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It's just bamboo bellied, the rest of the bow is the same as the $200 fiberglass bow

Most bows don't show too much variation. The Korean, Turkish, English longbow data for instance fit a trendline quite nicely, usually with a variation of +/-5fps which is reasonable. This could come from incorrect arrow spine, imperfect release/khatra, incorrect reported bow weight/draw length (people just reported the sticker weight instead of actual weight they shoot at) or simply different bow energy storage/efficiency.

The weird ones are the Japanese and PVC data. PVC well.. those are people making bows for <$10 so you'll have to take that for what it is. Not sure what's happening with the yumi data though. That's where you see the largest variation. A lot of those are averages of 3 or 4 shots that an archer took, and there's sometimes as much as 40fps difference between the fastest and slowest shot taken by the same archer. If I showed individual shots instead of shooter averages, the graph would be even crazier.

Yea compound is peak draw force, it's one of the slowest readings I've seen for a compound. I include it only because it's fun to see that a few trad bows can beat a compound bow (even if it's only a shitty one)

Poundage at full draw. I admit the data is a little flawed since this gives the advantage to bows shot with longer draw lengths like Korean vs Turkish bows.

I currently use a Vermil classic brass. With a 60# bow, I do get a bit of soreness after a long shooting session though.

I'd like to try the new Victory (I think the cut out would be more comfortable) but they haven't made a metal version yet

The SMG comes with snake skin?!

>Both bows were shooting in the 180 to 190 fps  with my bamboo arrows, dropping some outliers.

How heavy are your arrows?

>Edit to add:  If your looking for a horn bow the Taeguek is a great bow with out the hassle that can accompany a horn bow.  If you just want a great bow to shoot the SMG is a great choice.  The differences in the bows is basically splitting hairs.

Or get the SMG horn

SMG strings are double served to make them thick. If you don't like it, take it off and reserve it yourself to fit your nocks.

Thicker strings are better for thumb release though, so best option would be to get 'thumb string' compatible nocks.

I don't know exactly, I'd assume the 8-10gpp range though.

I'm getting confused since you're calling the semi-horn and real horn bow both horn bows..

Anyway on real horn-bows, my understanding is that it isn't the horn that's 'taking set', but the sinew on the other side by taking on moisture

The stored energy isn't the same because the amount of reflex/preload is different. It doesn't matter what material is on the belly (as long as the material can take the compression from reflexed position to draw).

Real hornbows have far more reflex so store way more energy. But the limbs are heavier so they end up slower than modern laminates. But if you get to higher 60+ draw weights the energy storage overcomes the weight of the limbs and hornbows shoot faster.

Yeah, as I thought, the confusion is on your end. Like basilisk120 and myself have tried to tell you, that's not the grip that normally comes with SMG. Gungsulwon probably swapped it out for their grip wrap in your order.

The one that comes with the SMG is a hard plastic/rubber one, that looks like this:

It's quite ugly, not very comfortable, and too stiff to wrap around a grip easily.

What? In what way is a dish washing pad more traditional than a leather, rayskin or jute wrap?

Anyway you don't know what grip material we're talking about, the SMG comes with a hard plastic/rubber with dimples on it that isn't comfortable or easy to wrap the grip with.

A more parallel stance is more stable since your bones are doing more work, the more oblique stance requires more muscle work since it's your muscles stopping the bow arm from being pulled in.

Yeah their customer service is pretty crap but... their product is great... Don't make up your mind until you shoot it. They shoot as good as they look, if the koreanbow.com bows are anything like Kaya KTBs, they don't compare to the SMG

jvd.nl is a supplier, not a shop, They don't sell directly to customers