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wildwood
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String stretch
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May 31, 2011, 07:49:00 AM »
I am sure this has been addressed before, but I have been trying to tune arrows and find the right brace height for my bow I got a few months ago. I've shot it a few hundred times and let stay strung for periods of time. I am still losing a 1/4 inch or so on my brace after I shoot it a half doz. times. Is this normal?
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Javi
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Re: String stretch
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May 31, 2011, 07:55:00 AM »
Depends on the number of shots, and the type of material used in the string..
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wildwood
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Re: String stretch
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May 31, 2011, 08:09:00 AM »
the string is a flemish B50 if that helps any.
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Javi
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Re: String stretch
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May 31, 2011, 08:20:00 AM »
B50 will settle and stretch every time you string the bow, although over time the degree will diminish.
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wildwood
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Re: String stretch
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Reply #4 on:
May 31, 2011, 08:29:00 AM »
I am thinking of looking into fast flight,not sure if Mad Dog bows are built for that, have to e-mail Mike Mecredy. I do like my new bow jut trying to get things settled in.
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Swamp Yankee
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Re: String stretch
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May 31, 2011, 08:52:00 AM »
Javi is correct. Also, the more wax the string was twisted up with and/or the more twists there are in the string, the longer it will continue to stretch.
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bigbadjon
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Re: String stretch
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May 31, 2011, 10:40:00 AM »
When my brother makes a flemish string we puts a weight on the end and lets it pull the intitial stretch out. Once the initial stretch is out even polyester strings will stretch very little before settling. I shoot vee polyester strings that are much stretchier than B50 but I don't bleed brace height while shooting because it has settled. By nature flemish strings will always have some stretch while drawn. To truly have a consistent string one would have to shoot a endless string.
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Jeff Mundy
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Re: String stretch
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May 31, 2011, 11:51:00 AM »
wildwood- Don't look at fast flite, pick some of the other more modern string materials. I had to put my back up string on my bow about 3 weeks ago (it's a fast flite string)& i've had to twist it up 3 times since then to maintain my brace height. This string was previously shot in as well. Needless to say I can't wait until my new strings arrive.
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BWD
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Re: String stretch
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May 31, 2011, 02:42:00 PM »
Stretches worse in hot weather too.
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Night Wing
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Re: String stretch
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May 31, 2011, 03:42:00 PM »
Try a B55 bowstring. It supposedly stretches far less than B50.
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Re: String stretch
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May 31, 2011, 03:47:00 PM »
Yep B50 strings will stretch more but if you buy a quality string it will do this a lot less. I had a couple made for my Hill by Oliverstacy and they settled in faster than any I have used before.
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awbowman
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Re: String stretch
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May 31, 2011, 03:48:00 PM »
That's why I was taught toalways have two used (stretched) strings when I hunt. The more modern string materials will pretty much settle in after a few hundred shots I am told.
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wildwood
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Re: String stretch
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May 31, 2011, 05:52:00 PM »
thanks for all the input
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paperenginner
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Re: String stretch
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May 31, 2011, 09:52:00 PM »
I would suggest keeping your stringer with you and adjust while shooting. I had the same issue but after a month or so of shooting it settled out and I rarely change it anymore.
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Blaino
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Re: String stretch
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June 01, 2011, 07:44:00 AM »
can a string be twisted too much?
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Swamp Yankee
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Re: String stretch
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June 01, 2011, 08:19:00 AM »
Quote
Originally posted by Blaino:
can a string be twisted too much?
Yes.
More than 1 or 1 1/2 twists per inch makes any string stretchier (new word?) than it needs to be. To the extreme, twisting until it starts to kink is risking a broken string.
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