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Advantages and Disadvantages of Recurve Bow

The advantages of the recurve bow are simple, lightweight and easy to handle, which is intuitively the first impression of the recurve bow, from the appearance of the recurve bow is more in line with the definition of the traditional bow, no fancy appearance, the bow blade is also most of the compression laminated structure, and the bow handle can be divided into two kinds of metal and wooden bow handle, which can be said to allow people to have more opportunities to choose. Furthermore, the price of recurve bows is cheaper, so its price is also a great advantage of recurve bows. The disadvantage of the recurve bow is that the power and accuracy are inferior compared to the compound bow of the same tension, but it is perfectly fine for ordinary practice and entertainment.

Olympic Games

The recurve bow is an Olympic bow, while the compound bow is a tournament bow.