Unboxing: Samick Discovery 

You're Right! Actually I thought it just came with it because it makes sense to weigh the bottom down, but it doesn't actually say on the list of products that it's provided. The riser is very nice, solidly built, and very nice looking.

You will probably have to look into local areas around you to avoid any shipping fees. For this specific bow I bought it from Merlin Archery www.merlinarchery.co.uk (I have also tried www.alternativess.com and they were pretty good) Hope that helps! (Probably good to mention that I was charged customs fees for both sites though, so that might be something to keep in mind)

Interesting question, so the riser I have is a 17" riser combined with Limbs which would result in a 62" bow. The original string I bought from Merlin Archery were the Bearpaw traditional dacron string for a 62" bow and that worked ok. The issue I had with this string was that it required a LOT of twists to get to the proper bracing height. Untwisted the Bearpaw string sits at around 151 cm tip to tip. I later bought an Ameyxgs archery string from aliexpress that is 149cm length. I found this was a lot better for me because it didn't require as many twists (but at the same time it might not be enough twists but if you go for a higher brace height it should work well) I think the sweet spot would be around 150cm length. Some manufactures go by the bows AMO length. Hope that helps!

@@unsealreveal749 Thank you so much for your answer, it helped me a lot... It is generally recommended, about 1/2 to 3/4 twists per inch.

Hi, the price of the riser and the limb together was about $360 USD after customs and fees it was closer to $450