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As y'all know, we are in the market for a new bow, for my wife.
She shoots right at 40lbs right now with an older PSE with conventional limbs, and only 65% let-off.
I think with the technology of today's cams, parallel limbs, and the 80% let-off......... that she will automatically be able to shoot over 40lbs just because of the "ease factor". What do you think?? I know when I got my new Mathews, I was pulling 70lbs that felt like my OLD bow at only 63lbs! Romer and Gutter both were surprised at how easy 70lbs was to pull back and hold after upgrading to newer technology.
But anyhoo, what I'm getting at is.....................
Should we go with the 40-50lb limbs, expecting her to be able to pull a little more weight.... and run it to the lower end??
OR go with the 30-40lb limbs, and just MAX it out???
I'm thinking the 40-50lb limbs would have a better re-sale value, if it ever came to that one day.
What are your thoughts? Max out the weaker limbs, or turn down the stronger limbs?
C'mon you gurus! 
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Here is what I did when I got my wife's bow. I got her a bow with 50-60 pound limbs and backed it out to 46 pounds I think. After much shooting she is now up to 50 pounds and probably pull more if she shot more. I did the larger limbs because if she upgraded to another bow, we could give that bow to one of the kids as they got bigger.
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From what I hear its always better to max out the limbs than it is to back them out...
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Yeah I've heard that too NH.
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That used to be true but with today's cam technology you don't have that problem anymore. I would go for the 50 lb limbs and back them out. I think she will be able to pull more with the new bow. Most of the cams today are much smoother than the older bows.
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Yeah my 70# Mathews is easier to pull than my 60# PSE
Id have her try first to make sure tho
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[quote]TheRomer (4/16/2008)
Yeah my 70# Mathews is easier to pull than my 60# PSE
Id have her try first to make sure tho[/quote]
Mathews Drenalin? vs PSE ?? of what year?
I shot the Drenalin vs my Diablo and not much difference at all.
For the OP, 50-60 in a modern bow, cranked all the way down and work up.
Then if she changes bows you have a much bigger resale market on a bow that can go up to 60, than one that goes up to 50.
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hutchies (4/16/2008)
That used to be true but with today's cam technology you don't have that problem anymore.
I have had a FEW bow shops tell me that lately, since shopping for the wife's bow! It's all in the cams now days.
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Her ability to draw weight will differ with cam systems as well. I PERSONALLY found that it was easier to draw higher weights with a single cam bow than with a binary cam set up.
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