Martin Serengeti

[Grey Rooster]

#3971

Hello, been reading posts here quite a bit but first time posting, …. so a friend of mine has a Martin Serengeti he wants to sell. I am interested in it, however I wanted to know if this bow is able to use a fast flight string? How do I tell?, if it is not set up for fast flight can the tips be reinforced to use the ff? Btw I am very much a novice to archery in general and especially to traditional archery. I am enjoying it very much so far.

Thanks for any help

GR

[Stephen Graf]

#25884

If the tips have overlays on them, then you should be good to go with fast flight string.

An overlay is made up of extra layers of material at the tip that thicken it and protect the back of the bow from the string.

If there are no overlays on the tips, you could add them if you wanted to. There was an article in TB Magazine maybe a year ago about redoing overlays on bows. It would give you some idea of the effort involved.

Or… Ask your friend what string is on the bow. Maybe it already has a fast flight string on it.

[Grey Rooster]

#25999

Thanks for the info, I will do a search and find that article. He has a dacron string on it now, so no luck there.

[turtlebunting]

#28109

i would just call martin archery about. thats what i did about my string for my savannah. when they sent a recurve string with it.

[Grey Rooster]

#29388

ah good idea, didn’t think of that, thanks

[rebstud]

#46086

turtlebunting wrote: i would just call martin archery about. thats what i did about my string for my savannah. when they sent a recurve string with it.

Hey Turtlebunting; New also to the world of Traditional bows. I also have a Savannah, and love it. Didn’t know there where differances in bow strings,that might harm your bow! Whats the deal!! Regards Wade

[turtlebunting]

#46540

hey rebstud, i sent a private message.

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