traditional archery and b50

[Pete W]

Dacron makes great Boot laces.        
 You won't find it on my bows, even my self bows have DF97.

[LC]

Yeap I love B50. I use it to tie string nocks and silencers on my Ultra Cam string!

[heydeerman]

Only on my old Bear's.

[DamselflyFarm]

I use it on both of my bows, a longbow and a recurve.

[Shawn Leonard]

What Orion said, the new materials are quicker, quieter and once settled no more strecth, B-50 stretches forever! I also have found that if you properly prepare an older non-FF bow you can shoot it on them as well. Shawn

[David Mitchell]

Hmmm, I keep reading that B50 just keeps on stretching, but after 50 years of archery I have yet to see that.  I must make really great strings!  

[Ray Lyon]

B-50 on my old bears and Howard Hill that was built in 1977.  450+ on my Super Shrew.

[ishoot4thrills]

I use it on my Browning Wasp and on my kids'(all teenagers now) bows. I prefer D10 on my Kanati though.

[ironmike]

lot of hype about stretching,mine don't and i'm in the 65-75# range,all my bows have it, i went through a few spools of d97,it's good stuff, but for me the b50 is a better choice.

[Brock]

B50 on my bows may stretch and inch or more initially...but after that they stay consistent for years.  I have a Jeffery Royal Hunter with B50 and that string is 6 years old and if I put the bow square on it will show 7.5 inches just like last year.

 

[nutmeg]

I do on all my bows. (nut)

[Red Beastmaster]

I tried FF a few years and went back to B50.
 I saw zero benefit and actually shoot my bows better with B50. Don't know why, I just do.

I never did get used to the "DOINK" sound either.

[Steelhead]

I use B-50 and B-55 and also use modern skinny FF type strings.I find some bows shoot softer,quieter and more pleasant with B-50 or B-55.Others shoot better with the skinny FF strings.

I usually use 12 strands with B-50.

[LC]

I got to admit I never had a problem with B50 constantly stretching either. After the intital stretch it just settled in. However after being a die hard B50 user for eons after I tried UC I became a believer in the newer materials. I first tried D97 and thought it sucked though. Just better all around preformance, quieter, less handshock etc etc with UC. I still use B50 but like I said it's for tying on string nocks silencers etc.

[Bjorn]

I don't use B50 on any of my  bows. Nor do I drive on bias ply tires.      

[Uncle Buck]

I use endless B50 strings. because I am thrifty ( my Wife says cheap) They are about 1/3 the cost of a fast flight Flemish string. even less if you make your own.

[PA stickbow boy]

That's what I shoot on my Non-FF Silvertip

[koops4]

I shoot B50 on all my bows and so does my son.

[JRY309]

I only use it on a couple of older vintage recurves,that I rarely shoot.But all my other bows will get a low stretch HMPE type string.The bows feel better and more solid,not springy or have handshock like with a dacron string.Just not a fan of dacron.

[RM81]

I use B55 on my older Bear RC's, but anything with modern, reinforced tips gets D97.