How does mfr of strings make a difference?

[GMMAT]

Or...does it?

Can one particluar brand of string make a difference to a longbow
s performance. I'm shooting the string that came on my Montana.

I have done alot of chrono tests, and I see litterly only 1-2fsp difference in 450+ and dacron. But I use string material as a tuning tool. I was running at tad stiff with 2018's and my longbow. Thats with BH as low as possible. As soon as changed to 450+, it got a little weak. Another thing, is I notice the 450+ stuff is much tougher.

[Chris W.]

The biggest bump I've seen on a bow, going from dacron to a low stretch material, was 5 fps. I've heard of larger boosts in velocity, but I wonder if they went from shooting an overbuilt dacron string to one built more to match the bows poundage. Between the low stretch materials, you won't find much difference in velocity. Now, some bows like certain materials over others. I had a takedown recurve that just didn't get along with 8125 material. No matter what I did, it had a residual buzz in the riser that just drove me nuts. I switched string material to D75 and problem solved.So it never hurts totry with different materials. The biggest things I like about low stretch materials like 450+, 8125, D75 is what BC mentioned, durability. The low stretch materials are much more abrasion resistant. Plus, once broken in, the brace height pretty much stays the same. Dacron has a tendancy to keep stretching. Particularly on those hot, humid August afternoons.

[Double Creek]

Hopefully LBR will chime in. He is the string master and makes one fine string!