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Author Topic: What string material now?  (Read 1019 times)

Offline A Lex

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What string material now?
« on: December 15, 2022, 03:52:01 PM »
G'day all.

I've been using BCY-X to make my strings for my Blackwidow longbows for a while now, and have had great results with it. But it seems that it is no longer available.

Therefore it looks like I need to change.

So.........what string material would you recommend and why ??

Many thanks

Best
Lex
« Last Edit: December 15, 2022, 05:14:10 PM by A Lex »
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Offline GCook

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Re: What string material now?
« Reply #1 on: December 15, 2022, 05:15:54 PM »
Honestly the 97 is an okay material.  Lasts well and very little set time needed. That said the X was more quiet imo.
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Offline M60gunner

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Re: What string material now?
« Reply #2 on: December 15, 2022, 09:33:14 PM »
I just had a endless loop string made from 8125 for my ILF bow. IMO it’s as quiet as the BCY-X especially on metal riser with carbon/foam limbs.
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Offline GCook

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Re: What string material now?
« Reply #3 on: December 15, 2022, 11:08:17 PM »
Thanx for the tip.
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Offline David P

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Re: What string material now?
« Reply #4 on: December 17, 2022, 09:17:05 AM »
BCY X99 is the replacement for BCYX it’s a little smaller in dia. so requires a couple more strands but it’s lighter. It’s basically BCYX upgraded
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Offline GCook

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Re: What string material now?
« Reply #5 on: December 17, 2022, 02:28:46 PM »
It's louder too.
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Offline David P

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Re: What string material now?
« Reply #6 on: December 17, 2022, 08:56:20 PM »
I haven’t noticed any difference on my ASLs
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Offline David McLendon

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Re: What string material now?
« Reply #7 on: December 18, 2022, 04:01:32 PM »
All of my Fastflight strings are made of BCY Mercury, older non-FF bows use B-55.
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