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Main Boards => Trad History/Collecting => Topic started by: joekeith on March 15, 2009, 01:59:00 PM
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I just got the wife a York Coronet, 66", 34# recurve. My son got it from a fella he was workin' with. The guy had it layin' in the rafters in the garage. He hadn't used it in years and when my son told him how I was into Trad, he said I could have it if wanted it.
I'm refinishing it for the wife, she really likes it. It has a 62" string on it with a brace height of 9 3/4", with no twists on the string.
Does anyone know what the brace height should be? or where I can find some info on this bow. Haven't had much luck findin' any info.
Thanks for any help.....
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I believe those were more in the 7 1/2 to 8 inch brace give or take a bit eather way.bd
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Usually a string on a recurve should be 4" shorter than the bow length. In this that doesn't seem to work. Is the bow marked 66"? I would think that your brace height should be around 7 1/2" to 8 1/2".
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Yep, the bow's marked 66". I thought somewhere close to 8" should be about right.
Is there a way to figure what length string it would take to decrease the brace about 2" ? I don't make strings and want to get a new one right away, but I don't know what length to get.
I guess I could use just about anything for measuring purposes, like heavy string. I think I'll try that. thanks........
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News Flash......the bow isn't 66", that is what's painted, real plain, easy to read 66". That's probably why the guy put a 62" string on it.
I measured it, with a steel tape rule, and it looked like 69" to me. I'm wonderin' if I should get a 66" string ? Why else would they put 66" on a 69" bow?
Have any of ya's run into this before ? I imagine BowDoc has seen most everything....thanks guys...
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Archery Archives shows the Coronet starting in "67" and running thru the early "70"s. It only shows a 66" model with a 8 1/2" brace height.
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