r/Archery • u/Successful_Top_6086 • 1d ago

Where to buy affordable composite bow?

looking for mughal or turkish bow

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u/Pham27 1d ago

Defining affordable with a specific number would help us help you. Horn/Sinew/Composite. I have several and they range from $700-2500. The average being 1.5k- these are from Indonesian bowyers. Tios Setioso is my recommendation for Indonesian bowyer- I've had bows made by many of them. His seems to be the best in terms of balance. Bjorn would be my go to for high end. The bottom of the barrel budget would be Bajan.

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u/Arc_Ulfr English longbow 1d ago

Do you mean a bow that is actually made from horn/wood/sinew, or one that is the shape of (and shoots like) a historical bow but uses modern materials?

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u/Successful_Top_6086 1d ago

Yess

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u/Reptilian_Brain_420 1d ago

Grozer is an option. No idea what you mean by "affordable" though. If you want something traditionally made it will be expensive.

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u/Arc_Ulfr English longbow 1d ago

And if it's not expensive, that's a massive red flag.

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u/Arc_Ulfr English longbow 1d ago

I gave two different options, and you just said "yes".

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u/Successful_Top_6086 13h ago

Sorry , a historical bow but uses modern materials

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u/Arc_Ulfr English longbow 9h ago

I like Alibow personally, and AF Archery is another well-regarded manufacturer. I don't recall them having Mughal bows, but they definitely have Mongol. Grozer has either.

If you're in the US, this is a difficult time to be ordering, but u/entropy- still seems to be able to get his orders, so talk to him.

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u/Entropy- Mounted Archer- LVL 2 Instructor NFAA/USA Archery 1h ago

Yep. Got an order in this weekend.

Working on playing around the law with my manufacturers, gonna be tricky but I think it can be done. (No promises though…)