just picked up a 55# Alaskan ---- needs refinsihing   bow Doc where are you    

Classic Bowman

Working on the brace height on this one. Seems AWFUL high before it quiets down???

any personal advice on brace height starting points?

Seems pretty "fast" (almost hate using that word lol)....how about.....it seems to shoot pretty flat for a 43lber.

So far so good after a little "issue" with strings. Two ordered, one too short one too long. Flemish REALLY tightly twisted, far more than anything Ive ever used.

One in photo is the endless I have for "back up" now. Even after 4 days shooting,brace height was near 9 inches. Flemish ordered for 62 inch AMO, Ive twisted it up four times in as many days with it dropping down to 6 inches repeatedly.

One is as loud as the other (odd from my experience) Flemish is from a maker with a good rep. Emailing him for HELP!lol

"Normal" process for me is to start around 7 inches and go up or down (rarely) getting a fairly quiet shooter THEN adding silencers but for some reason this bow is WAY louder than my 58 Pearson double shelf. Same arrow and nock type, not tight on string, barely hangin on index type.

??

PS, been shooting trad for half a century since a snot nose kid. Dont SOUND like it but ive "set up" literally hundreds of trad bows successfully. A bit lost.

Must be the arrows(?)

I will measure mine tonight Steve.  My Alaskan is very quiet. I don't remember it being too high in brace.  I shoot a full length GT 3555 out of it with 180gr up front, and use fox fur silencers.

Probably good I mention these are POC arrows, five inch LW helical. Around 500 grain total, maybe a bit under but not much. Hardly light for a 43lber.


Just the first ones I put together for it out of what I had in shafts but working on others too.

Going to try some stiffer arrows with heavier heads (my norm) here soon with 11/32 shafts (current ones are 5/16) and my "normal" nocks. But these nocks DONT seem really tight. More just tightER than the others.

I will say I was a bit surprised when the string came for it and it was a 15 strand. (B50)

Im not sure I HAVE HAD another string that heavy for various heavier weight bows in the past 15 yrs. 99 percent sure they all were 14 strand.

Ill figure it out. Just thought I'd ask about the brace height others had for comparison.

Still intregued by the super slender limbs on this Alaskan.

Thanks guys
Steve

I'll check when I get home, but I think the recommended brace is between 6.5 and 7.5"

I had mine set for a little under 7" and it was nice and quiet.

The AMO standards weren't adopted until Feb of '68, so it's a crap shoot ordering strings for the old bows - the early 50's vary by almost an inch in length from one bow to another - for the SAME year!

Also, if your new string is stretching that much is wasn't prestretched or measured correctly - AMO standards are to measure under tension - I'd find a new string maker or learn to make them yourself.

Just got done putting a couple of shots through mine.  

Bow is marked 48#.
29" draw
480 gr arrow
7 3/8" brace
Fox fur silencers from Jeremy
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Very quiet.  

Not sure on the strands in the string.  It's a flemish twist.

thanks guys
God Bless