Have any of you guys had similiar experiences?
STS Schock Suppressors broke my fast flight string!
STS Schock Suppressors broke my fast flight string!
Hi, does anayone here have tried the STS Shock Suppressors?
I just bought a set of shock suppressors and I was very happy with them (they make your Excalibur to look better) but when I shot my excal the string broke up in more or less 10 shots. I have shot my crossbow with that string many times and now, just after I installed this schok suppressor this happened to me.
I friend of mine told me that the problem was that my string was making contact with the surface of the suppressor. He told me there was supposed to be a gap between the string and the suppressor.
Maybe he's right.
Have any of you guys had similiar experiences?
Have any of you guys had similiar experiences?
Re: STS Schock Suppressors broke my fast flight string!
no problems with mine,and yes I have a slight gap between the STS and string,where was your brace height set at?
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Re: STS Schock Suppressors broke my fast flight string!
The only other time I've heard of that is someone with a Dacron string. It broke at the same place too. Is that a Fast Flight string? Looks rather fat for a Fast Flight or Dyanflight string? Sure it's not a Super String?
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Re: STS Schock Suppressors broke my fast flight string!
Hi, my brace height was in the second line, the one that is closer to the trigger. The string was a fast flight, but it was making contact with the suppressors. There was no gap between them, maybe that was thre problem.
Now I'm not sure if I should roll up my other dracon string in order to leave a gap between it and suppressor or just take out the suppressor at all.
Now I'm not sure if I should roll up my other dracon string in order to leave a gap between it and suppressor or just take out the suppressor at all.
Re: STS Schock Suppressors broke my fast flight string!
I think you are the first one I've heard of breaking a Fast Flight Flemish string. One other person here had a Dacron string break. When I first started to use the STS my string was firmly into the bumpers but I never broke a string.darwal44 wrote:Hi, my brace height was in the second line, the one that is closer to the trigger. The string was a fast flight, but it was making contact with the suppressors. There was no gap between them, maybe that was thre problem.
Now I'm not sure if I should roll up my other dracon string in order to leave a gap between it and suppressor or just take out the suppressor at all.
The picture makes it look like an Excalibur Super String, a Flemish Dacron string as well as looking like it was barely broken in.
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Re: STS Schock Suppressors broke my fast flight string!
I order my string from bowHunters Superstore and I specified a Excalibur Fastflight String. Now what I have left is an Excel String (good conditions). I'm going to put it on my crossbow but I don't know if I should leave the STS in place or take it off.
Any way, this is a picture of the string I broke. I know the photo is not clear, but is the only I got in this moment.
Any way, this is a picture of the string I broke. I know the photo is not clear, but is the only I got in this moment.
Re: STS Schock Suppressors broke my fast flight string!
I also have the STS on my vortex. I still shoot the excel strings because i want the forgiveness of that type of string. I cut an 1/8" off the posts upon installation because if i left as is , it rested too much against the string. Mine is touching the sring with no gap and i have not had a problem yet with hundreds of shots! Just been my experience though. I think your problem is that it was something wrong with the string or that you need to cut an 1/8th off your posts or both of the above. Hope this helps!
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Re: STS Schock Suppressors broke my fast flight string!
I might be wrong but I think that Excalibur Fast Flight or Dynaflight strings do not come in that color combination. I know that they sell a Super String in that color and it is made from Dacron.
The string on the right is the Dacron Super string and the one on the left is a Dynaflight (sometimes called a Fast Flight string).

The string on the right is the Dacron Super string and the one on the left is a Dynaflight (sometimes called a Fast Flight string).

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Re: STS Schock Suppressors broke my fast flight string!
Darwal44 thats not a FFF string i can assure you of that. Thats a #2097 Flemish dacron as Boo says. They sent you the wrong string
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Re: STS Schock Suppressors broke my fast flight string!
Thank you smokepolehall, that color combination seemed to extrange to me since the begining. I'ts a petty. Now I the only string I have left is the Excel string. Would that be stonger? Could it resist the STS impact?
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Re: STS Schock Suppressors broke my fast flight string!
I don't know if its any stronger as i don't know the material its made from. The Excal site doesn't say ! I would twist my string up til i had at least a 1/16th clearance string from bumpers maybe an 1/8" would be better. Boo would know more about it or awshucks or some of other good members that use the STS. I have no use for them myself. I got away form the big poundage Excals a i just don't need that power fer my tick toters or hogs i get to hunt.
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Re: STS Schock Suppressors broke my fast flight string!
Apparently my posts are invisible.
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Re: STS Schock Suppressors broke my fast flight string!
No Boo, your post aren't invisible. Thank for your comments. I will twist my string in order to give a gap between the STS and string.
I only hope that string won't break too.
I only hope that string won't break too.
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Re: STS Schock Suppressors broke my fast flight string!
It shouldn't break but i can't guarantee that it won't. The Flemish dacron that broke must have been hitting real hard not to have shown bad wear on those bumpers !
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Re: STS Schock Suppressors broke my fast flight string!
Those bumpers don't resemble mine, are they originals supplied by STS? Mine are too soft to destroy a string, imo.
I don't know where you are, a tad more info in profiles is helpful in cases like this, but if in USA, you can get strings from Danny Miller who makes them, for $14 a pop.
I don't know where you are, a tad more info in profiles is helpful in cases like this, but if in USA, you can get strings from Danny Miller who makes them, for $14 a pop.
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