String material choices

[muddydog]

I was going to buy an extra string for my bear Montana longbow. I think it is ff compatible and comes with a d97 string from the factory. I've never used or trusted ff strings on stick bows, because I always feared it might break my bow with a nock failure. What does everyone else use? I did notice that the d97 had zero stretch and no change to my brace measurement.

[Junkers88]

I contacted Daniel at HCB and asked him to build a string for my older recurve as I didn't want to risk running a FF string on it and he built one for me out of 12 strands of B55. Great string and so far I haven't had to adjust the BH and I do quite a bit of shooting.


Richard.

[Wayne Meuir]

Personally, I like the FF or, I think what they now call FF+.

I tried 8125 and the strings are fine, I just found it so slippery, that it was hard to twist the strings consistently.

Now I have a stringmaker on my payroll (he don't get paid, he just makes me a string any time I ask). I actually hate twisting strings and making wood arrows.

Wayne

[caughtandhobble]

I was going to buy an extra string for my bear Montana longbow. I think it is ff compatible and comes with a d97 string from the factory. I've never used or trusted ff strings on stick bows, because I always feared it might break my bow with a nock failure. What does everyone else use? I did notice that the d97 had zero stretch and no change to my brace measurement.

Don't worry, you could use piano wire on that Montana without any damage.

[Dry Bones]

I twist my own Dacron strings. Sure there are more materials out there that provide more performance, that would be totally safe to use, but I like the thick over made strings and have no real reason to change.
-The longbow I recently got from Jeff has a FF string on it, and I will continue to use that string until it is worn out. Then I will build one of my own.
It's not so much in the material or type of string as it is in the twist and the maker. Only slight speed differences in the material so it becomes more of a personal taste thing.

[muddydog]

I guess I just don't trust anything but old school dacron strings on stick bows. I think I will just stay with what I'm comfortable with. I'm not into the increased performance factor, I do like not having to constantly twist up my string though.

[Bisch]

I was going to buy an extra string for my bear Montana longbow. I think it is ff compatible and comes with a d97 string from the factory. I've never used or trusted ff strings on stick bows, because I always feared it might break my bow with a nock failure. What does everyone else use? I did notice that the d97 had zero stretch and no change to my brace measurement.

I use D97 in all my bows. D97 does have "stretch", or creep. New strings will move a bit for the first couple hundred shots, then will settle in and not move much after that. If you are tuned in and you change string material, you may have to retune a bit to get everything just right again (esp if you go back to dacron). So, if you switch to a new string material, get two new strings so you will have a backup .

Bisch

[60X]

BCY X has become a customer favorite of ours. It takes the best attributes of all the FF materials and wraps it into one material. Brownell fury is another that works very well.

https://www.60xcustomstrings.com/product-category/longbow-recurve-bow-strings/