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Title: do u leave your a&h acs cx strung
Post by: erictetterton on December 12, 2011, 10:52:00 PM

just curious to see if y'all leave it strung. someone told me that carbon and glass have no memory, so it should be ok. i want to see what everyone else does though. i did a search and couldn't find anything on the topic. thanks in advance    :campfire:


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Title: Re: do u leave your a&h acs cx strung
Post by: grayfeather on December 12, 2011, 11:02:00 PM

I leave mine strung.I think that A&H recomends leaving it strung ,unless you are not going to use the bow for quite a long time.But I forget what a long time is ?.Call them and ask. They do say that most bows break during stringing ,and that might be why they recomend keeping it strung.I may be confused as I have not looked at the paper woek for a long time, ask them .

Title: Re: do u leave your a&h acs cx strung
Post by: calgarychef on December 13, 2011, 04:34:00 AM

They aren't the easiest bow to string, I leave mine strung a lot and never had a problem with it. It's what they recomend so that's good enough for me.

Title: Re: do u leave your a&h acs cx strung
Post by: Craig on December 13, 2011, 06:33:00 AM

I left mine strung for a long time. The only time I took it down was when we were traveling for a few days.

Title: Re: do u leave your a&h acs cx strung
Post by: Big Sneaky on December 13, 2011, 08:45:00 AM

Mine are always strung..

Title: Re: do u leave your a&h acs cx strung
Post by: erictetterton on December 13, 2011, 11:01:00 AM

i shoot the bow all the time and have found that it is kinda tricky to string compared to my widows. i'll leave it strung. thanks for all the replies

Title: Re: do u leave your a&h acs cx strung
Post by: Orion on December 13, 2011, 11:21:00 AM

I don't know that I've ever seen a recommendation from A&H to leave them strung.  Regardless, I unstring mine.  Any material under stress (a strung bow) will respond to that stress over time.  It may not be noticeable, maybe not even measurable, but it's there.

This question comes up a lot.  I really don't understand why.  Is it so hard, time consuming, dangerous to string/unstring a bow?  I've been doing it now for about 50 years and have never had a mishap.    :dunno:

Title: Re: do u leave your a&h acs cx strung
Post by: Dave1437 on December 13, 2011, 11:57:00 AM

I leave it strung and shoot it most every day.

Title: Re: do u leave your a&h acs cx strung
Post by: xtrema312 on December 13, 2011, 12:26:00 PM

Strung if shooting most days, but I have often unstrung my LB's even if shooting most days.  I never find them that hard to string even the A&H.  Recurves I mostly keep strung.

Title: Re: do u leave your a&h acs cx strung
Post by: Bjorn on December 13, 2011, 12:44:00 PM

Mine have been strung for years. I only unstring for travel and to change or maintain the strings. I don't know if I ever asked the A&H team or not; but I did ask another well respected bowyers once and his response was leaving a glass/carbon bow strung for extended periods was perfectly fine.

Title: Re: do u leave your a&h acs cx strung
Post by: Ground Hunter on December 13, 2011, 05:45:00 PM

I have in the past.  Now I "try" to remember to take them down.  As you know, you must be careful stringing and restringing the ACS.  Trust me - that's even more important to remember if its high poundage.  Use two hands until the limbs are stable.

Title: Re: do u leave your a&h acs cx strung
Post by: buckster on December 13, 2011, 08:15:00 PM

Ditto for what has been stated bt Bjorn.

Title: Re: do u leave your a&h acs cx strung
Post by: The Night Stalker on December 13, 2011, 09:11:00 PM

I leave mine strung when I shoot it regularly. More important is how it is stored. do you hang it.

Title: Re: do u leave your a&h acs cx strung
Post by: erictetterton on December 13, 2011, 09:12:00 PM

yes i hang it from the horns of a buck i killed