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There is no maximum bow draw weight
Archers may pull as heavy a bow as they can control repeatedly Elite recurve archers commonly draw 40 to 50 pounds, and compound archers rather more. The rules instead limit equipment such as sights and stabilisers, and the bow must pass inspection before competition. Consistency matters more than raw power because the target is fixed at 70 metres. It sits in Mondo's sports collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.
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There is no maximum bow draw weight: the short answers
- Where does this come from, and can I check it?
- Archers may pull as heavy a bow as they can control repeatedly. The figure is taken from World Archery, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
- Is this really a sports fact?
- Yes. It sits on the Sports shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
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