Attempts at amateur gunsmithing, citizenship, and other skilled trades

Category: Archery and such

Archery and other pre-gunpowder arts

Ancient Compound Bows–part 1

As I mentioned in an earlier post, I bought my first compound bow–a refurbished 2016 PSE Stinger X–from the bargain cave at Cabela’s. Having only shot recurves and longbows before that, I was hugely impressed by this newfangled technology .

It recently occurred to me that it was past time to change strings and cables. You should do that every couple of years–it’s been seven and my Stinger still had the originals.

But rather than take it back to the pros at the bow shop, I decided to do it myself.

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