Turkish Bow Short Bow Horseback Archery Bow 30-50lbs

This bow is absolutely gorgeous, and comes with a ray-skin arrow pass which will not wear out like regular leather. The arrows fly out of it silly fast, and as it's a traditional bow made of modern materials, it won't wear out even if left strung. I wish it were longer as I am a relatively tall guy with long arms, but still is a very well-made bow for the price.

So far I've shot around 600-700 arrows with this bow and it's still holding strong, no warping on the limbs, no cracks or split leather, or other physical damage (other than a few scrapes on the laminate siyahs from shipping) it looks and shoots like I just got it yesterday. The bow is very sturdy, has little hand shock, and overall feels very nice to shoot. I'd recommend feathered arrows over plastic fletching unless you own (or plan to own) a hand guard/thumb guard or wear some tear resistant gloves as the plastic fletching of most modern arrows will scrape your hand when you fire an arrow and can possibly cut you. You can also install an arrow rest on the bow if you don't mind gluing or clipping something on the bow to keep the arrow from resting directly on your hand while firing. The string it came with is alright, I've been quite rough on it and it's survived so far. The zebra pattern of the string is also pretty cool. When it comes to good traditional laminate bows on Amazon, Aliarchery/Alibow/Longbowmaker are some the best manufacturers and are the best manufacturers in the $100 price range as far as I know.

I'm really impressed with the quality of this Bow. It wasn't as long as I thought it would be, but I realized it is a horse riding shooting Bow. It's easy to string and it shoots really good. It has more power then I thought it would have. I'm glad I got the one with the Ox Bone. It really helps hold the string straight. The leather wrapping on the Bow is well done. The Bow doesn't look or feel cheap. And it's nice that it comes with a nice travel storage bag. This item is well worth it's cost.

I was very impressed with this bow from the start. I gave it as a gift to my Girlfriend who Loves it. Of course before giving it I had to take it out in the yard and put it through its paces. It draws clean and smooth. It doesn't seem to show any "break in". The weight seems the same today as when it came out of the box. It is well made, fun, and a great value. Highly recommend.

Very good little bow for the price point. These fiberglass limb bows from Ali bow generally run about 6-8 pounds under their marked weight. I have one in 40# ( actual is 36#) in Mongolian style and one in 50# ( actually is 46#) in turkish style. My draw length is 31”, bow poundage marked at 28”. They shoot well and are very durable with normal use. I have shot hundreds of arrows over mine. Draw weight has not diminished since I have had them, I unstring them when not in use. If your interested in asian style archery, this is a great way to get started. These are shot off the hand ( no arrow rest) so invest in a shooting glove for your bow hand. These work well with 3 finger and thumb release. Factory strings are a bit noisy. String silencers will help, I make mine from old bicycle tubes. Just a 1/2” wide by 1” long with a hole, at one end. Wrap over string and through self hole and pull snug. I put two on each end. Work very well and its cheap.

Really good bow for the price!!! I highly recommend this bow if you want to get into thumb draw.

>>>>THIS IS A SHORTBOW<<<< Yes, horsebows are way shorter than other recurve or composite bows, but I was sort of shocked at first. My draw is 28", has been since I was a teen, my arrows that I build fletch are 28". When I draw this bow to its full draw, there are three inches or so still hanging out front. I 'can' pull further, but you can feel that the bow is not going to take that very often or very well. A 45# bow becomes a handgrenade in your hands if you overdraw all the time: one you don't have a clue when it will detonate. I don't mind the shorter draw as it does hit that 45#, it does mess up my release a little, but is something I can get used to. I DO like that I could use this bow from a kayak and not need to cant the bow to do so. I've shot one full quiver through it since it arrived, three or four to get a feel for it, and adjust my nock point (arrows were porpoising at first) and I'm still adjusting to shooting off my knuckle (I usually use a center cut recurve) so my shots tend to be left of mark. That said, the arrows are on plane with where I am aiming, the getting on target is on me. Instructions are in several languages, usual translation issues, but understandable. As for how this bow looks: OUT STANDING. Basic black leather, beautiul varnished Siyahs,, the ray skin to note your sight window 'rest' is a really nice addition. Should hold up better than some other material.

Small hand grip is offset and very awkward to hold and would force the string into my arm.