Greatreearcher wrote: shorten the stringer, I was always told that the step through can twist limbs! This is a big site and there will be plenty of other responses especially if Im wrong!
Way back in high school (late 50’s – early 60’s) I had a 55# Shakespear recurve and spent much time learning on my own. Because I had no instructions I figured out I could step through and string the bow without any problem. I did this for about 3 years and because it was so easy I never left the bow strung. One day I was trying to see what I could do for distance on a local, no active players, Golf course on a cool fall day. I was stretching my shots out in steps until I think I was pushing about 100+ yards out. On my last shot the upper limb shattered. I don’t know if my stringing without a stringer caused this but that was the end of my bow shooting until I rejoined the tribe this year. I got me a 45# Bear Hunter recurve and a stringer. I had always had that itch all these years and finally had to scratch it. I hope the Bear lasts longer than my old bow did because I’m enjoying it a lot more and learning a lot.8)
