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Equipment & Gear => Archery Gear => Topic started by: spin05 on November 12, 2010, 05:47:23 AM

Title: FF string on an old recurve bow??
Post by: spin05 on November 12, 2010, 05:47:23 AM: So i have a old mid 70's or so 50# Bear recurve. I bought one of those SDG FF strings for it and have since found it may not be good to shoot it with that bow.Anybody have similiar bow and shoot it with that type os string?????
Title: Re: FF string on an old recurve bow??
Post by: ribka on November 12, 2010, 06:01:21 AM: Do not use fast flight strings on older bows. :bdid: Have to use a string made of dacron B50 string material. Older bows, like yours, do not have reinforced limb tips needed to handle the extra shock from a low stretch fast flight string.

The difference in speed using fast flight and dacron strings is negligible. I have experimented with both and about 5-7 FPS differnce. I think bow shooots much quieter too with B 50 string :twocents:

What model Bear is it?
Title: Re: FF string on an old recurve bow??
Post by: spin05 on November 12, 2010, 07:29:53 AM: Ita a Grizzly with a model code of KR58831. I used to have an article that told me what year it was,But dont know what happened to it. So were is good place to get a string for this bow????? And does anybody want to buy a SDG FF bowstring brand new????I will let it go for $10......
Title: Re: FF string on an old recurve bow??
Post by: Lowedog on November 12, 2010, 07:42:47 AM: Lots of string makers on archerytalk.
Title: Re: FF string on an old recurve bow??
Post by: ribka on November 12, 2010, 07:45:55 AM: http://www.flemishbowstrings.com/ (http://www.flemishbowstrings.com/)

Would make one for if I can find my string jig. :bash:
Title: Re: FF string on an old recurve bow??
Post by: carver52 on November 12, 2010, 07:40:46 PM: I have had real good experience with FF strings on my older bows. I'm shooting a 60lb. bear Kodiak that is early 60's model. Also a Wing Hunter 45lb recurve from early 70's with a FF string. I don't know what the feet per second diff. is but I can tell a big difference in trajectory. That said, I have a shorter draw lenght 26 inches. So I may not be stressing the limbs enough to see any potential damage.