string stretch and skinny strings

[Bjorn]

6 strand D97, with 14 strands in the loops, is the ticket for our 50# ACS's.
A little creepy at first and then settles right in. Our bows stay strung all the time.

[vermonster13]

There's a whole forum devoted to it George, it's called the Shooter's Forum.

[ozy clint]

it seems logical to me that the creep is because of the padding in the loops settling in.

[pdk25]

Originally posted by George D. Stout:
I'm still waiting to see those threads/posts.  How to set up for maximum accuracy;  How to establish proper form and maintain it:  How to learn to shoot well before trying everything under the sun....    

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[DesertDude]

I have settled on 12 strands of TS-1+ with 6 strands of B50 in each loop. D97, 9 strands with 6 strands of B50 in each loop. At first there is some stretch but after that it done. I choose these strings over all others tested because they made our/my bows Quiet. I found no Great speed gains, my groups got a little tighter at 20 yards. Just as we ALL have tried different bows, arrows, broadheads, strings, and so on to find the right fit.  This is what I and others have found that works for us. My mind is alway open to learn from others, somethings work, others don't.

[Douglas DuRant]

I'll be backpacking in the Mts so it well be a few days before I can check the answers. I use 12 strands FF and pad the loops with 8 more strands of FF. After initial shooting these strings don't seem to stretch at all. I have had zero tip problems on self bows, longbows and recurves using this method of padded loops.

My question is why pad with B50 in the loop? Could this be part of the stretch problem some experience?

[Don Stokes]

Dan Quillian used 12 strands of FF with dacron added in the loops. His theory was that the dacron, being softer, stopped the problem of FF cutting into the overlays. I'm shooting one of his now, on a Patriot II recurve, and after all these years it's as solid as a rock. Dan was a believer in using skinny strings (with proper serving) to improve performance. I've never noticed a loss of accuracy or any other performance issues due to string weight or diameter.

I was told that the low-stretch string manufacturers say that it doesn't stretch... it "elongates".