TOPARCHERY Archery 57" Takedown Youth Recurve Bow Hunting Black Long Bow for Beginner Teenagers Right Left Hand Black - Draw Weight 20lbs 30lbs 40lbs

The price is the appeal with this bow. It is a beginner bow, no bells, no whistles, rough edges, not the best allen key, not the best string, and not the most comfortable grip. ~$45 for an entry, first time recurve bow is fantastic! This is your trial run for "do I want to invest in archery?". I just received my bow today, I went with the 30lb so I can teach my wife to shoot. I went through around 100 shots and my wife has shot around 30. Bow still looks great, no limbs are bent, everything is still in alignment. I have a 28.5 inch draw in comparison to my wife's 24.5 inch and we are both able to shoot. I will say I feel the 30lbs draw is more around my range and it looks more around 25lb for my wife just based on how the arrows penetrate targets vs my shot. A youth/adult that has a shorter arm span may not hit that full 30lbs but for target practice at 10 and 20 yards it works great. 5 out of 5 for us as a beginner bow for this price point.

This is a great little starter bow for some young person just getting into archery, very durable and easy to string I have been using this bow for over a year now several times a week and its a steady performer. My only criticism is the handle has a bit of a boxy shape that gets uncomfortable after a few hours use.

Update: This is now a review for the 20, 30, and 40 lb bows. I had some initial concerns when I first received the 20 lb because I saw a few cracks in the riser as well as in the limbs. So far it seems to be holding up well, and I have taken it out twice. A customer representative also reached out to me before I wrote this review to check up on my satisfaction with the product. I told them about my initial concerns but that I was going to test it out. They were willing to work with me if I experienced additional issues. When I first began, I liked that this bow was easy to string without a stringer. I did not use a stringer even for the 30 lb and 40 lb bows. Easy to assemble. It's ambidextrous. This is a plus for me because I discovered I'm cross dominant. (I'm right handed, but my left eye does the aiming.) I learned when I was younger how to shoot right hand, but I wanted to try left handed to see if I could improve/figure out which side I want to shoot from before moving up to a more substantial bow. There isn't a lot of force behind the 20 lb. I ordered arrows from the company as well, and they only sometimes stick to the target, and that's not due to bad aiming! At a full draw I shot the 20 lb at the 10 yard target at my local range, and there are times the arrow hits the target but bounces right off of it! When I moved up in draw weight, the arrows stuck better into the targets. However, I eventually bought different arrows and they all stuck no matter the draw weight I was using: 20, 30, or 40 lb. It was a great bow for learning form and technique. All the risers are identical for 20, 30, and 40 lb bows, and the difference is in the limbs which are thicker as you go up in weight, and you can feel the difference in draw between each bow. I can't tell you if the draw weight is accurate, but I can tell you that it built up my muscles until I was ready for a 50 lb draw bow that I eventually bought at a local archery shop and I KNOW that one is a 50 lb draw weight. I handled that 50 lb bow easily after building strength on these, much to the surprise of the owners who said most girls come in there trying to be like Katniss and can't even handle a 20 lb. Accuracy is good up until about 15 yards. Beyond that it's difficult to maintain consistently tight groupings. The pictures I am now including are from March 2024. Shots were around 15-18 yards with the 40 lb bow. My shots were both on the regular foam target and the turkey pictured. I could hit an animal 3D target at 20, but it was guess work. I am able to get 20 yard shots with tight groups easily with my 50 lb bow bought elsewhere. (Unfortunately that one isn't an ambidextrous, so at some point I'm going to need to get a 50 lb right hand draw bow, too.) I will keep these in case I take a break from archery and then I get back into it and need to recondition my arms to handle the 50 lb draw weights. Overall, these are great trainers and I’d recommend these especially if you’re not sure you want to invest in a really expensive one right off the bat and if they're on sale! I'd also recommend them if you just want cheaper bows to get your muscles into shape and don't want to invest in other limbs for your more expensive bow.

Pros: Accurate weight. Takedown. Quiet. The fiberglass+plastic is pretty "basic" feeling but super durable and the matte black look is nice. Exceptional value for the price. Cons: some hard edges make the grip a bit uncomfortable. Not a major con and to be fair ambidextrous grips are never going to be perfect. But you notice after a lot of shots and it could be a bit more rounded. Reviewing this bow after a couple thousand shots. We bought a 30# and it weighed in at 33# at 28". This is after a couple thousand shots, so concerns about durability loss were unfounded. The polymer riser and fiberglass limbs interact very quietly. Even for a light bow, hand shock is mostly nonexistent. Ambidexterity increases the value even more. The riser is very narrow at the ambi cutout which keeps the arrows pretty close to center. The bow comes with a nice standard infinite loop dacron string with plenty of serving. Thanks to the polymer tip overlays, there is basically no string slap noise, and being so naturally quiet you don't really need to add anything on to make it quieter, which means you don't need to sacrifice speed for this or reduced hand shock. There's not much else to say about it. If you're looking for a pretty, fancy-feeling bow that seems like it was sculpted to your hand, this isn't it, but for the price this is an amazing product. We bought it to start getting back into archery and it does exactly what you need it to do: toss lots of arrows. As mentioned above, the only downside is that there are some hard lines on the grip that are only mildly rounded, and they grow a bit uncomfortable after extended shooting. We fixed this with a bit of leather wrapping that cost less than $5. A lot of people will move on from this bow and it's not a bow an experienced shooter is going to need to add to a collection, but this is a great first bow, especially if you take advantage of the ambidextrous riser. Conclusion: was considering a 4* review due to the grip, but it's so cheap to fix that for a 50 dollar product this is fundamentally unbeatable for a starter bow.

The riser is warped and one of the limbs looks bent. I purchased 2 other higher end bows from top archery that work great. I bought this one for newbie archers. Unfortunately this thing is warped and useless.. Like I said, I have bought other bows from top archery that were awesome bows.

No matter how you look at it, the bow I received was a 54" bow. A bit of a newbie so asked friends and took it to my local shop and all confirmed its a 54" bow using a 50" string. Which would be correct for a recurve bow. Now, that being said. Bow is a very good beginner bow for it's price point. I would recommend a few twists to the string to increase power and accuracy. This is a good entry bow for my son who has special needs as it's light weight, easy to draw and allowed him to choose a LH or RH as he's ambidextrous. This is a takedown bow and can be assembled in a matter of moments with the provided hex wrench.

Look it's not flashy, it's not like you'll be hunting with it. What this bow is, is it's a perfect entry level bow. Duel shelved perfect for left or right handed. Low lbs options are fantastic for younger students. Easy to put together, and when dismantled fits in a very compact box. Works well enough for teaching either eastern or western style shooting. I also think it's priced well.

Very simple to assemble however if you don’t know anything about bows you may have some trouble due to lack of instructions. There is no nocking point on the string but you are able to index the arrow via the rest. Overall solid bow.