Bow String Help

[Turlock]

I am new to traditional archery. I am shooting an old Ben Pearson 50lb, 62" cougar. One week ago I purchased a 16 strand Stone Mountain, Flemish twist, Dacron bowstring. I have shot roughly 100 arrows a day for 1 week. The string wrap at the nock began to unravel today. Is this normal? Any suggestions which string I should use?

[Bud B.]

Where do you live Carson? If you're near Asheboro I can help you out.

In the mean time, try to tighten the serving as good as you can and put a small drop of super glue on it to stop the fraying.

[McDave]

Shouldn't unravel if it had enough twists in it. Flemmish strings need a twist or so every inch to stay intact.  Do you know what your brace height should be?  I would guess about 8".  It could be that your new string stretched, which is pretty normal when you first start to use it, and needed to be twisted up some to keep the brace height where it should be.  It sounds like you're using the right string.  I would guess that if it's coming unraveled, someone who knows how to make strings could fix it for you.  Anyone around NC want to help Turlock out?

(Sorry Bud, you beat me to the post!)

[Bud B.]

I took it to be the serving was coming unraveled If the twists are coming out, OH CRAP!!  

[katman]

String strand at the nock sounds like serving. Any archery shop should be able to reserve it for you. Heck it is not hard to learn and fun to make your own stuff.

[Turlock]

Here's what I have going on.





I am in Wilmington NC.

[Bud B.]

Gotta be some tradgangers in the Wilmington area that can help.

There's a shoot at Sissipahaw the 16th in Burlington up I-40 from you. A good ride, but you'll meet alot of NC trad shooters if you can come up. I'll be there and can fix your string easily.

 http://tradgang.com/noncgi/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=94;t=002866

[macbow]

You certainly should not shoot it anymore like that.
Best bet would be if you have a archery shop around.

I'd go for one of the newer servings, like spectra.
I've never had a serving break with theses types.

If you have no options you could mail it to me and I'd fix it.

[Bud B.]

Or mail it to me in Asheboro and I can fix it too  

[Turlock]

Thanks for all the help. I do not mind buying another string so I can keep shooting. I will be near a shop down here in eastern NC on Tuesday. I will pick up a new string then. I will mail the faulty string back to stone mountain. Does anyone have any recommendations for strings.

I read about the shoot in Burlington and would like to make it, but I will be shooting in a retriever field trial next weekend.

[Pete W]

looks like damage from realy tight  rough nocks on the arrows.

[katman]

Could be you crimped the brass nock indicator to tight and squashed the serving, or cut it with the pliers. Search on here for tutorials for tying on nock points. They are lighter and more easily adjusted.

[Shawn Leonard]

Yup what Pete said! Shawn

[eflanders]

Your arrow nock should be able to spin freely around the served area without falling off.  If it is too tight, what you experienced is a common problem. As someone else said, this can also happen if the pinch-on nock point was installed improperly as well.  Tied-on nocking points are better and lighter than the brass ones.  There are lots of tutorials on the web to learn how to tie these.

The serving fraying like it did is not likely the fault of the string maker in either case.  Sorry to be so blunt but I thought you should be prepared accordingly.  Stone Mountain is a reputable outfit and they may still cover this for you accordingly, but don't count on it.

There are several tutorials out on the web that can instruct you on how to fix and/or replace arrow nocks.