Hello, I am Joshua. I just got my dad's Bear Tigercat bow. it has been sitting in a closet for a long time. I want to get it out and start shooting it. He does not know what string it needs. I been looking online but have not found any info to help me in what bowstrings it needs. It has AMO 62" 35#. If I am right, 62" is for the string length and 35# is the draw weight. If you have any other useful info I would like that as well. thanks.
Hello Joshua,
There are alot of people on the Trad History/Collecting forum that can help you.You will find it on the front page of this website.Goodluck.
Joshua,
The "AMO" length is basicly the entire length of the bow including the bends of the limbs etc. (i.e. if you took a cloth measuring tape and layed it against the bow,measuring from tip to tip)
Bear bows were all marked pretty standard,your 62" AMO bow takes a 58" string. Check out the Sponsors Classifieds, There are a few really good string makers!!!!! :thumbsup:
Your bow takes an AMO 62 string. That would be a string measuring 59" from loop to loop. An AMO string is ALWAYS 3" shorter than the number which follows AMO. Why? I don't know. Seems kind of dumb to me, but that's the AMO standard.
I might be wrong but I think 3" is for long bows & 4" is for recurved bows... My 54" shrew takes a 51" string.... My old 60" bear T/D hunter recurved took a 56" string.