Stickbow Target Archery Forums

I know next to nothing about Target Recurves, but I want to get one. I'm sure this goes without saying, but it has to have a stabilizer receptacle and it has to be cut well past center kinda like a compound riser.

I bought a LAZ-AIR trainer on eBay that I want to use to practice form (how's that for straying from the traditional path!?)n
I currently have an old recurve that has a stabilizer receptacle, but being that it isn't cut past center, the LAZ-AIR "plunger" has to bend around the riser to attach to the string....and I can see it breaking if I use it that way.

So is there anything out there for less than $150....or how do I know if a bow is past center shot enough that it will work?n
For example, is cheap, and might do the trick, but I don't know if it's cut past center. If it's called a target bow, can I assume it is cut past center?

Oh yeah, I also want it to be about 45#, but very few of the target recurves I looked at go higher than 35#.

You didn't say what kinda "target" - freestyle or barebow, FITA or 3D, or .... ?

The typical target recurve will have long limbs (I think you draw 28" or longer, so a 66" to 70" bow), metal riser cut well past center, drilled at least for forward stabilizer, drilled for plunger, drilled for a specialty rest, drilled for sights (or is this for barebow target?), adjustable limb tillering is a nice feature.

For $150 outlay, you need to look at the used classifieds.

Hoyt GM with wood/glass limbs still makes for a fine target bow, IMO - and you can progress to the whiz-bang stuff as needed. The GM will be better than you and you can concentrate on getting (and building) yer arrows - skinny carbons with tiny Kurly or Spin Wings vanes.

That 60" PSE "target bow" would be a joke for anything more than barebow 3D.

Rob,n
Thanks for the reply.

The only thing I plan on using the bow for is attaching the LAZ-AIR trainer to so I can draw and release. I have no desire to shoot a single arrow from it. So the only requisite is a stabilizer receiver and past center-cut. I just didn't know how I would know if a specific bow would be cut past center enough.

The LAZ-AIR maker claims it will work with any recurve that you can attach a stabilizer to, but clearly it is not the case, as it did not work with an old hunting recurve I had that was not cut past center.

Do you think the PSE bow I linked to is cut "well past center?"

Ah, I see now.
Dunno 'bout the center cut on that PSE bow - I'd give PSE a call to confirm ...
520-884-9065n 7AM-3:30PM MST

I called 'em. The girl who answered said it was not a center-shot bow.....but, she didn't sound like she knew exactly what I was talking about. Oh well.

I don't think PSE makes or offers a metal riser bow that's not at least 5/32" past center.

Try an internature Bullseye.

n
I bought a 62" version for my 11 year old son
It's drilled for a stabilizer and a plunger and it's centershot.
I'm new to the sport and my shooting s***s so I'm thinking of getting one of these myself in a 38lb draw.
I hop[e this helps.

Steve
Thanks for the post. That does look like it would fit the bill. However, I decided to use the original setup I have, and deal with the slight bend around the riser. It seems to be doing ok so far.

In my opinion the laser part of the LAZ-AIR trainer is a bit useless. There is so much movement inherent in the "shock absorbing" action of the device that it could be shot from a stable machine and would still flop all over the place.

I do however like shooting for form indoors and not worrying about arrows...I don't need the visual feedback of the laser to work on my form.

Todd, one other way you can shoot for form indoors is with a formaster. You will find yourself with a nice positive release too.

Yeah, I have one, but I wanted to practice my predraw sight picture, and post-draw gap acquisition....which means having an arrow or arrow like component coming off the front of the bow to use as my visual reference. If I used an arrow and the formaster, I'd be limited to shooting in front of a target to stop the arrow.

Plus, there is something to be said for the actual feel of the bow completing it's relatively normal mechanics with the LAZ-AIR.

Formaster kinda feels like the dry heaves or something.

My thought also -- I have an arrow duct-taped to the string so I can sight.

As for dry heaves -- hmmm -- sounds like you are saying that shooting a real arrow at a real target is like projectile vomitting?