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Why is my compound bow draw weight a range? (lemmyrs.org)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/archery
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My 10 year old and I were recently gifted bows. His has a listed weight of 25-40#, mine is 55-70#. What does it mean that it's a range?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It turns out it was at 66#. I took it to a local were able to lower it to 55, which is much more comfortable.

I pulled out my son's bow first and the owner got real serious and asked where I got it. It turns out it was originally his daughter's. When I pulled mine out he started laughing because my view had been his and the two bows have been passed around together to a parent and child for the past twenty years.