Some of you remember the song, "What a difference a day makes", sung by just about everybody who was recording?
In this case, it's "What a difference a string makes".
I picked up a Big Foot Yeti from the classifieds recently. Nice little bow. There was some discussion about the length a while back.
It shot ok. Not great, but ok. It had what seemed like a very thick (16-strand?) endless loop string on it, a couple of huge silencers and was braced at 8 1/8". It was certainly silent.
I spoke with Kirk Lavender about the recommended brace height for these little ones and he said 6 1/2" to 7 1/2" max. The string that was on it was twisted a bit, so I untwisted it. At that point, the silencers flew out, but it still wasn't too loud. Lowest brace height I could get with the endless loop string untwisted all the way was 8". Obviously too high for a dainty little d/r longbow like this. I made a temporary string from an old FF string and measured the length that would give me 6 3/4" brace height, then ordered an SBD 8-strand D-10 string for it. Just like the song, What a difference a day (or in this case, a couple of weeks) made.I strung it up and it hit 6 3/4" on the button. I shot a couple of arrows with no silencers or nock points and then let it sit overnight to stretch out if it was going to.
Today, I measured the brace height and it had dropped only 1/8". I added a couple of wool puffs, tied some nock points on and went out to shoot. Braced at 6 5/8", the bow is just as quiet as with the heavy string and big silencers, but that was the only thing that stayed the same. This little girl is a tiger! Only 41# @ 28" and AMO 54", but it shoots the same arrows as my full sized 44# and 46# bows and shoots them very well.
Pics you say?
(http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm312/bladepeek/Archery/Big%20Foot%20Yeti/a0ef9d49-1df8-4929-ae43-b2b4efba8e5a.jpg) (http://s299.photobucket.com/user/bladepeek/media/Archery/Big%20Foot%20Yeti/a0ef9d49-1df8-4929-ae43-b2b4efba8e5a.jpg.html)
(http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm312/bladepeek/Archery/Big%20Foot%20Yeti/DSC_0035.jpg) (http://s299.photobucket.com/user/bladepeek/media/Archery/Big%20Foot%20Yeti/DSC_0035.jpg.html)
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What a sweet little stick..
Thanks Mitch. Yeah, she's a fun little stick.
Man, the bow rack is starting to fill up again. I'm thinking booze might be a cheaper addiction :)
Cool looking bow!
She looks sweet!
I agree that a string can make a difference. I purchased a Northern Mist Shelton at the Howard Hill shoot, 53# at 28" draw. It has a 9 strand D97 string, which is smaller than all my Hill bows. It sure seems to have more zip than some of these other bows.
Nice job dressing her up properly. She's ready for the ball now. Enjoy
Nice job dressing her up properly. She's ready for the ball now. Enjoy
Very nice! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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