Heavy bow or better string?

[bowless]

Just reading the heavy bow thread and was curious where string material comes into play.
Basically, will a high performance string make up for lower weight bow?

[Prairie Drifter]

Compared to a b-50 dacron, yes it will. I gained enough fps to equate to 5-7 pounds of pull depending on the bow. YMMV

[bowless]

Quite an improvement.  What type of string?

[Prairie Drifter]

SBD 6 strand and 8 strand, depending on bow weight.

[bowless]

Thanks, I'll definitely be ordering one of those.
I hear so many good things about them.

[emt137]

SBDs are great strings. I had one on a hybrid longbow and loved it. I will say, I did not experience some of the tuning situations that others have.

Check out Braveheart Archery. Tims a sponsor here and has a good selection of SBD strings on hand. Braveheart is also first class all the way.

[Tajue17]

YES,, I got a 8 strand SBD and the performance turned my 50 Pittsley into a 60# pittsley, after bare shafting I needed stiffer spine from 150's to 250's with same point weight and could hear the fletch sizzling from 25yds away..

SO before over bowing yourself which results in bad accuracy and wounded animals, go with a lesser strand string and start picking a spot 6" lower than you usually do.

[Stumpkiller]

Just make sure first that your bow can handle it.

[Biathlonman]

My experience mirrors the others on my Toelke Chinooks.  Swapping from factory strings to SBD gave me #5 more performance.

[jkcerda]

Are the SBDS comparable to angel majesty strings?

[Tajue17]

don't know but they have wrapped loops and I opt for the installed silencers and they are quiet, to me they sound like a low braced B50 recurve. I also went max on the brace for stability and I still gained more speed.

I'm ordering one for my 52# alleghany MTN bow because even though it bare shafts the same arrow as my 50# palmer recurve it hits about 5" lower in the target at 27yds (bare shaft tuned) where speed is a factor and the 570gr arrow with big shields runs out of gas after 20yds,,,, I really try to keep the bows here shooting the same arrows and keep bows based alot on that so I'm betting the SBD string will even things out between the two bows,,,,,, I wont get one for my Palmer Classic because I have about 80 Heritage arrows here all made up and I don't want to be messing with that many arrows,, the preditor only had 10 arrows before the string so it was my demo bow.

the strings really are Awesome!  if you do not bare shaft your shafts then you might not even notice any flight difference but not sure about broadhead flight but if you do bare shaft your shafts you will notice a weaker spine after the new string, SO just max out the brace/fistmele  and/or drop point weight then order a few more stirngs because you will not go back.

[Flying Dutchman]

Keep in mind where you come from. I mean, how many strands does your current strings have and how many will the SBD have?
It is my experience that you can say as rule of thumb that you will gain 1 fps for every strand less. So if you move from 16 strands to 8, you will probably gain 8 fps and that is a huge difference! This is where tuning comes to mind. When you go from 10 to 8, the difference in speed will be much less noticeable,but it sure will make your bow more quiet.
Follow the directions on the SBD site how to measure the lenght you need, or ask Pierre.Ordering the right lenght is important.

[Caleb Andes]

Wow.. I never thought about string strands making such a difference.. I could understand multiple string silencers but this has really opened my eyes..I will be ordering an SBD thanks guys!!!

[JamesKerr]

As said above be sure your bow can handle the skinny fast flight strings. A lot of fast flight safe bows can handle the skinnier strings but it is transmitting more energy back to the limbs as well as the arrow.

[smokin joe]

An SBD 6-strand string will make a 50# recurve shoot like a 60# recurve -- at least that is my experience. The speed is impressive and the spine you need to be shooting will change because of the string.
They are amazing strings that maximize the power of a fast flight bow.

[Tajue17]

Jeez  thats right the 6 strand,, rememeber though on both the 6 and 8 strand his string loops are built up I think with dacron so the loops look normal size.

[sawtoothscream]

Originally posted by jkcerda:
Are the SBDS comparable to angel majesty strings?

I personally like angel majety more then SBD. Just seem to shoot my bows better with it

[gringol]

I put some SBDs on my bow a while back.  I went from a generic FF to an 8 strand SBD.  I don't have chrono numbers, but there was a noticable improvement in speed.  The SBD was so much faster I had to buy stiffer arrows.  I'll take that problem any day.

[Flying Dutchman]

I think SBD strings are the best avilable on the market these days. Add Pierre to that who gives a great service and you won't ever look back!

[bigbadjon]

I've made my own and used strings by the usual suspects and have never noticed the kind of gains others are talking about. On a chronograph the only time a string was faster are those of endless construction are faster than flemish. I think going up in weight will pay more dividends on performance than strings will.