Small diameter strings?

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awshucks
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Re: Small diameter strings?

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to squeak every last bit of speed out of the Exomax as possible.
What's your goal here? :mrgreen: Bill T took a bull elephant w/ that xbow w/ 900 gr arrow at about 250 fps. I shot an Emax for a spell, loved it.

Eventually ended up w/ a Y-25 I liked a tad more. I do know if you seek speed from the Emax, it becomes a 'beast'.

I also know we've 'talked about' this some in the past, lol.

Go for it......... :mrgreen:
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Re: Small diameter strings?

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Yup i had the E'max also fer 1 yr. Twas a rip snorter fer speed, 350-352 fps wid 350gr total wt. arrow. I sold it I jus didn't care fer the long stroke cockin it. Went back to Miss Vixen. Shoot fer the moon, do it
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Re: Small diameter strings?

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I'm making and shooting 40 strand BCY - X Flemish strings and love the Low creep , soft shot that it offers . If there is a small loss in fps its so small my scope dial stays in the same place . 373 on leupold crossbones dial , that's on my 380 of course .
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Re: Small diameter strings?

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ch312 wrote: I just want to know if it can be done safely or not and if anyone is making them.
It can be done safely . . .not sure it's worth the extra few feet per second. The testing I completed was on my Exomax.

We tried to figure out a way to make the serving thicker in order to avoid the issue with the low seating on the nock.

There are trade-offs with everything we do. Stick with the thicker string, use lighter arrows. : )
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Re: Small diameter strings?

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sumner4991 wrote:
ch312 wrote: I just want to know if it can be done safely or not and if anyone is making them.
It can be done safely . . .not sure it's worth the extra few feet per second. The testing I completed was on my Exomax.

We tried to figure out a way to make the serving thicker in order to avoid the issue with the low seating on the nock.

There are trade-offs with everything we do. Stick with the thicker string, use lighter arrows. : )


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