South finally built me a set of 56" longbow limbs for my Coyote!

[Ryan K Sanpei]

According to South, shorter longbow limbs or shorter bows in general are not highly requested at Stalker. I can totally understand why that is the case, but for my hunting situations, shooting style and height, I just prefer short bows. I’ve been bothering South for awhile now and he finally had some time to experiment with 56” limbs for the Coyote riser. I just got them in and wanted to share some info in case there are others out who prefer shorter longbow limbs too.

 

[Ryan K Sanpei]

The first thing that I did was I scaled the bow from 25” - 29”. Looks like it starts to stack at 29”

 

[Ryan K Sanpei]

I drew it out to 29", but I don't think South will recommend it past 28".

 

[Ryan K Sanpei]

Here's the unstrung profile.

 

[Ryan K Sanpei]

A couple pics at brace.

 

[Ryan K Sanpei]

I have a set of 56" static limbs at the same weight . I shot both limbs through the chrono with only one difference. The longbow brace was at 6.75" and the static brace was at 7.75". The static was a whopping 1-2 fps faster.

 

[Ryan K Sanpei]

Basically it just boils down to looks and preference. In terms of all around performance, feel and noise, the 56" static and longbow limbs are very similar.

 

[Ryan K Sanpei]

Just finished tuning. Now to head to the hills...

 

[Tradchef]

Awesome Ryan!!!! I prefer shorter bows as well being that I’m around the same size as you with a 26” draw. Looks like a killer set up.

 

[Ryan K Sanpei]

Awesome Ryan!!!! I prefer shorter bows as well being that I’m around the same size as you with a 26” draw. Looks like a killer set up.

Thank you!
So far, I'm really digging this set up. Can't wait to take it hunting!

 

[Beendare]

Very cool report Ryan.

Interesting that the statics are not much faster. I bet the longbow limbs feel like more weight on your finger though, eh?

I'm going the other way with my setups....longer. 62',64" ILF is about perfect for my 30 1/4" draw.

This gives me the option of Fixed crawl....sometimes I use it sometimes I don't. If I was a straight target shooter I would go longer yet.

 

[bobinmi]

How do the statics do to 29? I would love to get something up for hunting in a blind.

 

[Ryan K Sanpei]

How do the statics do to 29? I would love to get something up for hunting in a blind.

With a 29" draw, maybe the 13" riser to build a 56" Coyote instead of the 15", but I would double check with South or one of the guys at Stalker.

 

[Medic77]

Great looking limbs. I'm a 56" fan also. It just works for me