You guys are cracking me up.
I find that limb length doesn't matter as much as the skill of the archer
a nice, 60" bendy-handle longbow is freaking accurate. Really freaking accurate.
Like 6" groups at 40 yards from a kid that doesn't practice much unless he's off school.
Also, draw weight plays a huge factor... and short bows stack more, weigh less(less mass=less inertia=less resistance to torque).... and also arrows make a big huge diff.
I can plop carbons into a target easily with a black locust stickbow, nearly completly untillered.
if I shoot arrows weighing b/t 300 grains and 800 grains, even with a modern centershot recurve, I cannot even hit once unless luck.