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Quieting a Recurve

Started by tracker12, March 30, 2016, 10:46:00 AM

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tracker12

I recently bought a set of Carbon Recurve Limbs and want to quiet them down.  Just ordered a new String form Ten Ring stings  with some silencing goodies on it but also want to place something in the limb string groves.  What material are you all using for this application and where are you buying it.  I stopped by Home Deport and the Velcro they had was all very thick and came in to large of a quantity.
T ZZZZ

Zradix

Just get bow hush and be done with it.
..really..
I've tried all kinds of stuff on the limbs...velcro, silencing pads, rubber string "tamers", leather, normal yarn.
They all wear out, wear thru, get sticky etc.

Bow hush works darn good...and KEEPS working.
I've had some on for a few years and they look almost like day 1.
Just get Bow hush. Problem fixed.
If some animals are good at hunting and others are suitable for hunting, then the Gods must clearly smile on hunting.~Aristotle

..there's more fun in hunting with the handicap of the bow than there is in hunting with the sureness of the gun.~ F.Bear

LBR

Tuning is my first step.  A good release and heavier arrows can also make a huge difference.

ranger 3

Stiktamer Bow Silencer from Three Rivers they really work
Black widow PLX 48@28
Black widow PSRX 48@28

AZ_Longbow

Tune and wrap the string ends with yarn.
"There's only two things an arrow wants to do, it wants to fly and it wants to hit its target. It's in its very nature. Don't over think it."

bogeyrider63

As other's have mentioned, tuned properly with heavy enough arrow's.
Wrap string end's in yarn, then i make yarn silencer's for string.
Make's a huge difference.

Pryor

How do you guys wrap the Bow hush around the string?
I got a package in the white elephant, and can't find any instruction on how to wrap it.
Learn to work, and you can learn to do anything.

wingnut

there are a lot of variables that will cause a bow to be noisy.  To low a brace and to light a spine arrow are two of the most common.  Make sure you get the bow and arrows tuned properly before you start slapping stuff on the bow.

Mike
Mike Westvang

Terry Green

BOWHUSH......designed for recurvers
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tracker12

Guess I'll give some padded loops a try on these limbs and see how they work out.   I am shooting a pretty heavy Easton FMJ and Allen at Ten Ring will be installing some string silencers.
T ZZZZ

LBR

Silencers can be tuned as well.  On some bows moving the silencers as little as an inch up or down the string has made a huge difference for me.  I like to tune everything else (brace height, nock, arrows, etc.) to get the bow as quiet as possible before adding anything.  Less variables to deal with.

SELFBOW19953

There is a photo of the Bow Hush installed on a string on their website, they're sponsors-just dropdown the sponsors list and click on Bow Hush.
SELFBOW19953
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"Somehow, I feel that arrows made of wood are more in keeping with the spirit of old-time archery and require more of the archer himself than a more modern arrow."  Howard Hill from "Hunting The Hard Way"

NEB

I have tried Stick Tamers and other adhesive things that look like crap.  The best looking and most effective I have ever used is BOW HUSH.

Sawpilot 75

Bowhush, proper bh and a heavy arrow.

Flying Dogg


Jmatt1957

Bow Hush and brace height....

Shadowhnter


Zradix

@Shadowhnter...
I hear what you're saying man.

My actual main reason for switching from recurves to longbows was my hatred of having to switch limb pads because they wore thru, got sticky, started to peel off etc.
They were a pita I didn't want to deal with.

I was given an old Bear Kodiak.
I was of course very happy to receive it ...but I didn't want to deal with the darn limb pads again.
I kinda decided "NEVER AGAIN!" to that crap.

I wanted to set the bow up and hunt with it though..just because.
So I figured why not try some bow hush.
I didn't expect them to work.
I expected them to be ok..but not quiet and was worried what they'd do as far as keeping the string out of the belly grooves.

Anyway..put them on...shot it..WOW!

The bow was quiet (I did also have hush puppies on)..NO limb slap.
The string tracks perfectly.

A couple years later everything looks almost like day one.

Bow hush truly changed my mindset for recurves.
I was a recurve hater..just didn't want to deal with the darn limb pads.

Now...If I find a recurve I want I'll get it, put on some bow hush and shoot away.

Bow hush..no fuss..put em on and forget it..job done.
If some animals are good at hunting and others are suitable for hunting, then the Gods must clearly smile on hunting.~Aristotle

..there's more fun in hunting with the handicap of the bow than there is in hunting with the sureness of the gun.~ F.Bear

Paul Cousineau

Not that it needs to be said again, but Bow Hush is the best.
The lazy do not roast any game, but the diligent feast on the riches of the hunt. -Proverbs 12:27

Overspined

Switch to a longbow    :biglaugh:


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