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Dustinhill:
Hi guys, I've seen some people mention that a longer draw is "smoother". I'm asking because I'm hoping to make a longer bow with a longer draw but am worried that the longer draw would hurt my torn right rotator cuff. (As of now I've only been shooting short draw) However, after thinking about the smooth draw concept I wanted to ask, which would put less strain on a bad shoulder #50 @28 or #50 @20?
Thanks,
Dustin

jayman448:
if the bow is 50# @20 its going to be like 75# @ full draw. short drawing may or may not hurt that shoulder. youll be engaging different muscles than with proper form. when guys are talking of longer bows having smoother draw its due to the different angle of the string. a longer bow has a lesser angle at 28 inch draw. im not sure if that helps you out. also why 50#? if its just for hunting purposes 45# should still do just fine for taking game, is legal in most areas if not all, and will put less stress on that shoulder. 

sleek:
A longer bow has a smoother draw for longer draw lengths. So I would recommend a longer bow. Longer than what? Obviously your current bow, but I dont know how long that is. A 68 inch bow with recurves would be sweet as can be to pull back. But it needs to be very well made at lower draw weights or its length and mass will work against energy delivery to the arrow.

Dustinhill:
Jayman - I was using #50 for my scenario because it seemed like a pretty common weight. My current bow is 46" ntn and #40 @19. In Pennsylvania the legal weight is #35. I'm only planning on hunting small game this year anyways.  it doesn't hurt my shoulder very much at that weight,  but I wanted to make a longer bow (65-70") to see how it felt but was worried about what you said sleek, that at a lower weight the mass of it could effect the performance. So for example, would it be a better performing bow if it was #45 @28 then #45 @20 if the bow was 70"?
Thanks for the responses,
Dustin

Pappy:
Yes, the 45@28 will out preform the 45@20, given both bows was 70 inches, longer power stroke always helps. :)
 Pappy

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