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Funny Thing...

Discussion in 'Tech Talk' started by CombatHM, Mar 12, 2014.

  1. CombatHM

    CombatHM Weekend Warrior

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    Was shooting my MR6 and my sight was off. So funny thing, I measured where all my string accesories are from when i first put them on, served them in. My peep has moved down but it was served in pretty tightly. Even my d loop and its serving move a good half inch... which was why my sight was off lol. This is after msybe 300 shots.

    Samething happened when i first had my PSE Rally and my HeliM (various lengths of string stretch). Now I am really convinced that factory strings do stretch a lot. This SUCKS!
     
  2. Backcountry

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    This sounds like a more complicated issue than string stretch. What point did you take your measurements from? How is the peep tied in? I've seen often times where a peep gets tied in too tight which will cause some movement. The d-loop movement sounds like a poor center serve.
     
  3. CombatHM

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    Yeah they are the factory strings and the bow tech might have tied it too tight, or it was one of those really crappy peep sights, so I decided to order a G5 Meta Sight to go on the string. I am just going to order new strings and not shoot the bow for a while. I still have my HeliM thats going to do well anyways.
     
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    My Prime strings do that after about a year or so. Then I replace the strings and cables and go on about shooting. If it keeps happening on all your bows to me it sounds like string stretch. Backcountry could be right though. It could be more complicated. How do you store your bows and where are they stored?


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  5. Bow String Depot

    Bow String Depot Die Hard Bowhunter

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    Stretch is normal for some string materials like 8190, 8125 and some others. But with 452x and Trophy they do not have creep or stretch. They are stable materials. The worst thing for any of the string material is heat. That will kill a bow string easily.


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