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Re: traditional bow question
« Reply #15 on: December 10, 2010, 05:23:51 PM »
Push pull method or stringer. I try to use the stringer

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Re: traditional bow question
« Reply #16 on: December 10, 2010, 06:02:12 PM »
How long can you leave a laminated longbow strung without it causing problems??

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Re: traditional bow question
« Reply #17 on: December 10, 2010, 06:06:24 PM »
It depends. I have for months with no problems but would suggest no more than a few weeks.

But, never leave strung in a hot car in Summer!!

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Re: traditional bow question
« Reply #18 on: December 10, 2010, 07:03:48 PM »
If it's convenient stop by Wholesale Sports in Federal Way, and I can fix you up for under $15.  It will also give me a chance to see your new bow, and  :drool:
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Re: traditional bow question
« Reply #19 on: December 10, 2010, 07:06:27 PM »
If it's convenient stop by Wholesale Sports in Federal Way, and I can fix you up for under $15.  It will also give me a chance to see your new bow, and  :drool:
thats a deal,when are you there,and where do I find ya

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Re: traditional bow question
« Reply #20 on: December 10, 2010, 08:02:30 PM »
If it's convenient stop by Wholesale Sports in Federal Way, and I can fix you up for under $15.  It will also give me a chance to see your new bow, and  :drool:
thats a deal,when are you there,and where do I find ya

I'll be there daytime all weekend.  Check in with customer service, then go straight to the back of the store for archery.
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Re: traditional bow question
« Reply #21 on: December 11, 2010, 02:44:05 PM »
Except for a kid's solid fiberglass bow, I wouldn't suggest 'step-through' (except perhaps on a wood bow that has a d-shaped cross section, like an English longobw, that won't get twisted in the process). For a recurve, I ALWAYS use a stringer. For a longbow, I'll use the 'push-pull' method unless it is too stout for me, and then I'll wuss-out and use a stringer. My buddy, Steve, says to me last month, "I knew you when you could string a bow."  :o
I'd just like to remind everybody that it's about the hunting, not just the killing. In other words, it's about the total experience, the sport itself and the challenge involved. Bowhunting, done right, is a justifiable and honorable pursuit. Done for the wrong reasons, simply chalking up kills and seeking personal glory, it's taking away rather than giving back to a principled way of life that has to be experienced to be understood. G.StCharles

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Re: traditional bow question
« Reply #22 on: December 11, 2010, 02:57:06 PM »
picked one up today from oldman,swapped some deer sausage..He got to shot my bow,my rib is hurting so cant shoot now,thats driving me nuts..I found a pink bb gun for my grandaughter,she will be stoked

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Re: traditional bow question
« Reply #23 on: December 11, 2010, 03:13:09 PM »
Push pull method about 99% of the time. Once in a while I will use a stringer but don't usually see a need for it.

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Re: traditional bow question
« Reply #24 on: December 11, 2010, 03:20:57 PM »
A pink bb gun and a saphire bow theres nothing like the good life. Probley get a white beaver this year and I might know where to put the trap.

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Re: traditional bow question
« Reply #25 on: December 11, 2010, 07:01:40 PM »
Its best to unstring it if you aren't going to be shooting regularly..you can leave it strung forever IF its hung and its guaranteed to not end up in some direct sunlight or something really hot!
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Re: traditional bow question
« Reply #26 on: December 11, 2010, 07:48:20 PM »
Its best to unstring it if you aren't going to be shooting regularly..you can leave it strung forever IF its hung and its guaranteed to not end up in some direct sunlight or something really hot!
thanks,I leave it unstrung....its my unstrung hero :rolleyes:

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Re: traditional bow question
« Reply #27 on: December 11, 2010, 08:00:04 PM »
I do more of a push-pull-slide motion to set my top string.  I use a stringer sometimes too.

As for stringing vs. unstringing.  It depends on the bow composition.  If you're talking about a wood selfbow, such as yew, osage, hickory, etc., then it's best to unstring your bow and warm it up upon restringing.  I mean working the limbs a bit.

For glass/laminated bows, there isn't much to worry about leaving the bow strung.  Glass laminations will not allow the limbs to take a set, as in an all-wood bow.  I built my takedown recurve in the spring of 1994.  It's 58" nock to nock and 58#@27".  I leave it strung all the time, no worries, just keeps zipping arrows as it did the day I finished it.  :twocents:
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Re: traditional bow question
« Reply #28 on: December 12, 2010, 04:29:03 PM »
hearing my very handsome recurve explode on the first night in camp at a pig hunt in a southern orchard was nearly the worst thing ever. I strung and unstrung that thing a hundred times w/o a stringer, then 1000 miles from home on a dream hunt.........POW! nearly broke my hand and blew up my baby.

use a stringer

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Re: traditional bow question
« Reply #29 on: December 12, 2010, 04:35:26 PM »
hearing my very handsome recurve explode on the first night in camp at a pig hunt in a southern orchard was nearly the worst thing ever. I strung and unstrung that thing a hundred times w/o a stringer, then 1000 miles from home on a dream hunt.........POW! nearly broke my hand and blew up my baby.

use a stringer
that would suck big time

 


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