What Does Bow Strung Mean?
When Your Bow Is Strung, the Belly Is Under Compression, and over Time That Compression Will Make the Bow Weaker and Weaker, and It Will Take on Set. If You...
When your bow is strung, the belly is under compression, and over time that compression will make the bow weaker and weaker, and it will take on set. If you leave it strung, you're reducing the life of your bow.
What does it mean when a bow is strung?
verb (used with object), bow·stringed or bow·strung, bow·string·ing. to strangle with a bowstring or any string or band.
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Is it OK to leave a bow strung?
Modern recurve and longbows made from synthetic materials can be left strung for up to 3 weeks, but should be unstrung for long-term storage. Compound bows can be left strung indefinitely. All bows are made to last but only when they are properly cared for.
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