Compound Bow Limbs Jace Bauserman . The limbs are among the most important parts of a compound bow. If a catastrophic failure occurs, it’s typically in the limbs. The limbs take a good amount of ...

The new Lift X is one of the most accurate, quiet, and dead-in-the-hand bows we've tested this year. Chechk out our expert's ...

Compound Bow Basics A Mathews compound bow. Jeff Wilson. The most notable difference between a compound and a traditional bow are a compound’s extra strings, cables, and cams. The cams make a compound ...

Even though we’re pulling 70 pounds on our bows, the cams are multiplying our input energy, thereby storing more potential energy in the flexed limbs than we’re exerting.

Any time you flex a spring you cause it to store energy. If you take a coil spring and compress it, you have put energy in.

In the beginning, prehistoric man hunted with stones and wooden spears. Archeologists are not sure when man first used the bow and arrow for hunting, but likely it occurred in Africa. Cave paintings ...

Long before carbon limbs and precision-­engineered cams reshaped the world of archery, the wooden recurve bow stood as a humble and reliable companion, rich in tradition and heritage.

At rest, the limbs on recurve bows bend away from the archer. That means they pack more power when they are strung. One trade-off: Recurves can be harder on the bow itself.