots half dollar groups at 23 yards....... Speed doesn't kill, accuracy and sharp broadheads do.

[**DONOTDELETE**]

Originally posted by Otto:
I'd be willing to wager that if you put every recurve made by all the top bowyers and conducted a controlled test that there ain't 10 fps difference between the lot of em.

It means squat.

You want to put a $1000 on that bro? i'll take that bet...  

[JRY309]

I am more of a longbow shooter but do have a few recurves.My best performing recurves are my Dryad Orion with ACS RC limbs,Zipper ZSR with carbon & foam EVO Accel recurve limbs,Predator Classic and my Hoyt Buffalo.All great shooting bows,hard to pick my favorite.All are 62" except my Zipper ZSR it is 58" and just flat out shoots great.

[LookMomNoSights]

[LookMomNoSights]

 
Well.....at least we got it narrowed down  

[gringol]

Sounds like all recurves are above average.  That is an impressive mathematical feat.     threads like this are exactly why we need 3rd party bow chrono data.  Speed is the only bow characteristic that can be accurately measured.

[bear1336]

I have owned a lot of bow in my nearly 60 years of archery and I believe the best performing bow I have ever shot was the RER Arroyo.

[Lucas K]

This thread is an awesome indication of how great it is to be a recurve shooter right now! While I am a huge fan of vintage recurve's from the end of the 50's to about 70-71, the so called "Golden Age" of the recurve bow; it is becoming apparent to me that the real golden age is right now! In terms of research, numbers of bowyers, and just information, there is so much going on right now...