How long are those recurves? Guys with 30” draws usually like a recurve 64” long. Gives less finger pinch and won’t stack so bad at the longer draw lengths.
It kind of looks like those are bows you just ended up with so they probably aren’t fit to your long draw length.
Your right neither is ideal.
60 and 63ish, I've always shot 62s with a few 64s (including a r/d longbow).
I kinda quit practicing archery except right before hunting season for a few years, and switched to a compound, just because they were easier. Stopped all together for a year or two, and sold my compounds.
Got back into traditional archery a few years ago, and bought the wood one. Never got into it hard enough to buy another really good how tho.
The wood ones a little pinchy, but actually doesn't stack too bad, I actually had a bow scale and checked when I got it. It draws heavier than marked, and hits 57# at 28, 59# at 29 and 62# at 30.
The one I built is long enough I don't get bad finger pinch, but there was more reflex than I'd thought there would be, and its stacks pretty hard right at the end of my draw stroke. No scale now, so I'm just guessing at poundage comparing tonwhwt I've used in the past, so i could be way off.
I need to decide if I'm gonna mess with the limbs on the metal one, or just live with it. If I ILF the pockets I can run longer limbs with more adjustability.....or i could just get longer fixed limbs....