measuring draw length

RescueRiley

RescueRiley

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In the market for a ne recurve and wanted to know if there is a proper formula for measuring my draw length..I've went on line and tried several different methods and got several different results, how do you guys do it??
 
I placed the 1" end of a yard stick in the center of a friends chest, while he stood with his back to a wall and his shoulders touching the wall. Then without moving his shoulders away from the wall, I asked him to bring his arms, palms in, straight out in front of him and with both hands, touch the yard stick. The tips of his fingers rested at the 26" mark, meaning his draw with a stickbow would be 26". Then we went to a shop and had them measure him, after I told the guy what his draw was. He had Patrick draw a low weight recurve with a marked arrow on the string and his draw was 26". I gotta figure that it'll be close enough.

Wanted to add, that unless you are going with a build to your personal specs bow, like a custom would be, most off the shelf recurves are weight rated at 28" draw. So if you buy a bow rated at 50#, that will be at 28" draw. If your draw is 30" and the bow uses high performance string material, the bows weight will actually be 56# at your draw length. That's 3# per inch of xtra draw length past 28". If the bow comes with dacron string, it should gain about 2.5# per inch of extra draw length. In my friends case, he bought a Martin Dreamcatcher rated 55# at 28", but his draw length is 26", so the bow pulled 49# and I verified this with my bow scale when we got back to my place.
 
longbow50 said:
I placed the 1" end of a yard stick in the center of a friends chest, while he stood with his back to a wall and his shoulders touching the wall. Then without moving his shoulders away from the wall, I asked him to bring his arms, palms in, straight out in front of him and with both hands, touch the yard stick. The tips of his fingers rested at the 26" mark, meaning his draw with a stickbow would be 26". Then we went to a shop and had them measure him, after I told the guy what his draw was. He had Patrick draw a low weight recurve with a marked arrow on the string and his draw was 26". I gotta figure that it'll be close enough.
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well said longbow.... :thumbup:

that is exactly what i was going to recomend....:D

i also have a 26' in. draw....
 
Thanks, guys, I know most bows are wieghte at '28 inches but I'm debating purchasing a small '52 inch bow, and am concerned about pinching and throwing off my accuracy.
 
rr-- you either gain or lose 2-3 pounds per inch.... depending on your draw length...:)
 
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