Archery Bow Types

This week I will be telling you about Recurve bows and the accessories.  There are different kinds of bows, the three main types of bows are Recurve, Barebow, and Compound. 

The Recurve bow is the Olympic style bow in which you typically use sights, and stability systems. The bows come in left or right.  Below is a picture of Jake Kaminski an Olympic archer.   The riser is what you hold, which holds both the top and bottom limbs. In this picture it is designed to look like an American flag.  The limbs are what controls the poundage of the bow hence the distance you can shoot.  Here he is shooting 52 pounds and is shooting 70 meters equivalent to 229 feet.  There are two objects that are connected to the riser, the sight and the stabilizer set.  The sight in this picture is on the top and is blue and red to match the riser.  It is used to get a consistent aiming point, so it will hit the center more.  The stabilizer is the long rod on the bottom of the riser, and the v-bars are the same but shorter and pointing backwards.  At the far end of the stabilizer are silver disks.  They are used to weigh down the bow so you won't be blowing in the wind as much.  The v-bars are there for stability.  They help so you don't cant the bow left and right, and the weight helps to balance the weight of the sight.  Tune in next week to hear all about compound bows.

 

https://www.shootingcouncil.org is where this picture is located


 
In the picture above it shows the parts of a Recurve bow.

 The picture above shows the riser.

In the picture above it shows the hoyt Quattro limbs.