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Title: need help with string lenght quick
Post by: jrchambers on January 01, 2010, 02:34:00 PM
its a 3 piece adcock acs labled 64 inch it measures a bit shorter unstrung.
Title: Re: need help with string lenght quick
Post by: rastaman on January 01, 2010, 02:37:00 PM
Mine uses a 61 inch string from Chad @ recurves.com.
Title: Re: need help with string lenght quick
Post by: George D. Stout on January 01, 2010, 02:46:00 PM
Measure it from string nock to string nock across the belly, then get a string 3 inches shorter than that and twist to brace.  Pretty simple and applies to all bows.
Title: Re: need help with string lenght quick
Post by: cacciatore on January 01, 2010, 02:50:00 PM
Usually 3 inches with the longbows.4 " with the recurve.
Title: Re: need help with string lenght quick
Post by: George D. Stout on January 01, 2010, 02:57:00 PM
cacciatore, I use 3" even with recurves.  The 4" can cause a string to be too short for some recurves and doesn't work alot of times.  With 3" you can always twist to shorten more, and I find tighter twist make better strings for me.

The AMO was changed, by the way, in the mid 1980's to 3" for either.
Title: Re: need help with string lenght quick
Post by: JRY309 on January 01, 2010, 04:24:00 PM
My 64" ACS used a 61" string.