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Longbow noise

Started by hessian, November 05, 2025, 03:47:43 PM

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Jim Wright, Tater John, howl, CAPTJJ, David Mitchell, Pat B, G.C., arrow30, RG in Idaho, ARTL, hot hap 1 and 20 Guests are viewing this topic.

hessian

Good afternoon folks,

My longbow, Traditional Only Oberon, is quite loud... I say this in comparison to my recurve. I have the brace height at 7.75". I do not have a quiver on the bow, as the one I had made the bow feel very unbalanced. The bow is strung with a "high performance" D97 Flemish twist string that came with it and does have two wool silencers. Would a better quality string help, different brace height? As always, I appreciate your input.

Adam

Burnsie

7.75" is quite a bit for a long bow.  I usually run mine about 6.5"
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durp

Not sure what is recommended but I'd lower it to 7ish and see what she says

trad_bowhunter1965

Like stated above brce high is to high I run mine 6.5", how heavy is your arrow how far down are your string silencers, 
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Burnsie

I just looked at the Oberon longbow online, I didn't realize it was a an R-D long bow as opposed to a straight limbed  ASL type bow.  I have a a Toelke Whip that is of similar design it prefers a brace height of about 7-3/8". So maybe start at 7" and work up from there, that's probably more realistic for an R-D bow.
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rastaman

You have a good quality string already.  Follow the advise above as to lowering your brace height. Your bow will "tell" you when you have it right.  Play with your brace height adjusting it up and down in small increments and see what your bow tells you.  Also as asked above, what is your arrow weight?
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Jim Wright

As already mentioned, brace height for your longbow should not be the same as for a straight limbed ASL and the range of 7"-8" seems appropriate. There are a lot of factors other than brace height that could be in play, the string, the wrong arrow spine, a bad release and the bow may simply be noisy by design, some are.

Jim Wright

I did look at the 3rivers archery site and there are a number of reviews, almost everyone positive. The only mentions of brace height were for 7 3/4"-8" and there were a couple on changing the string and nothing about the bow being noisy if that helps in addressing the issue..

LookMomNoSights

What are the specs on the bow (poundage at draw length)?
What are the specs of the arrow you are shooting?
Are you shooting split or 3 under and where is your nock point set?
 Where are the silencers placed on the string?


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