I just picked up a used pair of newer Bear TD No. 1 limbs. I'd guess they were made in the past 3-4 years. When I put them on my A riser, I found that all of my strings for my current set of no.1 limbs were too long, by a lot.

Just for the heck of it, I placed the new limb next to an old (1970s era) No 1. red tip. The new limb was 1/2 to 5/8 inches shorter. The string for my vintage limbs is just a tad over 53 inches, which would be about the AMO standard for a 56-inch bow, which is what No.1 limbs on an A riser is supposed to yield.

I need a 52-inch string for the new set of limbs. It seems it's a 55-inch bow. Is this a fluke, or are all of the newer Bear TD No. 1 limbs shorter? Anyone have any that they can compare to older limbs?

Yep, same here but not that much shorter(mine can use same string but have to twist it shorter), they actually have a tighter recurve.

I just bought a set of #3 @ 45 and the new style limbs are 3/4" longer giving me close to a 62" bow.

I bought a Super K black beauty earlier this year. It's 64" AMO. I could not untwist the the string that came with the bow enough to get near the recommended brace height. I had to make a 62" string for the bow. It makes you wonder about the consistency of their manufacturing process.

In 2012 I ordered a new set of limbs from Bear. I put them on a riser that had a set of old red tips and found the string was not the right length. The new limbs were a little less than 3/8" (each) longer than the old ones. Kelly is right, the new limbs do have a tighter recurve.

I was surprised but not upset. It wasn't all that long ago that if you wanted a new set of limbs for custom takedowns you had to send the bow back to the bowyer and have them fitted to the riser. So I have to either twist my string or get a new one, hardly a major issue. Plus the new limbs easily outperform anything from the 70s to the current.

Since then I bought three other sets of limbs - all new - and they all seem to be interchangeable. The minor differences really don't bother me.

On the other hand, the limbs I ordered began showing stress marks in the finish right after I got them. Bear was quick to replace them for me.

onehair. now you have me thinking if it is the other way around as all my new limbs are #3, except for one set of #1's but I don't have any old #1's to compare with. I do remember that new #3 limbs on the same A riser that old #3 limbs were put that the string lengths/brace height were different. Guess I'll need to dig out my many sets of limbs and check for sure which way there is a difference.

The recurve area on mine are identical, just that the new limbs are 1/2 inch shorter. Obvious they were just shortened from the tip end. Regardless, seems to be a bit of inconsistency re limb length with the new limbs.

Not a biggie. The limbs shoot well, but now I have to have an extra string, and back-up that doesn't fit any other bow.

I have #3 42's, 45 and 52. The new ones are defiantly longer but that is good for me.

I typically only shoot black widows but I have had a number of limbs that are a little longer or shorter than the marked length compared to other widow limbs of the same length. Not sure why that is, maybe they knew the weight would be missed before adding tip overlays and it was one the adjustments made.

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