New to me Shakespeare X-12

[Grantmac]

Well I'm pretty sure a friend of mine just gave me his shakespeare X-12 #55, at least for a very long-term loan.

I haven't shot it yet but any inside info on it would be great.

Its got a typical B50 string on it and an outrageously large brace height.

I'm thinking of using it to shoot light (6-7gpp) arrows with a skinny string (8-10 strand FF) for 3D. Anyone think it won't survive that?

Thanks,
         Grant

[Tom]

Arrows too light and Bow won't handle the ff,IMHO.

[ishoot4thrills]

I'll bet George would know about such things for sure. He's sure to see the title and chime in.

[Grantmac]

I made-up a string for it last night. 10 strand and well padded in the loops. A few test shots and I'm pretty confident that so long as I pad well it won't do any harm. Also the lower brace height feels a lot easier on the bow then how it was originally set-up.
I shoot FF in my selfbows so I'm less cautious then most with it.

As for arrows. I guess I will just shoot some fairly heavy ones (8-9gpp) and slowly ladder down the weight until I feel a little handshock. I generally use handshock as a means of judging when I've hit the minimum acceptable arrow weight for a give bow.

Any further input would be just great.

-Grant

[JRY309]

I only use dacron on my older recurves and like to keep my arrows around 9-11 gpp,but don't shoot any lower then 8 gpp.BCY has a new dacron out B55,suppose to be better then the old B500.Less creep and stretch but still safe for older dacron bows.