LittleSkink
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Myself and my daughter shoot field bows but plan to join a target club to improve our technique (and because we live next door to target club, which meets 4 times a week but field club meets once a week and is over 45 minutes drive away).
She has generic Flemish twist 12 strand Dacron B50 string. I have an ready made Supra 18 strand 8125 - looking to get some customer made spare strings each, just in case
I am slightly confused about string sizes and arrow nock fit as there seems to be a lot of subtle variation
We have a number of arrows and nock sizes varies: Largest is self nock medieval, then variety of 5/16 wooden arrows (with varying plastic nocks / tightness). Tightest are 9/32 Easton Super nock arrows which is pretty snug. The Supra string seems to marginally fatter compared to the Flemish, but they are pretty close. Been thinking about adjusting the nock widths to get comparable release
I suspect we will be getting a longer target bow set up pretty soon, so are likely to be getting a set of XX75 or similar to go with it -
Q1 are the target arrow nocks on XX75 etc likely to be similar fit to the wooden arrows we already have?
It would be nice to use any arrows on any string (on any bows), but I am sure I read somewhere that target strings tend to be thinner for speed. What I would like to avoid is having to match strings to arrows
Q2 what do I tell the chap making to strings? Is there such a thing as normal diameter or normal serving? Do I need extra fat servings for field arrows
hope that makes sense . . .
She has generic Flemish twist 12 strand Dacron B50 string. I have an ready made Supra 18 strand 8125 - looking to get some customer made spare strings each, just in case
I am slightly confused about string sizes and arrow nock fit as there seems to be a lot of subtle variation
We have a number of arrows and nock sizes varies: Largest is self nock medieval, then variety of 5/16 wooden arrows (with varying plastic nocks / tightness). Tightest are 9/32 Easton Super nock arrows which is pretty snug. The Supra string seems to marginally fatter compared to the Flemish, but they are pretty close. Been thinking about adjusting the nock widths to get comparable release
I suspect we will be getting a longer target bow set up pretty soon, so are likely to be getting a set of XX75 or similar to go with it -
Q1 are the target arrow nocks on XX75 etc likely to be similar fit to the wooden arrows we already have?
It would be nice to use any arrows on any string (on any bows), but I am sure I read somewhere that target strings tend to be thinner for speed. What I would like to avoid is having to match strings to arrows
Q2 what do I tell the chap making to strings? Is there such a thing as normal diameter or normal serving? Do I need extra fat servings for field arrows
hope that makes sense . . .
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