Quality short nail pounder?

[JC]

I shot a Little Suckling recurve one time and it was a very cool and mild mannered little bow...a bit unconventional in the looks department but shot well. Don't know if that guy is still making them and you hardly ever see any up for sale.

Otherwise, I'd have to echo the Cascade and K-Mag recommendations. Both very good shooters, with the Cascade have the advantage in most everything but price.

Just make absolutely sure you shoot whatever you plan on buying first...

[trashwood]

Before you buy, look into the Black Mountain Sheepeater Spirit.  If it is a short bow your after that is one you need to check out.

I got Shew, KMag, Cascade, checkmate.....Black Mountain is a static recurve.  best shooting short bow for me.

rusty

[2treks]

No worries Phil, I know you have alot on your mind latly(gobble gobble).
 

[kruked arra]

you should look at the kanati by jk traditions . i have a 43 @ 28  58" and it shoots great.

[firsted]

Oh, man, this is going to be a labor of love!  Alot of quality bows out there just in the size I'm looking for!  And thanks, JC - your advise of shooting before buying is right on the money (no pun intended).  A lot more personal preference would seem to be the name of the game with short bows.
My sincere thanks to all you guys.  Hope to post pics of small bow success this fall.

Eddie Paulsgrove

[trashwood]

LOL well we would not to make you job any eaiser.

Holed up in the the junction of a couple of pig tunnels, the over all length of the sheepeaters is real handy.  the static recurves make the string angle much easier on your fingers.

http://www.blackmountainbows.com/spirit.html

good luck.

rusty

[K. Mogensen]

I haven't got it yet so I can't say how good it is, but I currently have a Check Mate Raven on the way. It's 52" long. Heard nothing but good about it.

Gonna have Zebra wood in the riser and graybark on the limbs... Should be ready literally any day now.

[Jim Wright]

Dan Toelke makes an exceptional 52" recurve, there is a beautiful Cocobolo/Juniper one pictured on his website:  www.montanabows.com,  first click "current bow inventory" then "traditional recurves". You can check out Pete Ward's review of one and get his evaluation and chronograph numbers etc.. but the short story is Pete raved about the bow and the chronograph found it very fast.

[wisconsin wood butcher]

this is a Bruin from mike steliga
56"er 44# @28"s and i draw to 31 and she's smooooth the whole way back

[huntin_sparty]

Originally posted by SELFBOW19953:
Check out Chuck Dessler's (Two Tracks, a sponsor) 54" Ambush Recurve.  

Might have been a typo but the ambush recurve I thought was 50".  Nevermind I see it was clarified up top.

[wisconsin wood butcher]

another pus to piont out Bruin is a sponsor also