Poundage drop after string replacement?

[u/ShredderDent]

I just had the strings and cables replaced on my Bear Species EV, as the old ones were starting to go. Brought it to the local shop and had them replaced with GAS high octane strings and cables.

The bow was at 70 pounds, with 30” draw with the old strings. I haven’t checked the draw length yet but it feels the same, however, I lost over 5 pounds of weight and it’s sitting at 65ish now, and the let off and draw cycle feels much different now.

Any advice? I’d like to be able to make it 70 pounds again, as I worked pretty hard to get up to that, and my arrows are built for shooting at 70 or higher.

[u/itsthechaw10]

Even new strings that are pre stretched will settle and stretch a little after you’ve been shooting them for a while.

I run GAS High Octane on my bow and usually after a month or two I’ll have the poundage checked to account for that. Since I use a slider sight, usually when 20 yards on the sight tape is hitting low on a 20 yard target and I have to move the yardage wheel to 22-23 on the sight tape to hit 20 yards is when I know. Add some twists to the string and you’ll be good if your limbs are already cranked down all the way. This is normal, so nothing to worry about.

[u/ShredderDent → u/itsthechaw10]

So will it eventually get back up to that 70 pound mark?

[u/itsthechaw10 → u/ShredderDent]

Yeah, if your limbs are cranked down all the way then it’s a matter of twisting the strings so they take up the slack from them stretching.

Think of it this way, your limbs are cranked down all the way and you put on new strings, you’re sitting at 70 pounds. Those strings are a certain length out of the package, but after shooting for a few months they’re still going to settle and stretch even though GAS does pre stretch them. The strings are now longer than when they were when you put them on resulting in the drop in poundage. Also your limbs aren’t as compacted either as a result of the string stretching. You need to get the string back to its original length which will then compact the limbs again and give you your poundage back.

You then add twists to the string to get the string back to its original length. Adding twists makes the string shorter while taking twists out makes them longer.

If you aren’t sure enough about this to do it yourself, just take it to a shop. They’ll have it done in about 10 minutes.

[u/ShredderDent → u/itsthechaw10]

Gas said to only twist the cable 5 times, is it smart to go above that?

[u/Knifehand19319 → u/ShredderDent]

No

[u/Hillarys_Recycle_Bin → u/itsthechaw10]

Twisting the string decreases draw weight. Twisting cables increases draw weight, but if his ATA is on, that doesn’t make sense