Which will perform the best, which would be more forgiving? Short riser longer limbs. Long riser short limbs.

ttt Has anyone did any testing with diff lengths?

Bill Stewart told me in an email exchange that his fastest MultiCam T/D recurve combination was an 18" riser, the longest riser he made, and his medium set of limbs for a 60" bow.  I now shoot 62" recurves and try to get as long a riser as possible.

Bill

Since there is less mass moving in shorter limbs, they should be faster, everything else being equal.  However, I have found bows with longer limbs to be smoother drawing, and probably a little more forgiving.

Another variable is the effect on different arrow weights.  I've read that the performance advantages of short limbs fall off when shooting heavier arrows, although I haven't tested this for myself.

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The longer limb will be faster and feel smoother on the draw. The longer the limb the more energy that is stored. There may be a variance in some bows but in general the longer limb wins. Shawn

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I also agree with the longer limbs / more forgiving. The longer your draw length, the longer your bow should be in my opinion. I draw around 32" and like to stay with a 62 or 64" bow.

McDave - and not to mention more accurate.  

Bowmania

I had this same question in my head earlier this year so I picked up a short Morrison Shawnee 'A' riser and the longest longbow limbs Morrison makes, 'F' limbs for a 64" bow.  I was half expecting the limbs to be 'noodly' and poor performance but the opposite was true! The bow is a tack driver and smooooth as butter all the way out to 30".  I like it so much I am having Morrison Archery custom make a foam core pair of 'F' limbs now.  I am very happy with the performance of the short riser and long limbs.  Steve

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No problem bro. Limb design will play into results but I'm fairly certain physics has stayed the same all these years.

Thanks for the help guys.

Mcdave and Bowmania are correct. My feeling riser length should be longest possible to draw and shoot smoothly for the individual that it is built for. No bow should have identiacal risers and working limbs if they are built for two different people with different draw length.

Since I have a 30", drawn length, I like long recurves. The longer length bows are more accurate for me. Less "touchy" so to speak. I also like a smooth drawing bow so for me, I prefer a short riser and long limbs. My two 66" recurves have 19" risers with 23.5" limbs.