String length for recurve?
03-05-2003, 06:11 PM
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Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: the woods of NJ.
Posts: 5,643
RE: String length for recurve?
On my old recurves the string length is equal to the distance measured tip to tip of the unstrung bow. in other words when unstrung the string is held on by the nocks on each tip with just enough pressure to hold the string in place. maybe if you know the fistmele you can bend the bow parallel to a wall while a friend measures the fistemele and string length or like brice says go to a pro shop. Hope this helps some.
03-06-2003, 04:03 AM
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Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Erie PA USA
Posts: 439
RE: String length for recurve?
Good question. Rule of thumb I use is to measure nock to nock along the belly of the bow and then subtract 4" from that measurement to have the string length. Heard this years ago and for the few recurves I do it seems to work. Was going to post this question on the traditional forum a while back to see any new ways.
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