Can you make a recurve as quiet as a longbow?

[Matabele]

Assuming the use of a heavy for poundage arrow thats well tuned etc?

Just curious, my FireFly longbow is pretty quiet but could a recurve be made as quiet? I realise its all pretty subjective but would appreciate some opinions.

Cheers!

[ishiwannabe]

I think it might take a bit more work than a LB, but it is doable. String groove cushions, bow hush, silencers and a heavy arrow. Then finding that sweet spot for the brace height...I know my Chekmate Falcon is really quiet. My Lb is VERY quiet. Both deliver the arrow well, so I think its going to boil down to who likes what style most.
Im sure the opinions will vary a bunch though.

[Steertalker]

My Brackenbury Quests are as quiet as any LB.  

Brett

[duck'n]

I have a short little Sarrels Wildcatt recurve that shoots every bit as quiet as my Sarrels Teton longbow.  All I have on both is wool thread type string silencers.

[Shawn Leonard]

I say it is very tough to do and depends a lot on the bow. I have had two longbows that were quieter than any recurve I have ever owned and I own a couple very quiet curves now. A Roy Hall Cherokee and a Seven Lakes longbow were by far the quietest bows I have owned. Shawn

[Ray]

A lot of my friends have mentioned how quiet my GN superghost is.42# and 500carbons I FIND IT as quiet as any longbow I've shot.

[Matabele]

Thanks for the replies, its interesting stuff!

[Linc]

Ray, When did you get a GN? I gotta go to more shoots.LOL

[Molson]

Generally, a recurve will not be as quiet as a longbow.  That does not mean they are not quiet enough...

[Chris Surtees]

IMO you can get a recurve pretty close to being as quite as a longbow.

Ishiwanna post has everything listed in it that I would and have done to my recurves.

CS

[Al Dean]

only way I can get my recurve as quiet as my longbow is to use B-50 string.  FF I can't do it.

[HATCHCHASER]

Static tip curves are very quiet.  I had a Whisperstick that was as quiet as any d/r longbow.  If you want pure stealth get a d-shaped bow, namely a Mohawk.  Quietest bow I never heard.

[JCJ]

No

Even with heavy arrows and all kinds of stuff on the strings and the limbs I have never witnessed a recurve that is as quiet as a longbow. I currently shoot an Assenheimer which is a pretty quiet design but it to, even after all silencing, is still louder than any of the Big River R/D longbows I shoot or have shot.

[Bjorn]

Some of the vintage Kodiaks (1955-1962) are scary quiet; but that's with a B50 string.

[limbow]

If it is a Dale Dye you can !  :p

[Apex Predator]

I have shot some quiet recurves.  My Great Northern Ghost being the best. I don't buy a recurve being as quiet as "any" longbow.

[Blue Moose]

Depends on the bow(s).

My Quinn recurve is quieter than most of the radical RD longbows I've owned, including my ACS.

When I shot Acadian Woods TDs, the recurve limbs were actually quieter than the Treestick limbs (which were pretty darn quiet to begin with).

On the other hand, it's hard to get any 'curve to be as quiet as a D-limb or mild-RD longbow.

Again, it all depends on the bows. General blanket statements don't apply.

TM

[James Wrenn]

I guess it would depend on what kind of bows you have shot before.  As long as a string is slapping the limbs on a recurve it will never be as quiet as a longbow can be.Some recurves can be made as quiet as a noisy r/d bow however.

[String Cutter]

My Whisperstik is as silent as my longbows. Though I don't think it is a static tip as stated above???

[JStark]

My bro-in-law's old Bear Tigercat is silent.