Is my recurve out of alignment???

[Agross]

#7125

Quick question I had for anyone that could offer some incite.

I have a 5 year old Martin x-200 recurve(the green wood design) that I have had no problems with so far.

This past weekend I was putting new string silencers on when I was paying close attention to the bow and it seemed like the limbs were out of alignment. (Not same distance from string.)

After stringing the bow (brace height of about 8 inches per Mfr directions I tried to run a ruler along the string at equal lengths from the top and bottom to try and get measurements and it seems as if there is less distance from the top limb to the string than the bottom limb…about 1/4 to 3/8 of an inch difference (One piece recurve)

I realize that the shape of the handle/riser is not uniform from top to bottom and being a one piece bow I don’t have the point where the limb meet riser for two exact measurements as in a take down recurve.

Question is am I being paranoid?

I don’t keep the bow strung for any length of time, shoot regularly at least 3 to 4 days a week, keep it in a cool garage with humidifier running and always lay it down on my workbench on its side. (I have never stood it up in a corner)

Any incite would be greatly appreciated. (bad thing is when I got started with bow I didn’t pay attention to measurements so I have nothing to go by to see if anything has changed. )

[Arne Moe]

#58354

Agross,

The only measurement that means much will be the “tiller” measurement. With the bow at proper brace height, measure perpendicular to the string at each fade out. IF the bow (unlikely for a manufactured bow) measures the same at each fade out, then the bow was tillered for 3 under. If the top measurement is 1/8 to 1/4 inch MORE on the top limb, then the bow is correct for split finger.

If the bottom is MORE than the top, there is a problem. you will find shooting a bow where the bottom limb is out more than the top limb to be difficult (impossible) to tune or shoot.

Arne

[archer38]

#63676

I have the same bow (although older) and what Arne said is spot on. Mine measures 1/4 more at top fade. The only thing for me is that I’m a three under shooter and even though this bow was tillered for split finger, I could never get good arrow flight from it unless I shoot three under. Not sure why but again, thats just me

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