AF Archery Tatar Recurve Bow, 54" Traditional Laminated Horse Bow for Mounted Archery and Precision Shooting Longbow Left Right Hand

Strong, good-looking, well made bow at an affordable price (I got mine for $129 in June of 2024). The bow is sold as black, but in the sunlight you can see it is almost brown, which I like. It also was listed as a 45 pound bow at 28 inches. Honestly, I do not draw this bow to 28, so I do not get the 45 pounds of draw. I draw it to 22-23", and get between 33-36 pounds of actual draw weight. That said, even with the shorter draw, I was able to get consistent 155-160 fps shots through the chronograph. So it is a fast, hard-hitting bow. I like short bows and the asiatic horse bow is one of my favorites. This is a great bow for recreational shooting, small game hunting, and shooting competitions including horse archery. For big game, I would get a heavier drawing bow so I would be sure to have enough power with a shorter draw. I don't think this manufacturer makes a bow over 50 lbs.

I received my bow on time and undamaged. It came bubble wrapped in a carrying bag with the bow string un twisted in a baggie. So far I'm actually blown away with the quality and what I got for the price. I may change my review if possible if I see issues in the future. As of 11/26/25 brand new it's a great bow. I like it a lot better than my modern recurve, better visibility, light as a feather, punchy and much better suited to instinctive styles of shooting. The finish on the bow is smooth and matt, very nice. I'm skeptical still and wary of the bad reviews I've read on AF products. I'm going to take care to store this bow properly and keep it out of extreme temperatures and unstringed and suspended when not in use. I think some bad reviews could have possibly been from miss-use or storage issues, but this remains to be seen if it's user error or a quality issue. I shoot often so we shall see the durability at this price point. I look forward to shooting this bow more.

Another good bow. Haven't tested to make sure poundage is correct. I also have the tarter and bird's eye blue one.

The bow looks great and shoots great for the limited amount I've used it. The bow is polished to a very high shine. This could be good or bad depending on your preferences. It will absolutely start showing wear and tear and immediately showed fingerprints from stringing and waxing it. The tips are slightly out of alignment but not enough that it should affect performance or durability. My big complaint is that the "premium leather" handle wrap is most definitely not leather. It's, at best, pleather but I would just call it straight up rubber. I'll probably wind up actually leather wrapping it because otherwise the bow seems great. In terms of performance the bow shoots well. It is on the shorter side so starts stacking heavily at 28" so be prepared for the final 2-4 inches to be a bit of a workout if you're shooting thumb draw. 'll update if anything catastrophic happens like in other reviews but so far zero worry about any delaminations based on my initial look over it.

This bow is light as a feather, yet very sturdy. i got the 45 lb bow, and am very happy with this bow. shoots very well and the bow is very handsome. Would highly recommend.

I love AF bows and when I saw they were available on Amazon I jumped at the opportunity! Despite my love I'm giving a 3 star because there were separation of the lamination near the handle. I'm gonna order another one and hope this was a one-off.

Your going to love it. Shoots as good as my one piece and I have two of those hundreds of arrows amd still going strong

I bought this awhile ago used it once strung it around 3-5 times cause I was waiting for arrows and a target to show up but when I finally got everything I strung it and as I was letting tension go the limbs twisted and cracked majorly shouldn't happen in that amount of use for that price but for what it's worth it's pretty