[Archers] questionable string

[John Atkins]

I agree with Lord Mongo here.  This is the standard type of string that comes with these all fiberglass bows.  I personally have 4 loaner bows with this type string.  None have ever failed or slipped.  I fear if we make the decision to fail all strings of this type we will be refusing many new and youth archers with safe equipment.  If these strings were unsafe I don't believe the manufacturers would be selling them.

All this would still apply to our standard string inspection criteria, fraying, etc.

Cog

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> On Nov 17, 2013, at 1:42 PM, "Jay Nardone" <jaynardone at comcast.net> wrote:
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> Good afternoon everyone, I love when our marshal’s communicate with me and more so each other. Manus sent me a question and this picture of a bow with a string they questioned and ultimately failed. I wanted to share this with everyone because it is a good learning opportunity. Our rules don’t have any verbiage about this type of crimp so I thought it would be a good chance to discuss this here.
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> In talking with Manus, I agreed they made the right decision by failing the bow. Those crimps are iffy and can slip easily. Also if you look closer that is not even a correct bow string. It looks like the nylon that bow stringers are made from and those materials are nowhere near as strong as B50 or Fast flight materials and should never be allowed. We rejected a few bows this year at Pennsic that had these same type of strings. None of us will ever be able to predict how long a sting of nylon would last? I realize this is obviously not a high poundage bow, but it was the correct choice to make.
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