Does anybody know of a recurve that is smooth, somewhat fast and is longbow quite. Glenn
Caribow Tuktu.
Great Plains, Texas Longcurve
Acadian Woods, Classic recurve
Fox, High Sierra
I still think all bows can be made whisper quiet with a little tinkering, with brace height and arrow weight, and placement of silencers.
JMO Rob..
Whisperstik. They're named that for a reason.
None are longbow quiet, but the best I've shot was the Great Northern Ghost.
I agree with Kevin L. Whisperstik Mojostik... JD make a fine bow..
The only ones I've seen that were as quiet or quieter also performed worse then the longbows. There is some nature of the beast mixed in! :) ...O.L.
Actually O.L. I had one of your earlier recurves that you made for Chuck Horton, here in Ks. and like a fool I sold it back to him. That was one of the few that had performance and a low noise level. Now I'm looking for another quite recurve. The one I have now shoots a good arrow but even with the beaver balls it's noisy compared to my Mohawk. Glenn
Glenn, And folks wonder why I quit making recurves! :) ...O.L.
My experience parallels Apex Predator's. My bamboo Ghost is as quiet a recurve as I've heard. And in bamboo, it's quite fast and smooth.
Zipper
My quietest recurve is my Quinn Stallion Classic, it's deffinately THE smoothest bow I've ever shot and has plenty of speed.
Assenheimer's and wapiti T.D. made by Kieth Chastain. Both very smooth and quiet.
Dryad Orion Is What you seek.
All I will say is shoot a Morrison Shawnee with foam cores and no string silencers then you tell me. Enough said.
I'm with overbo, ZIPPER
thanks for all the responses guys this will give me some good ideas to compare. I notice nobody mentioned the high dollar black widow, not that I could afford one anyhow. thanks Glenn
Blackwidows normally are a little bit louder, but put wool yarn on the string where it touches the limb as padding this makes the bow as quite as the best of them.
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I have a Bob Lee that's pretty quiet, took me a little while but with double silencers she quieter than my Widow L.B.: But she's not as quiet as my Bob Lee L.B.!
Assenheimer recurves are probably the quietest I've shot with Whispersticks and Rose Oaks being right there close.
I have never heard a recurve as quiet as my Great Northern Ghost. I use 1 Woolly Whisper divided in two on the string. It's as close to longbow quiet as you can get and is as fast as or faster than any recurve I've shot.
Another vote for the GN Ghost. My Sheepeater is also plenty quiet.
Zipper!!!
I have a Zona recurve that is quiet, fast, hits like a sledgehammer and is the smoothest draw of any of the recurves I have tried. My BW is quiet with the bow hush but nowhere near as smooth.
I shoot a Dalla and those around me say all they can hear is the arrow. It was the most quiet of all the bows being shot at the range I was at recently and that includes a long bow. It pushes an arrow pretty well too.
FWIW
My Zipper is pretty quiet also!
Morrison Cheyenne with foamcore limbs.
My Check-Mate Attila is pretty quiet, but its slinging a 600+ grain arrow too.
Brian
RER Arroyo. My 54", 46#@28" Arroyo is as quiet as any longbow I've owned, and I've owned more than a few! :)
Bill
The quietest recuve I have owned was a short Fox Breed.With 10gns/lb carbons it was as quiet as most r/d longbows.
The quietest recurve I have ever shot is still hanging on my wall. I got it from JC a couple of years ago. It is a Saxon Kadiak.
I was a longbow guy tried many a recurve could not settle on one mostly because of noise until I tried and bought a legends recurve ( sponser on this site) give Mike a call, it was the best call I ever made for equipment. His bows have really improved my shooting pleasure.Thanks Jerry.
Assenheimer.
The two quietest recurves I've owned are the Sovereign Ballistik and DAS Dalaa and both were good performing bows.
Cant believe no one has listed a blacktail yet. The ones I have shoot/heard are very impressive.
Dan
As of lately, I've been impressed with the Toelke recurves for being smooth, quiet, and good speed. I've also tried a few :) Doc
Saxon Selkirk and Checkmate King's Pawn are both longbow quiet
I'll second the Qinn Stallion. With a little tuning it's quite quiet !
I Think my Toelke Recurve is quiet. But have heard from a lot of people how quiet an Assenheimer is, that is a recurve I would like to try out.
Bob
RER Arroyo, it is as quiet as any i have shot and that is well over 100 different curves. Almost impossible to get longbow quiet out of any curve. Quietest bow ever was a tie between a Roy Hall Cherokee LB and a 7 Lakes longbow! Shawn
Timberhawk -3 pc --Whisper quiet
Assenheimer-Super wicked quiet-out of the box with NO silencers!
The Fox Breed is a very quiet shooting bow, no doubt.
The quietest curve I've ever shot is the Rocky Mt Recurve and they aren't crafted anymore.