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Title: Need some help from you Hill guys!
Post by: on August 11, 2012, 01:23:00 PM

A buddy of mine wants me to make a string for this hill style longbow he has. He told me it was found in a closet and is pretty old. In the following pic you can see all the markings on the bow.

  (http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/ss239/archeryrules/hillbow.jpg)

Can somebody tell me what this bow is (I think the ML-14 is a model number maybe) and if it is fast flight string compatible?

Any help on this would be appreciated. I would hate to put a string on his bow that would hurt it.

Bisch

Title: Re: Need some help from you Hill guys!
Post by: centaur on August 11, 2012, 01:42:00 PM

Martin ML14?

Title: Re: Need some help from you Hill guys!
Post by: Eric Sprick on August 11, 2012, 02:08:00 PM

Yep that's a Martin.  Had one back in the mid eighties.

Doubt that its ok for fast flight.  Think the first two numbers are the year.  Pretty bow. Had a bit of a thumpnas I recall.

Hope that helps. Eric

Title: Re: Need some help from you Hill guys!
Post by: SCATTERSHOT on August 11, 2012, 03:03:00 PM

Yep, it's a Martin ML14. You should get a 65" dacron string,14 strand will be plenty. Start with a brace height of 6 1/2", and go up from there.

Good luck!

Title: Re: Need some help from you Hill guys!
Post by: sleepyhollow on August 11, 2012, 04:53:00 PM

ml-14 Martin mountaineer
ml-10 pioneer
ml-12 vision
ml-18 bushmaster

Title: Re: Need some help from you Hill guys!
Post by: on August 11, 2012, 05:44:00 PM

Thanks for the help, guys. That is exactly the info I was looking for.

Bisch