Spyder Takedown Recurve Bow - 62"-64" Hunting & Target Bow - Fast, Accurate, Versatile Handcrafted Riser - Fiber Glass Maple Limbs - 20-60lb Draw - Beginner to Intermediate

I am a beginner archer currently learning to shoot instinctive and I have to say that this bow is great. Given my style and interests, I will eventually make the transition to a Mongolian horse bow, but am using this bow to get my basics down and learn what I am doing.The bow comes packaged nicely with a set of basic instructions. It's easy to assemble and the wood of the riser is beautiful and feels great in my hand. You can tell that its well made once you start loosing some arrows. From what I can tell its an accurate bow and launches the arrows nicely and smoothly. As far as durability is concerned, I have yet to have any issues. I have dropped it a few times and have let my teenage sons take some cracks at it and we all know how delicate teenagers can be with things.When I ordered mine, I purchased 35 pound limbs just to get a feel for things. I am reasonably fit, so I am getting to the point where I would like higher poundage limbs, which I can easily do by purchasing new limbs through Southwest Archery. That's one of the things I love about takedown recurves. You don't have to buy an entirely new bow if you want to increase your draw weight.I have shot this bow from as close as 5 yards to as far as 30-40 and I can say that it is an accurate bow with enough power behind it to get the arrow where its going. At the time of trying the 30-40 range, I was experimenting with string walking and with using that method I was able to get good results at that distance. It was something that really resonated with me because string walking, I feel, is a good test of the accuracy of a bow.If you want a bow to learn on that will last a long time, I would highly recommend this bow. The only downside of this bow that I can give, which isn't any fault of Southwest, is that the length of the bow is a bit too short for me. That is something that I knew going into it. I am 6 feet tall with a draw length of about 29 inches, which puts my bow length between 68 and 70 inches. Because of that, I do experience arrow pinching at times, but again, that is not an issue with the bow.

The media could not be loaded. I started shooting archery a few years ago, started with a compound bow and now I shoot exclusively traditional only. A have a few long bows and recurves, higher and and low end.I purchased this bow for my friend that just started this year shooting one of my bows. So he's now hooked and ready for his own first bow.I bought this bow, as it states, that it is a step up from the famous entry level Samick Sage. I have shot Sage before on a range and I can fully support that statement.The bow arrived nicely and securely wrapped.I was pleasantly surprised on the quality and craftsmanship on the riser. It actually has a very nice wood grains found in a lot more expansive bows. It does have all the accessory threads for optional arrow quiver, stabilizer and sights. I shoot instinctively so I would prefer to have a choice without all these threaded wholes. But in this price range I accept that. The handle fits nice in my regular sized hands (glove size large), it is a little narrower then my other higher end recurves, but I think I actually prefer that. So I'm sure it will also fit good medium sized hands.Strongly recommend having the bow set up by professionals. Once I figured out the perfect brace height (just over 8" for me) and knock point on the string, most vibrations and noise went away. Your brace height might be a little different depending on the draw weight and your draw length. I'm sure after I install silencers on the string like cat whiskers, the rest of the small vibrations and noises will be gone. This is not a problem on target archery, you don't care about little noise, but it matters when hunting.You need an arm guard and stringer for this bow. I bought it with the stringer and it's worth it, the plastic/rubbery ends fit very nicely these limbs, making it super easy to string and unstring this bow. I also recommend shooting glove, the shooting tabs never really worked for me. As with other entry level bows, the string appears to be in the B50 Dacron category and needs to be waxed often to prevent fraying. I highly recommend upgrading the string in future for something like flemish twist string, they are usually quieter and faster.