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About to try out the Motive F5 fiber foam limbs

I am super excited! Yesterday I received my new limbs in the mail. I had been shooting cheap rented wood limbs for some time and felt that it was time to get stronger limbs.

I checked some posts and price lists and decided to go with the fiber foam limbs from WNS, the Motive F5. I didn't really know what weight to pick, but since I had been shooting 26# limbs tillered up to 30# I decided to take 36# limbs. The rationale behind that was that the foam limbs are said to be quite smooth, so going up 6# instead of 4# like I did before should be fine. I also felt that with my strength training my current limbs were too weak, which also in my mind justified the 6# increase.

I didn't have time to shoot the new limbs yesterday, but I did a quick draw test and my worries switched from too heavy to too light - it felt like the new limbs tillered all the way to the light side were basically the same as what I had before. So I took out my luggage scale (which doesn't seem to be to accurate) and it showed 40#!

So my first impression is that I probably had some stacking before and a very smooth draw now so that the difference doesn't feel as large as it is.

Now it's 6 a.m. and I am off to the club. My guess is that half way through my daily 60 arrows I will feel that the limbs are stronger, but I really wouldn't bet on anything. From it being hardly any difference to me going back to the previous limbs anything might happen.

I'll be updating this post when I get back.

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