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Limbsavers for recurves

Started by Dave Paradowski, April 19, 2011, 08:09:00 AM

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Dave Paradowski

Does anyone use or have used the Limbsaver Ultra on their recurve bows? I have several questions. Are they very effective as silencers? I saw them mounted on the fadeouts on the belly side of the bow. Are they the most effective located there? And finally, how hard are they to remove without harming the finish of the limb?
Thanks in advance for the reply.....DaveP

magnus

I did on a K-mag that I have but once I learned how to tune the bow properly and had the right arrows I didn't need them and took them off. Used WD-40 to remove adhesive and rubbing alcohol to remove that. They did help with limb vibration but not really sure if they helped or hurt bow performance.
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Bowwild

I tried em and took them off.

GRINCH

With string silencers and proper tuning didn't need them.
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Swamp Yankee

I have a BW that needs them to dampen a high pitch ring in the limbs.  Works best installed at the end of the limbs, 1" under the string as per instructions.  They didn't do much of anything on this particular bow when located on the fadeouts.
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JL

Never use em and personally don't have a use for em. If I can't get a bow to quiet down via tuning, it's going down the road....

Kinda like having to put a lime in your beer to make it taste decent, just not happening, I'll choose something else.

Nothing personal, just how I roll...
Practice like you are the worst, shoot like you are the best...

Lee Robinson .

PERSONALLY...I wouldn't want a bow that needed something like that on it. Part of the reason I got into traditional archery was so I could "keep it simple" and wouldn't need to deal with attachments.

I do not try to speak for others. Do what works for YOU.
Until next time...good shooting,
Lee

ron w

I have them on several bows and they seem to dampen some vibration. I think they work best on more modern high performance bows, like the aggressive R/D longbows. That's just my experience. Most times on an average bow I can get it to be almost silent with tuning and a heavy arrow.But if you feel that it works on your bow.....go for it!
In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities. In the expert's there are few...So the most difficult thing is always to keep your beginner's mind...This is also the real secret of the arts: always be a beginner.  Shunryu Suzuki

olddogrib

TBH magazine did and test several years back that found they were much more effective mounted as Swamp Yankee describes, with a loss of only one or two fps.  SIMS recommends this location also.  I'd use them if I needed them, but nobody else must have read that article, because I see very few mounted that way.  Not particularly trad looking but to me "beauty is as beauty does".  Or as somebody's tag line reads...."speed doesn't kill, quiet kills"!
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Wichoni heh"

Dave Paradowski

Thanks again for the replies..DaveP


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