Forever string stretching... 405

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Forever string stretching... 405

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https://imgur.com/m7jNAdI

Of all the 5 Excaliburs I've owned and still own 3. BD400 and 420 TD. This is the only Excal doing this. 30 shots on the string if that since I bought this bow when they first came out. In one year it stretches right to the riser while stored. Junk string?
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Bad string material. I’d suggest you buy a custom Flemish string from www.Boocustomstrings.com! The best string made for Excalibur bows! His strings usually stop stretching after 20-30 shots. Good luck!
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have to put a plug in for Boo's strings as well ... They are the only string s I use for some years now !
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Buy a good Flemish String and you’ll be happy!
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The micros eat servings and the high pound models stretch strings .
As dan said any Flemish string from one of our forum
members in the classified section will be much less troublesome .l have had strings from all of them and they are all great and very high quality!
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longbow joe wrote:
Tue Jun 09, 2020 2:49 pm
The micros eat servings and the high pound models stretch strings .
As dan said any Flemish string from one of our forum
members in the classified section will be much less troublesome .l have had strings from all of them and they are all great and very high quality!
All my matrix and BullDog eat servings unless I replace with a Trigger Tech.
I like endless loop for speed. Would a custom endless loop stretch any less than a Flemish? How much FPS do you lose with the Flemish?
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The most I ever lost is 5 FPS, and didn’t notice any significant change in POI out to 50 yards.
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I would agree. Flemish strings of good quality will stretch minimal to settle then pretty much
stop. I dont think you could tell if any speed was lost. And it might be only a couple fps. Sometimes none.
And there are a few real good stringtwisters on here. Like Boo, Vixenmaster, Deerboy, etc.

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bigrak wrote:
Tue Jun 09, 2020 4:21 pm
longbow joe wrote:
Tue Jun 09, 2020 2:49 pm
The micros eat servings and the high pound models stretch strings .
As dan said any Flemish string from one of our forum
members in the classified section will be much less troublesome .l have had strings from all of them and they are all great and very high quality!
All my matrix and BullDog eat servings unless I replace with a Trigger Tech.
I like endless loop for speed. Would a custom endless loop stretch any less than a Flemish? How much FPS do you lose with the Flemish?
It is pretty easy to polish the latches on a crossbow to fix them and a heck of a lot cheaper than buying a new trigger. Crossbows do not eat servings, rough latches do.
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robertyb wrote:
Wed Jun 10, 2020 7:02 am
bigrak wrote:
Tue Jun 09, 2020 4:21 pm
longbow joe wrote:
Tue Jun 09, 2020 2:49 pm
The micros eat servings and the high pound models stretch strings .
As dan said any Flemish string from one of our forum
members in the classified section will be much less troublesome .l have had strings from all of them and they are all great and very high quality!
All my matrix and BullDog eat servings unless I replace with a Trigger Tech.
I like endless loop for speed. Would a custom endless loop stretch any less than a Flemish? How much FPS do you lose with the Flemish?
It is pretty easy to polish the latches on a crossbow to fix them and a heck of a lot cheaper than buying a new trigger. Crossbows do not eat servings, rough latches do.
I have also seen people who use their teeth (my brother in law) to turn off the Lumenock....this not only is bad for your teeth but also can put a rough spot on the Lummy. When the bow is cocked, the rough spot rubs against the serving and starts eating at it.
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robertyb wrote:
Wed Jun 10, 2020 7:02 am
bigrak wrote:
Tue Jun 09, 2020 4:21 pm
longbow joe wrote:
Tue Jun 09, 2020 2:49 pm
The micros eat servings and the high pound models stretch strings .
As dan said any Flemish string from one of our forum
members in the classified section will be much less troublesome .l have had strings from all of them and they are all great and very high quality!
All my matrix and BullDog eat servings unless I replace with a Trigger Tech.
I like endless loop for speed. Would a custom endless loop stretch any less than a Flemish? How much FPS do you lose with the Flemish?
It is pretty easy to polish the latches on a crossbow to fix them and a heck of a lot cheaper than buying a new trigger. Crossbows do not eat servings, rough latches do.
Never tried but I've always been leery of any grit particles getting inside the trigger and you're not supposed to take it apart to remove the latches. That would be ideal.
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