Best string for Hill bow

[Looper]

On my Hills, I'm using skinny fastflights with padded loops. On my Halfbreed, I'm using an 8 strand D97 from Josh Sowerby (Oliverstacy on here). When shot back to back with a D50 string, the 8 strand is noticeably quieter and is a lot faster. I see no reason not to use one.

[LBR]

What performance differences are there between types ?

Comparing apples to apples, usually very little to none.

How the string is built can make a big difference in noise, and some in performance.

Generally what you believe will work best, will work best...for you.  

Chad

[Randy Koleno]

I have a 66" Cheetah. I tried B-50 on it when I got it, it felt fine. Just for kicks. I ordered a SBD 8 strand, it felt better. I don't know if there is a speed difference, I would think slightly faster, but I never checked. I like the feel of the shot better, didn't notice an effect on accuracy.

[ron w]

Cheetah,66" string follow,45# @ 28" 12 strand B-55,works great and silent as a church mouse with just wool puffs!

[Greg Skinner]

8 strand DF97 with padded loops on all my Hills. Quiet, no shock, nice feel to the shot, wears good, no creep.

[kestimator]

Originally posted by LBR:

Generally what you believe will work best, will work best...for you.  

Chad [/b]

Well said and probably correct  

[Aussie Stickbow Hunter]

I have been using FF and DF97 strings on my Hill style bows since around 1992 and have noticed no ill effects from using it but plenty of positives.

I have been using 12 strand DF97 Flemish Twist strings since probably not long after it came out. I do not find it noisy.

I find it wears much better than my Dacron strings did.

It virtually takes the bump (hand shock) out of bows.

After testing my own and many other makes of Hill style bows we found the increased performance to average 7fps which equates to approx 5# of draw weight.

Myself and some other mates have been using the DF97 on our self bows with zero ill effects. The self bows have no reinforcing whatsoever and some have very fine tips.

IMO DF97 and similar strings are better for our bows (it does not shorten their life) because more of the bows stored energy is transferred to the arrow which means there is less unused energy. Unused stored energy is one of the main causes of hand shock.

Jeff

[Chain2]

Thanks Guys. I appreciate the info.