How many of you have a takedown recurve with multiple sets of limbs?  I recently bought one and got two sets of limbs.  The lighter limbs are for form work, early season target work and long days of 3-D shooting.  The heavier limbs are for hunting and target work prior to the season opening.  The lighter limbs draw about #42, the heavier about #51.

The riser and grip are a designs that suit me well and feel great in hand.

If I ever need to go heavier or lighter- no problem, I don't need to buy a new bow - just limbs.

Wait a minute - I may never need a new bow??? is that a good thing???  

2 of my 8 have multiple limbs (2 and 3 sets). Frankly, I rarely use the spare limbs.

It certainly is convenient,versatile and can be cost effective.

Sometimes you can get limbs second hand for a good price.As long as they don't have to be custom fitted.Like Black Widow that are CNC engineered

If you blow up or twist a limb you have your backup set.Thats a good thing.

Now you may have the option of longbow and recurve limbs with some Bowyers


The versatility extends to length as well.Not just poundage.Like if you want a shorter brush or blind bow to go with your longer setups.

Its all good essentially.

I have multiple bows with several sets of limbs.  I do the same....lighter limbs for early season and move up in weight later.

I have a Morrison ILF riser with several sets of limbs.  Lighter limbs for practice and a little heavier limbs for hunting.

It is quite common to see people asking about getting their first "longbow" after being a recurve shooter for a long time...I have had an RER LXR for a while...two sets of limbs for the same riser, one pair static tips and the other radical d/r longbow...I doubt that many shooters could tell which limbs were installed in a blind test

DDave

I always think that I should order 2 sets of limbs when I get a takedown, but the truth is that I rarely switch out the limbs, even though I have 3 sets for my recurve.  I usually just stick with one set... but it IS nice to know that I have options.

I have several T/D recurves with two or more sets of limbs.
  When I lived in Colorado I hunted Elk early season and used heavier poundage, typically I would hunt late season Deer and sitting on stand in cold weather made a lighter set of limbs a good idea.

Pat

I have a Bob Lee with 2 sets of limbs, but they are only 4# apart. I am about perfectly tuned with the lighter set so I haven't put the other set on in years.  I have never tuned arrows for them either. I customized the grip and it really fits now.

I have two sets for all my bows.  One set for most of my 3D and most of my hunting and ones that are a little heavier for when I hunt large game like elk or moose.  I also bring both sets when I travel for back up.

That's one of the reason I use the ILF system.

I have several with extra sets. Although I have never had a custom limb fail it sure is nice to have a back up set ready in the event of emergency.

On  trips far from home I bring a second set of limbs in case.Far more likely to damage limbs before riser.I have recurve and longbow limbs with about same wgt. on a couple of bows.Kip

I agree with Kip, the value would be in having a back-up set of limbs. To me nine lbs. draw weight is a big jump from 3d to hunting, why not simply shoot the same weight for both?

I have several take downs but no spare limbs.

If you own a single bow there could be a reason for having 2 or more set of limbs. You can change poundage depending the activity or 2 alike set for back Up. But if you have several bows the set in the drower never will see the light.

I have 2 sets of limbs for my Black Widow PCH.  One set is 60", 49#@28" (52@29).  The second set is 51#@28" (54@29), 58".  I draw this bow to 29".  The longer set is easier to shoot for longer periods of time  while the shorter set is a little heavier, quite a bit faster and slightly more maneuverable

Jim, I actually see the lower draw weight limbs  as most beneficial for form work.  I can do a lot more repetitions with the lighter set and at this time of year those reps help me a lot.  Once I switch to the heavier limbs, they will probably stay on until hunting season is over.

I have 5 Bear risers and 7 set of limbs from 39# to 65#. Have used them all for hunting except my C mag riser witch is white, used for target only.

I have multiple length limbs, same draw weight for my Bighorn