Any of you prefer B-50 over skinny strings?

[skychief]

Just curious if any of you actually prefer strings made of B-50 to those made of "fast flight" type material.

If so, will you say why?

Thanks in advance, Skychief

[BWD]

No, give me an 8-10 strand ff type string, and I'm good to go.

[LBR]

I haven't found any advantages to skinny strings but I do prefer HMPE ma:terials.

[ksbowman]

I mainly shoot older bows and use b50 strings. The older bows were made for the non-fastflight strings and even though some use them padded on older bows. I don't feel the gain in speed is worth using the FF. Just a personal thing.

[Moots]

I use FF on most of my bows, but recently I got a B50 string for my Lone Wolf Kayapo.  I really like the feel of the string, and have now ordered a B50 string to try on a Border Griffon.  Plenty of speed with that bow, and I am curious to see if the B-50 will give a softer feel to the shot.

[Steelhead]

I would not say I prefer FF over B-50.I use mostly FF type strings.

But I have had some bows that shot sweeter and softer,felt better and were more quiet with B-50 or B-55.I usually use a 12 strand in B-50.

Most bows I have had were better with FF style strings.But not all!

[beachbowhunter]

Nope

[Uncle Buck]

I prefer the price of B50 endless loop strings, But I have nothing against other types of string material. I have used various types of strings. Ringing the last few FPS out of my bow doesn't really interest me. If a bow is quiet, I don't care what kind of string it has. That's just my preference. If you enjoy pushing your bows performance to the max,go for it. If we all liked the same things we wouldn't have much to talk about.

[nineworlds9]

Anything but B50.  Send it to me, I'll burn it for free  :D

[jackdaw]

I shoot B-50 strings on my  older Bows, but in Flemish twist style. The endless loop strings feel kind of "trampoline ish" to me....renember, the  B-50 dacron what's considered a somewhat radical step when going to from the older linen strings. it is a good string material...

[jackdaw]

Forgot to say, but I shoot the fast flight skinny strings on my newer bows.

[SlowBowinMO]

I still use B50/B55 on most of my recurves, I just prefer it.  Longbows get high performance stuff though.

[Red Beastmaster]

I let my bow decide what type string it gets. Some shoot/feel/sound better with B-50, others with FF.

[dhaverstick]

I'm a B-50 or B-55 shooter. The few strings I've had made from more modern materials didn't seem to do anything special and, in some cases, were a lot louder.

Besides, I make my own strings and I just can't plunk down the cash for D-97 when I can buy two or three spools of B-50 for the same price.

Darren

[Paul_R]

Not all FF material is created equal. I Never had a bow that didn't improve with a D10 string from Pierre. The difference  B50/55 and D10 on a Hill bow is like night and day. Recurves not so much but always an improvement however slight.

[Danny Rowan]

Depends on the bow, most of my Schafers are B50 only. I did have one that was ok for ff but it had some handshock and was loud no matter what I did, put a B55 on it and it was perfect. My new Huntsman is ff ok, has a D97 on it right now but I do not like the feel of it, ordered a couple of Rhino strings from Allen and when they get here one will go on it, should improve the feel and quiet the bow up.

I can say that I can tell no difference in the B55 or modern string material on my Schafers as far as speed and such.

[Pat B]

I've used B-50 on every bow I've built over the years and have no plans to change. I have a few bows with FF type strings but have never made a string with FF type material.

[ron w]

I'm a B-50 or B-55 guy. Lately I have been fooling around with FF on bows that it is ok to do so. I'm torn..... I can see the benefit of FF/Skinny string but yet Dacron still seem to get the job done.......B-50/B/55 seems ALWAYS to be more silent for me......but I know guys that shoot FF and the bow is silent. The speed factor means nothing to me......2-4 FPS is a non factor at 12-20 yards when hunting. To me silence is more important.

[D.Ellis]

With heavier bows, Dacron will whack my wrist hard even with the brace height approaching too high for the bow. I find the skinny strings make for a quieter bow with less hand shock. So count me firmly in the low stretch camp.
Darcy  

[Hot Hap]

I run B-50 on everything. Have never seen a need to change over to the new stuff. All new bows that I buy get B-50. It works for me.

Hap