help with string lenght

[Stringslap16]

I am going to buy a new string for my 60# Samick Spirit II recurve, because the string that came with is is a little frayed at one end. I am going to buy a Brownells Fast Flight plus from 3 rivers archery.  I have to measure the string for thier sizing.  I measured the string at a little around 57.5 end of loop to end of loop.  I thought usually a 60" recurve would take a 56" string.  Did the string strech?  Should I buy a 56", 57" or 58".  I am leaning toward the 57", can a string strech 1.5 inches over time?  Thanks for the help fellas.

[JrsyBowHunter]

i have heard that recurves takea string 4 inches shorter that the bow length so i would go with the 56 string, because that one will also stretch some too

[O.L. Adcock]

If the bow is 60" AMO, it takes a 57" string....O.L.

[Stringslap16]

I guess we need a tiebreaker, but O.L.'s member number is freaking #9?!!!  That's pretty impressive. 57" it is unless fred bear has any ideas from the grave.

[Chris Wilson]

Using fast flight, go with O.L. on this one.

[O.L. Adcock]

The AMO standards is "string length for proper brace height, plus 3" is the AMO bow length"..Para phrasing there...With no distinction between longbows or recurves:

 http://www.archerysearch.com/publications/AmoStandards.pdf

That doesn't mean they followed the standards but a string a bit too long can be twisted up a lot and be functional while one too short would not....O.L.