How many strands???

[Red Tailed Hawk]

Looking to make a new string out of fast flight. Does anybody know what would be the minimal amount of strands needed for a 50 Lb longbow???????              

[JRY309]

Depends on which type FF string,for D97 8 strands in good up to 60#,450+ 6 strands is good up to 60#.

[Red Tailed Hawk]

The string is brownell TS-1 plus.

[Lee Robinson .]

with ff, I would use 15.

with dynaflight I would use 9 minimum, but during hunting season I would go with 12.

with 450+, I would use 9.

[excelpoint]

I use 8 strand D97 on my 55# Firefly.

[ozy clint]

6 strand D97 would be plenty. i use 7 strand D97 endless on my 54# recurve.

[Lee Robinson .]

Are we in flight shooting competition where people use razor blades for fletching in order to maximize speed at any and all costs?

Why this interest in EXTREMELY light weight strings? What happens when you cut a strand that goes around the bow tip as you cross an old downed barbed wire fence, or if you get a little sand/dirt in the bottom loop, or should you cut even just 1 or 2 strands with a broadhead?

Not me. I personally would never shoot less than 9 strands, and that is an extreme minimum for me even on a kid bow. Most of my bows have 12 strands of dynaflight.

So you get 1 or if you are lucky 2 fps more speed than a safer more durable string...but at what cost?

If you want to maximize speed of your bow set up, get rid of the limb tip mass out past the string groove as that doesn't do anything for your bow. In fact, tip mass not only reduces efficiency, but also adds handshock.

These ultralight weight strings are going to cost someone their bow...and possibly worse.