Replacing bow String
#1
Fork Horn
Thread Starter
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Maine
Posts: 328
Replacing bow String
I bought a package bow and I am having a hell of a time with peep sight. Now that I have got it to stop slipping up and down when shooting it is now rotating to the left. I have had shop adjust it 4 times after I shot 200 arrows thru it. So I don't know if its the ****ty string or the serving job done on peep? My season starts on September 12th. Is it too late to put a new string on? Does it need time to stretch?
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#2
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Illinois
Posts: 282
The up and down part would be a poor serving job. Rotation is usually a symptom of string stretch. To fix that, you can put a good string on it (talk to 60x about that), or you can use a peep that has a piece of tubing on it that straightens the peep out when you hit full draw. If it were right before season opener, I'd go with the peep as a quick fix. At this point, you still have plenty of time to put a new string on and re-tune everything, so its all up to you. A good string is pre-stretched, so it shouldn't need any extra time to settle in.
#4
Spike
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Pennsylvania
Posts: 98
There is still plenty of time to replace your compound bow string before the season. A good custom bow string will be prestretched and have very minimal shoot in time.
#5
Spike
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Red Boiling Springs TN
Posts: 15
I bought a package bow and I am having a hell of a time with peep sight. Now that I have got it to stop slipping up and down when shooting it is now rotating to the left. I have had shop adjust it 4 times after I shot 200 arrows thru it. So I don't know if its the ****ty string or the serving job done on peep? My season starts on September 12th. Is it too late to put a new string on? Does it need time to stretch?
Thank You
Thank You
#6
Fork Horn
Thread Starter
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Maine
Posts: 328
No It was a Cabelas regulator. It shoots good and its quiet. After the peep issue all the serving on it unraveled. What I did was have a shop make a custom pre stretched string and had a tubed peep put on it. Its good now. Ty for responding JLankford 4.