I'm inclined to call myself a beginner to archery. Although I've been shooting for the last 2 years on and off with a small 18 pound practice target compound bow. Mainly hitting cans and targets with flimsy arrows. I enjoyed it so I stuck with it. But I had no idea about form or anchor points or any of the complexities of archery.
This Christmas I was gifted with this bow kit. It's a 30# to 40# longbow. In my immediate experience with it, I find it very hard to maintain full draw for more than 10 seconds. I'm inclined to say that 40lbs is far too much for me (or any beginner). I'm also aware that buying bows off Amazon is a no-go but this was a gift so not much I can do there.
For reference, I'm a 5"10 male at a (rather light) weight of 135lbs. So I'm thinking a lighter draw weight would be better for me so I can actually hold the string at full draw and to work on and develop proper form.
But that's where I'm conflicted. I can't return this bow obviously. Most archery clubs in my area are closed and the archery equipment stores (from what I've seen) have crap or overpriced equipment or stuff that's not in my range. So what to do?
Since this longbow is a takedown would it be possible to keep the riser and just order some new limbs? Is it possible to put recurve limbs on a riser like this? Or would it just be better to order a smaller bow with a lower draw weight?
Any advice would be much appreciated!
(sorry if these were noobish questions)
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