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DC:
I thought it might work for a stringer but 33% stretch is quite a bit.

Hawkdancer:
Mil spec parachute cord has a breaking(tensile)strength of 550#, if I remember correctly, but there are 26 canopy lines on a regular parachute, average jumper with equipment weighs 200-250 lbs, so there is quite a shock with the chute opens.  A military cyoa!  We called it 550# cord.
Hawkdancer

Mesophilic:

--- Quote from: DC on October 22, 2018, 06:43:03 pm ---I thought it might work for a stringer but 33% stretch is quite a bit.

--- End quote ---

It works fine as a stringer, it won't work its way to max stretch in the time it takes to string a bow.  I've found over time it will get a little skinnier and longer but i just tie a knot or two if it starts to bother me.

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