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Skinny String for 70lb Bow

Started by LongStick64, October 28, 2009, 10:43:00 AM

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LongStick64

Would I be crazy to put a Skinny string (8 strand, D97) on a 70lbs bow.
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JRY309

That may be alittle light.I have used 8 strand D97 for bows 55# and lighter.I use an 8 strand 450+ on my 65# Bamboo Viper and 21st Century Nova 70#.

Paul WA

Maybe I just had a bad batch but that D97 just kept creeping and creeping and creeping, 8 strands on 53# LB...PR
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WOUNDED EAGLE

Your best bet would be 16 strans,you will be putting to much tention on string and if it snaps you will blow up the bow...16 strans will work fine.
I use 16 stran b50 on me 50 @ 55 lb. bows works great.
Wounded Eagle

wtpops

You might try 10 strands of Ultra Cam, it would be about the same diameter as 8 strands of D97 but iit is stronger than D97 and i have found it does not creep near as much as D97.

That bow will smoke with a 10 strand ultra cam string.
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LongStick64

Never heard of Ultra Cam, that's a new one on me. I'm not sold on the skinny strings. I may go D97 three bundle.
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frank bullitt

LS64, if it was me, I would go with 12 strands, of 97. A good medium for that weight. Good shootin, Steve.

JRY309

Ultra Cam is made by Brownell,a smaller diameter strand but very strong.A 12 strand D97 is strong enough for up to a 100# bow,I shot a 12 strand D97 on a 83# DQ Bamboo longhunter.

Jesse Peltan

8strands of 8125 is good up to a 98#bow. 6strands is good up to 73#. D97 would work until it stretched too much. A 6strand 8125 would be pretty much perfect.

CJC


wtpops

Ultra Cam is the replacement for S4 Thin. If im not mistaken it is about 25% stronger than D97.
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David McLendon

I use 8 strands of 450+ on 83# with no creep and it's fast and quiet, 8 of D97 would scare me with all the creep.
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