Peep Rotation

I use a G5 meta peep. I got a set of custom strings put on my bow a month ago and it shoots great. Until the peep started rotating. I called the shop and they said they will fix it.

My question is, what causes the rotation? Does that mean that this set of strings is inferior to others or was some somehow put on wrong?

 

If you just had the string installed, it will often take 50-75 shots to "shoot the string in"... in other words, stuff needs to settle before making your final adjustment.

 

A slight shoot-in period for the string to stretch a little and things to settle is normal. Doesn't mean you're using inferior products or it was installed wrong.

For the record, my last set of custom strings was made of Astro Flight and there was zero shoot-in necessary. First time that's ever happened.

 

I would like to have ordered some custom strings but I have no bow press or knowledge of how to install a string so I am at the mercy of the shop that I trust. There are several other shops in my area that I just don't trust their archery departments, so I drive further away because I trust this shop. It was probably within the 50-75 shots that this occurred.

The tech who built the strings said that he prestretches them so I was kind of surprised when it happened. And it happened at a very bad time. My dad has been having a problem with rabbits and squirrels in his garden and I was drawing on a rabbit.

 

I like to shoot at least 200 shots, then check specs(ata,bh,cam lean and ect.) then install the peep.

 

You say the tech pre stretches them. I'm not saying the string wasn't built correctly or pre stretched but I would be leery of having someone at a shop build a string that is "pre stretched".

In any case, others are correct. Before installing the peep, the string should be shot 50 or so times before the putting it in. Then shoot it a bit more to settle things back down after the peep is installed. Then you can fine tune its rotation.

 

Try a .22

 

He lives in city limits so the 22 is not an option. And it's a lot more fun with a bow anyway. It was a good stalk! In the end, the rabbit will no longer be a problem.

 

Even prestreched strings have a shoot in period. The strings still have to settle in. I get my custom strings, G5 peep, and Apache rest installed tomorrow. My pro shop will let you shoot in the strings in shop the day they are installed. Then they install the peep and do any adjustments needed right then and there. Works out great and you get to know your techs a little better. I can't wait for that time spent at the pro shop tomorrow.

 

I'm just curious, why would you be leery of a pre-stretched string?

I'll probably head to the shop tonight and get it adjusted so that it is correct and hopefully I won't have any more problems with it.

Thanks for the input, archers.

 

I would be more concerned about the tech installing the peep before the shoot in period. It would cause me to second guess the tech on anything maybe even the shop for that matter. Just saying.

 

I was in a hurry when I went to get the bow because I had another obligation to get to. I'm not faulting him for it.

 

I took my bow in and they adjusted the string and peep and it is back to rotating correctly. I paper tuned it and it was shooting bullet holes. And then I shot it through the chrono and it performed great. I am not a speed freak at all but I do like to know what I'm shooting. The last time that I checked it (probably a year or maybe 2 years ago), it was 274 fps. I'm not sure what exact poundage that I was shooting then, somewhere in the low 60s. I'm now shooting 64# and it chronoed at 289 fps with a 386 grain arrow.

 

You can buy custom strings, take them to the shop to install.
Thats's what I do!

 

Sorry, I should have been more clear. Pre stretching a string, at least to the best of my knowledge, is not something any average joe can do well. There are usually special machines or methods that pre-stretch the strands before the string is assembled. Usually, the strands are stretched under heavy tension for a predetermined number of hours before they are used to build a string.

At least in my neck of the woods, there isn't anyone who has the expertise or equipment to do this properly.

 

He does it with a machine much like you describe.

 

Wow, if they have the equipment, then heck yeah, I wouldn't worry about it!

I've come across a couple string guys around my area that make the same claim and the only thing they do is make the string and then stretch the heck out of it, calling it "pre stretched". ;-)