Who out there makes short (sub 48") one-piece recurves without an ergonomic grip and arrow shelf? I shoot off the hand.
I'm just not fond of longbows, flatbows or those things with bolt-on limbs.
Check out Rodney Wright at Wright Archery has a 46" recurve. You might also check the Classifieds for a Sheepeater recurve-48", Mike had several on there for sale.
Those are nice, Selfbow19953, but I'd sure like one of them without the ergonomic handle. I prefer shooting off the hand rather than off a shelf...
You might want to look at horse bows.
I have a Lone wolf Banshee. Its not sub 48" although Its 52", but man, what a sweet little shooter!!