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Author Topic: string jumping off bow  (Read 279 times)

Offline Keith Langford

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string jumping off bow
« on: August 04, 2016, 08:53:00 PM »
OK I need help. I have a brand new Dakota pro hunter recurve that the string jumps off the limbs after the shot. Not any pattern to it. might be after 30 shots or 2. I am not a novice or ignorant about bows, its not a brace height issue or string loop issue but I have never seen this before. could it be traveling to far past resting bh after the shot and why. It is 38 @ 28 and I am drawing to 29. Suggestions. I do not want to blow up the limbs
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Re: string jumping off bow
« Reply #1 on: August 04, 2016, 09:15:00 PM »
Your brace height is way too low or the limbs are twisted.
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Re: string jumping off bow
« Reply #2 on: August 04, 2016, 09:57:00 PM »
My guess is twisted limb . Had that problem with a Hoyt Pro Medalist years ago .
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Re: string jumping off bow
« Reply #3 on: August 04, 2016, 10:21:00 PM »
yup whichever loop is coming off that's the twisted limb and my guess its the bottom limb from step thru stringing.
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Re: string jumping off bow
« Reply #4 on: August 04, 2016, 10:31:00 PM »
Draw the bow and let down slowly and see if string lines up in center of limb.  If not, there is your problem.
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Re: string jumping off bow
« Reply #5 on: August 04, 2016, 11:21:00 PM »
My grandson was having The same problem with a bow.  There was no limb twist, string loops were fine.  Brace height had come down a bit from stretch but that should not, in itself, cause the problem.

The only thing left was the string nocks.  After filing them deeper it was problem solved!
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Re: string jumping off bow
« Reply #6 on: August 05, 2016, 08:19:00 AM »
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Your brace height is way too low or the limbs are twisted.
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Re: string jumping off bow
« Reply #7 on: August 05, 2016, 09:42:00 AM »
I'm with Roger.  The first person I would have talked with is the bowyer. I would send it back for him to check/shoot it and see what's going on.
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Re: string jumping off bow
« Reply #8 on: August 05, 2016, 11:39:00 AM »
Had that happen on a longbow I built. Filed the string grooves deeper and it never happened again.
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Re: string jumping off bow
« Reply #9 on: August 05, 2016, 12:51:00 PM »
I had that problem also it turned out to be the snap nocks on my arrows were to tight opened them up with a small jewelers file and it solved the problem.

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