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quieting a zipper (update)

Started by jesse cales, January 23, 2012, 05:31:00 PM

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jesse cales

i've got a sxt with carbon foam recurve limbs.any advice on getting it super quiet?

owlbait

SXT? Bowhush and bow puppies. Beaver silencers worked well on mine also.
Advice from The Buck:"Only little girls shoot spikers!"

LimBender

Mine is very quiet for a recurve using an SBD string with yarn puffs and the yarn wraps on the ends.
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Shoot some Zippers and a Bear.

jesse cales

yep.sxt.i edited my post.that's what i have on it right now.maybe i'm just not used to the carbon and foam.

awbowman

Play with the brace height.  The Zippers I have shot were very quiet for a recurve.  If that fails, do what LimBender said
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jesse cales

i just ordered an sbd string.i'll keep playing with it.thanks for the help fellas   :thumbsup:

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Malachi C.

Black Widow PMA 64" 43@32"

JJB2

I have an sxt with the foam and carbon and mine was pretty darn quiet with just some cat whiskers placed in the optimal spots on the string - about 1/3rd.  I added an sbd string with the recurve wraps and now you can barely here it.  I also use a fairly heavy arrow, around ~600 grns.
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Gen273

My Zipper SXT w/ carbon and foam is very quiet with string wraps and puffs on the string.
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Winterhawk1960

QuoteOriginally posted by jesse cales:
yep.sxt.i edited my post.that's what i have on it right now.maybe i'm just not used to the carbon and foam.
In my experience (not with the Zipper recurve limbs) the carbon doesn't cause a distinct noise, but the foam cores on EVERY bow that I have ever shot have a very distinct "tink" sound. I don't know how far it travels but when I am shooting one......it is very noticable to me.

Winterhawk1960
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jesse cales

that's the noise i'm hearing.not loud,just different.

A.S.

Jesse, there must be something terribly wrong with that bow. Send it to me, and I will check it out for you!   :bigsmyl:    :archer:

Izzy

Bowhush on string loops and as silencers and heavy arrows.

Overspined

Sell it and buy a longbow...sorry, I had to!!

Benjy

All that I have on my SXT are the puffs on the string. It is deadly quiet! This years proof  :bigsmyl:










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ZIPPER NITRO 64" LONGBOW 50#@29"
ZIPPER SXT   60" RECURVE 52#@29"
ZIPPER SXT   64" LONGBOW 71#@29"

Overspined

Nice pics! Love the bow and hogs!

cacciatore

I find my SXT quiter than all the other recurves I own,and they are a lot!
The main reason if you hear some noise can be an overspined arrow,otherwise mine is very silent also without string silencers!
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I've always used W-D-40 on noisy zippers myself.

LongStick64

Only time I had a noise problem with a Zipper was when I used a B50 string on it, switching to a D97 string made a huge difference.
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zipper bowss

:biglaugh:  Good one Kirk!

If you are hearing a tink sound it is likely arrow contact. Make sure your arrow spine is ok and also that your nock set is not too low.
Your bow came with an 8 strad D97 string. They like that D97 and D10.
Bill


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