AF Archery Turkish Recurve Bow, 50" High-Performance Traditional Laminated Hunting Horse Bow for Adults Youth Beginners Enthusiasts and Hunting

At the time of this writing this is 1 of the 2 bows I really like being offered by Amazon, and they are both sold by AF Archery. The other bow I like is the 53" Tatar bow. This bow is super light weighing about 4/5th of a pound, its fast and snappy. Built and finished very well.It has one drawback, but that's because of how fine the bow is and how short the bow is and so it should be expected. The bow is a little unstable...what does this mean? It means if you are not careful to make sure the limbs of the bow are straight after you string the bow...this means the string has been put on a little crooked. If you draw the bow like that, it will warp and destring itself violently on you. This is NOT a defect, this is what happens when you so finely tune a bow to these dimension. YOU, need to make sure you string the bow so it is straight. Get on youtube and learn how. If you are uncertain about that, then I recommend the Tatar which is a little more stable due to being a little less stressed with the added length. But this really shouldn't put you off, I am writing it hear to help prevent unnecessary returns. These two bows are my absolute favorite and I am buying another of each in heavier draw weights for hunting.

This bow at 48” at first sight makes you think it’s a kids bow. Mine is 40# @ 28”. Being small there was for me a learning curve. But I have put around 7000 arrows through it and it just gets better every day. But there is a learning curve. It shoot fast and flat for a traditional style bow. 30 yds is the max that I shoot it. But after 40+ years of shooting I think for me that’s far enough. Good bow worth the money. Fun to shoot and can be a tack driver.

Short, fast bow with a big comfortable handle. The 50lb model is easy to shoot, accurate and has good penetrating power.

Bow looks nice, feels good in hand, but unfortunately I can't shoot it, because they didn't include the string in the box, so now I have to order a string to even attempt to shoot it. 😢Edit...upon closer inspection the back of the bow is already delaminating before it was even strung. kinda scared to even try and shoot it if I had a string.Stitching in the riser is very uneven.

A little worried about the limb twist issue after reading some reviews. Also not sure about the fiberglass quality of the black version. After one month and about 3000 shots I can say it's still a great, accurate, intuitive bow, and it still looks and works like in day one.Also I was a bit concerned about the durability of the leather like arrow pass but it turned out to be incredibly tough, same if not more durable than the white bone inlay arrow pass on my other af archery tatar bow. 3000 shots only smoothed a bit on the arrow pass, no sign of wearing out.

Beautiful.. was as described..

Edit: Since my first post which was on the first bow only... I have had 2 replacement bows both lasted approximately 4-5 months each with only 4k arrows run through them before their fiber glass became compromised. I use heavy weight arrows and don't exceed the max draw. I hope others don't have this experience and are aware of problems in quality that may arise and to frequently inspect your bow for damage before it fails catastrophically.As my first short bow, it is worth the price. As a short bow its poundage does stack past 28in. I have been using this bow for 3 months with a couple thousand arrows and its held up well. Only issues I have faced is that the serving string started to wiggle free around the nocking point and have had to add more serving string to remedy this and the bow string bridge cracked... Not sure where to find more like theses because the crack has left it with a sharp edge. I have added photos of these issues.after contacting AF they sent replacement string bridges. not long after that had delamination on limbs and was offered another bow free of charge.Overall I'm glad the company backs their bows and hope others don't have similar issues as myself.

I shot almost a thousand arrow out of this bow. It didn’t disappoint me so far .The lamination is holding ver well and no twist happened . It is very light and I liked that though it is accurate. The only thing I hated was the string . The servings came off few shots after and I had to order a good quality string ( that should be the seller’s responsibility ) . Any just to be honest, I liked the bow performance so far and the price is reasonable for entry level Turkish bow. As a suggestion, The manufacture may need to add additional leather on top of handle at least to avoid friction marks with the vanes. In summary, I would recommend that bow for any entry level Asiatic archery fan.