Center shot riser a "must" for target recurve?

[isp...@wnonline.net]

I'm just now getting into target archery, transitioning from my hunting
compound bow to some kind of target recurve.

Is a metal, true center shot riser a must for finger shooting target
recurves?

I've always read that the arrow paradox of a finger-shot arrow requires
the arrow rest to be off center. If this is so, why is a metal riser a
big advantage for a beginner?

I was thinking of buying a very affordable wood riser bow at a local
shop for my starter recurve. Has AMO holes for plunger, site, and
stabilizers for the handle and limbs. This wood riser, of course, does
not allow true center shot.

Thanks,

Pat Smith

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[Andrew Cowley]

isp...@wnonline.net wrote:
>

> I was thinking of buying a very affordable wood riser bow at a local
> shop for my starter recurve. Has AMO holes for plunger, site, and
> stabilizers for the handle and limbs. This wood riser, of course, does
> not allow true center shot.
>

I admit I don't know much about true centre shot stuff, but for my first
year of archery (recurve) I shot a wooden riser and got up to nearly
500/600 for a portsmouth within a year. It was 34lbs@28 and was OK for
50-60 yrds outdoors as well.

I'm just trying out a metal riser bow now (see perris whitehart recurve
thread) and the first difference I've seen is the draw is a lot
smoother. When you're shooting a lot of arrows the lightness of a wooden
riser really helps.

Andrew

[shady...@hotmail.com]

A riser cut over centre allows a bit more clearance for the shaft than
otherwise. This can be important for a beginner, where mistakes are
more likely to be made, and where the arrow sizes are more likely to be
wrong. Having said that, all the wooden handles I've seen have been cut
over centre.
The main reasons for buying a metal handled bow are:
quality - fewer top quality wood handled bows are made these days
consistency - wood reacts more to weather conditions than metal
strength - metal handles are stronger
but most of all:
fashion/avarice - lets face it, the average clunky wood handled recurve
is more accurate than most of us, so what are we buying top of the
range bows for...

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[hsk823]

In fact, the only "center shot" risers made were by PSE at one point (The
Universal and Centra) which were basicaly like compound type risers with a
deep shelf for more clearence. They were great risers in my opinion but no
major riser made today has that cut, everything is back to traditional cut.

<isp...@wnonline.net> wrote in message news:8u564b$9ke$1...@nnrp1.deja.com...

[Arrow170]

>In fact, the only "center shot" risers made were by PSE at one point (The
>Universal and Centra) which were basicaly like compound type risers with a
>deep shelf for more clearence.

"IN FACT" you don't know what you're talking about.

All modfern metal riser recurves are cut at least .400" PAST center.

[carl.blythe]

One reason that nobody seems to have mentioned for the increase in
popularity of the metal riser is that the wooden risers are just not up to
shooting a fast flite string and carbon arrows. Wooden risers are only
suitable for shooting a dacron string (that has a little give) and aluminium
or wooden arrows. If you try shooting a fast flite string and carbon arrows
you will find that over a period of time the stresses involved will result
in serious damage to the bow. The reason for this is that only part of the
stored energy in a fully drawn bow is transfered to the arrow, any remaining
energy will be tranferred to the bow. Lighter arrows and a non-stretch
string increase this excess energy.

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[shady...@hotmail.com]

Not necessarily true. It's just that most manufacturers are not willing
to produce a wooden riser of sufficient quality to handle
fastflight/carbon arrows - there isn't the market for it. If people
were willing to pay 800-1000UKP for a wooden handled bow, I bet we'd
see one which could handle the modern string/arrow materials (in fact
the wooden Border bows may already be able to handle it...).

In article <1E0O5.56495$mv2.2...@news2-win.server.ntlworld.com>,

"carl.blythe" <carl....@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> One reason that nobody seems to have mentioned for the increase in
> popularity of the metal riser is that the wooden risers are just not
up to
> shooting a fast flite string and carbon arrows. Wooden risers are only
> suitable for shooting a dacron string (that has a little give) and
aluminium
> or wooden arrows. If you try shooting a fast flite string and carbon
arrows
> you will find that over a period of time the stresses involved will
result
> in serious damage to the bow. The reason for this is that only part
of the
> stored energy in a fully drawn bow is transfered to the arrow, any
remaining
> energy will be tranferred to the bow. Lighter arrows and a non-stretch
> string increase this excess energy.
> <isp...@wnonline.net> wrote in message
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