My recurve bows range 38-47# with a longbow coming that will be 43#. I shot a friends longbow last week @ 60# I could barely get it back much past halfway and I shoot a 60# compound. I could have pulled it back but it just was not worth the strain, it was at 10 yards and seemed to go like a laser but I felt a pain in my left fore finger.
The feather had cut my finger and it was bleeding for the first half of my 3-D round.
No thanks, I want to enjoy my shooting and like a comfortable weight that I can shoot with good form.