String material for a Shrew...?

[Al Kidner]

G'day guys,

 Well my 'new to me' Super Shrew Scout/ Lil' favourite has landed at my door and seeing as this is my first venture into owning any of the shrew line of bows I was a wondering what sort of string I should run on this bad boy?

The fella I bought it off tells me the one on the bow is a ten strand BCY D-10 string... Does this sound right guys? I'm sure it is but I'd hate to bust something simply on string material.

The loops seem to be padded also ( I normally do that when making strings myself ) and sorry to sound like a green horn but is D-10 like DF 97 in regards to strand numbers etc?


Cheers guys,

ak.

[damascusdave]

My understanding is the D10 was simply the 2010 version of D97 (1997)...good string material but pretty clear that BCY-X is better...read some of the posts by LBR...tough to get here in Canada but I love the one I got with my Blacktail Snakebit...Mike Mecredy uses D10, now called Force 10, on all the bows he sends out

DDave

[nineworlds9]

I have some great ideas for you:  email Gregg Coffey at Java Man Archery.  He designed the Lil Favorite aka Java Man Helm's Deep.  Gregg currently sends his 40-50ish# bows out the door with an 8 strand D10 string.  You would be fine with D10, or if you want to try something else consider a 12 strand Rhino string from Allen at Lefties R Us or a BCY-X string from LBR at Champion.

[KSshrewman]

Ditto....I'd check with Ron.  If no luck ask Chuck at two tracks or Gregg at javaman.  They will help.

[Java Man]

Al,

That bow probably went out with a. 6 strand 450+ string, and two add'l strands of B50, plus padded loops.

But, any high performance string with padded loops will be fine.  

Gregg

[slowbowjoe]

I had a 10 strand D10 on a Selway/Ceentaur I recently sold. Extremely smooth and quiet string, no creep to speak of. Wouldn't hesitate to put one on my Javaman Falcon.

[LBR]

Dynaflight '10 is a slightly higher grade of Dyneema than Dynaflight '97.  It's SK78 Dyneema vs. SK75 Dyneema.  To get a comparison, original FF is SK65 Dyneema, 8190 is SK90 Dyneema.

450+ was (is?) the standard string material for Shrew bows for years.  450+ is 70% SK75 Dyneema and 30% Vectran.

My personal choice would be BCY-X.  It's a second generation improvement over 450+ (452X was the first improvement over 450+, which was an improvement over 450 Premium).

BCY-X is 83% SK90 Dyneema with 17% Vectran.  Very stable, even in high temps.  Very durable, very quiet, very consistent.  Best string material I've ever used, bar none.

I'm not a fan of fat strings, but I don't like "skinny" either.  X is a very small diameter material.  20 strands is going to be similar to 10-12 strands of Dynaflight '97.  I like 18-20 in the string, 24 in the loops (padded out with B-55).

So far I've heard nothing but great reviews on the X, and I have nothing but good to report from my own experiences.

Chad

[Pheonixarcher]

Good info above!
Chad, how far out are you on strings?

[LBR]

At the moment...a week or two.  Subject to change at any time.  I'll be out of town for a few days the third weekend in Sep, but other than that I don't have any more trips planned this year.

[Al Kidner]

Thanks guys for all the info...

I have some homework to be doing, of the good kind.

Cheers,

ak.

[Sam McMichael]

Yeah, check with Ron La Clair. He seems to know a little bit about Shrews.