Wapiti T/D Recurve Brace Height help?

[jeremy1517]

I recently made a trade for a Chastain Wapiti Takedown recurve that was made in 87'.

I love the bow, looks great and shoots great.

The string was worn out and I ordered a replacement. With the old string, the bow seemed to work best with a brace height around 7 1/2. Recommended is 7 1/2 - 8".

I had much trouble getting the new string to stop stretching but it's worked itself in. When I brace at 7 1/2, the bow is noisy but very minimal hand shock. I have to move the brace to 8" to lose the noisyness but it's really bad hand shock at 8".

Not sure what I should do. In the past, I've always kept relatively the same brace height when changing strings.

Is it common for the brace height to change with new strings?

Any recommendations?

[BernieH]

I have two that I shoot at 7 3/8". They're always quieter for me at the brace height with the least amount of shock. All I hear and feel is a mild thump.

Try going back to 7 1/2" and move your string silencers around.

[sveltri]

Are the specs on the strings the same?

[jeremy1517]

yes

[Diamond Paul]

Is this one of the dacron only bows?  He used to make ff tips on request only.  Dacron strings always felt handshocky to me at any setting, but I had one of his recurves a long time ago and I shot it at 8" on a 62" bow.  It was a ff model, though.

[chris 1968]

Mine shoots best at around the 7 3/4". I have 2 and they both seem to like that height.

[J. Cook]

Mine likes a higher brace -  no less than 8".