Black Widow Question

[jvhunter]

I picked up a Wilson Brothers HS60 bow serial #22242 on ****. The limb tips have black and ivory colored overlays,will this bow take a fastflight string?
Thanks

[J.Williams]

Best to contact BW and give them the serial#.They'll tell you if it's FF compatible or not.Enjoy your bow!

[JRY309]

Thats an older bow,I really doubt if it is FF compatable.Like said I would check with Black Widow.You might try the newer B55 string,less stretch and creep then the old dacron B50 and safe for all older bows.

[Hookeye]

FF stuff is a no-no on BW bows prior to '87 I believe (my MA2 from that year had a red Fastflite warning leaflet stuffed in my owner's manual).

They said one could use (at their own risk) FF on older bows if of low #, but don't remember what the limit was on # and strand count. Maybe that applied only to bows of that warning era's design.

If it's a Wilson brothers era (way before that)bow I sure wouldn't risk it.

[seabass]

it's not worth the risk

[OVERDRAWING]

I would not risk it! Bows out of that era are very well made for their time. Things like fast flight string materials and really light weight arrow shafts were not around at that time so the bowyers did not build bows to withstand the additional stress.