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Author Topic: String length help for Morrison Shawnee  (Read 179 times)

Offline House

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String length help for Morrison Shawnee
« on: April 27, 2011, 05:16:00 PM »
I have a new to me Morrison Shawnee A riser with D Dakota limbs.  I ordered a string for it at 57" and it braces on the low end at a height of 8".  Any idea how much longer I need to go on the string to get it in the 6.75-7.25" range?

Thanks in advance.

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Re: String length help for Morrison Shawnee
« Reply #1 on: April 27, 2011, 05:51:00 PM »
TTT for the edited title


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Re: String length help for Morrison Shawnee
« Reply #2 on: April 27, 2011, 06:47:00 PM »
Gotta be a string maker out there that could get me in the ballpark, need to get a string so I can shoot this beauty!

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Re: String length help for Morrison Shawnee
« Reply #3 on: April 27, 2011, 07:08:00 PM »
House,

Call Bob. Measure the string you ordered. Are you sure it is 57".  Your bow should be a 60" amo with that riser/limb combo so with the normal rule of thumb a 57" string should be the ticket, but check with Bob.

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Re: String length help for Morrison Shawnee
« Reply #4 on: April 27, 2011, 08:10:00 PM »
I had the same issue. I had to measure the bow from N-N to get the correct length, my Shawnee is 62" I think my string needed to be 59.5 to give me the flexabilty to adjust brace where i needed it to be.

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Re: String length help for Morrison Shawnee
« Reply #5 on: April 27, 2011, 08:48:00 PM »
My Morrison's are usually 2" under amo.
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Re: String length help for Morrison Shawnee
« Reply #6 on: April 27, 2011, 10:09:00 PM »
My 62-inch Shawnee (same riser as yours, two inch longer limbs) takes a 58 1/2-inch string.  Yields a 7 inch brace height.  Your string should work if it is truly 57 inches long.  I'm betting it's quite a bit shorter than that.

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Re: String length help for Morrison Shawnee
« Reply #7 on: April 27, 2011, 10:38:00 PM »
Just to help anyone else out there who may experience the same situation.  I spoke with Bob on the phone and he said that he has seen this before with some of the limbs that are a little older.  He said that it took a few years for the length of the limbs to "settle" to what they are currently, which by the way a 57" string is fine for, with an A riser and D limbs.  But Bob said that some of the earlier Shawnee Dakota limbs needed a string a half to 3/4" longer.  No worries on my end, I'm just going to order one at 57 1/2" and shoot the heck out of it!  Just wanted to mention that the string I ordered was from "Oliverstacy" aka Josh Sowerby and it is an awesome string and exactly the 57" that I ordered.  The other strings I ordered from him for other bows fit and function perfect.

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