Are the new 59 Kodiaks quiet?

Samick Stingray

Assenheimers its what their reputation was built on !

I've shot a lot of recurves - still looking for one that is more quiet then my first custom bow - Bruin Huntmaster.  I still am amazed that a bow I bought dang near 20 years ago is still one of my fastest (and it has a dacron bowstring) and there is no contest that it is my quietest recurve.  It is even quiter then my Thunderhorn 3 piece longbow.  I still have two Marriah Thermal bows (quoted as being pretty quiet) well neither of mine is anywhere close to my Bruin.

I am toying with a new recurve, would like to test drive one of the new static limb versions -  if anyone knows of a recurve that is slender limbed and as quiet as a Bruin please shoot me a PM.

Otherwise - I guess its time to get another Bruin.

Don't discount BigJims Desert Bighorn Recurve~

we shot several of them at our shoot this past weekend and all 3 of us were amazed at how quiet they were (out to a 31" draw) shooting all kinds of arrows and spines.

2 of us bought one.


L.R.

My Zipper SXT with carbon foam limbs hands down .

My Blacktail

I've killed 4 deer by shooting them twice with my RER. Sharp heads and a quiet bow.

QuoteOriginally posted by steadman:
Hands down stalker static

X2

QuoteOriginally posted by LBR:
Never had a decimeter to check to be sure.  I haven't had one I can't get very quiet with proper tuning and a good release, not to mention a properly built string and nock fit.

The latest is a very cheap Samick Journey with a 20 strand (loops padded to 24) BCY-X string and one small set of cat whisker silencers.  Even shooting just 8.5 grains per lb and pulling 31" I've gotten lots of comments on how quiet it is.

Bow design obviously plays a part, but it's only one part of the equation.

Could not agree more with what you are saying...I have a friend who is a string making maniac and with the right string he can make just about any recurve hunting quiet without anything on the string...and he has yet to get any BCY-X which as you say appears to be the best yet in that department...he currently uses 8125g mixed with B50...the B50 appears to offer an amazing dampening effect with very little loss in velocity

DDave

QuoteOriginally posted by DDFlongbow:
I've killed 4 deer by shooting them twice with my RER. Sharp heads and a quiet bow.

My RER LXR is every bit as quiet with the recurve limbs as it is with the longbow limbs...not even any need for string silencers with the right string...truly a masterful design

DDave

My Blacktail

Quietest I ever had was a Great Plains SR Swift 60" 56@30.  I had a 59@ 30 and it was plenty enough quiet to hunt with but it wasn't what the other one was.

My Jack Kempf. Raven with static limbs.

The older I get, the quieter they all get.  But maybe that is just my hearing...

Assenhiemer, no doubt about it.

My old Bear 76'er is quietest I have owned and don't know if I've not heard one quieter! But I shot it at probably 14gpp.

The quietest recurve I have ever shot was a Great Northern Super Ghost.

The `59 reproduction shoots quiet too.

My old original Jim Brackenbury Legend. Quiet as a longbow and one heck of a good shooting recurve. It was an outstanding design and the inspiration for some of the best recuves being made today namely Blacktail and Wes Wallace.

RER Arroyo was the quietest bow I have ever owned.