Glossary

Bow weight

This refers to actual bow weight, which may vary from the weight marked on the bow due to your draw length. Most recurve and longbows are weight at 28” draw. Drawing more or less then 28” will vary the bow weight. The best method to check bow weight is to use a scale. If a scale is not available you can estimate the bow weight by taking the marked bow weight and divide it by 20. Multiply the answer by the number of inches the draw length differs from 28”. Next subtract (for under 28”) or add (if greater then 28”) the calculated amount from the marked bow weight. Because of the large amount of adjustment available to compound bows the only way to determine bow weight of a compound is to use a bow scale