String Silencers

[Kdub]

speed nocks and a homemade sts= quiet and fast.

[lotsofshots]

Let's see the homemade STS. I have a set of Limbsaver screw-on limb quieters that I was thinking about making use of.

[Joey~AP]

Any body use Bow Jacks?

Thinkin bout gettin em for my new string.

Gonna look at the speed nocks too. Do they work well with a single cam bow? Or just a double cam?

[Deer Tracks]

Joey, they can be used on single cam bows. So-called speed nocks are just a few plain brass nocks crimped on the string about 2-3" above and below the cams. The idea is adding weight to the string in the right places creates momentum that increases speed.

The ideal number and position of nocks is determined by your bow, arrow, and draw length combination so you will have to shoot several arrows through a chrono, playing around with the nocks to find the sweet spot.

I put 3 nocks above and below the cams on my hoyt and I picked up about 6 fps.

[tyak]

Sika, is that a razortec you are shooting?

[Deer Tracks]

Sika, is that a razortec you are shooting?

Sí

[Joey~AP]

Joey, they can be used on single cam bows. So-called speed nocks are just a few plain brass nocks crimped on the string about 2-3" above and below the cams. The idea is adding weight to the string in the right places creates momentum that increases speed.

The ideal number and position of nocks is determined by your bow, arrow, and draw length combination so you will have to shoot several arrows through a chrono, playing around with the nocks to find the sweet spot.

I put 3 nocks above and below the cams on my hoyt and I picked up about 6 fps.

Thats why I couldnt find them at Keystone Country Store!

I used to use Tuffy Buttons for the same effect.

[bear]

I would suggest the Mean V STS. What is a little more weight on a boat anchor. Kidding aside, the STS on my Dren made a quiet bow quieter.

x2

[Joey~AP]

Just bought some Bow Jacks.

We will see how they work.

[bow4my2]

i just put on an sts system and love it

[Justin]

I use the string leeches on the cables and string on mine. If you wait until the end of hunting season, you can pick them up at Wally World for a fraction of what they sell for. I just picked up several packs to have when one comes apart, but I really don't have a big problem with them.

[Arrowsmith]

Got some new string leeches as well as cat whiskers. I've always been a fan of the old school whiskers. Maybe I'll just put on one of everything.

Picked up new limb savers to replace the old ones I had that were getting hard.

Thanks for the help. I'm going to look into the STS stuff as well.

Oh yeah, thanks for the encouragement, Gary.

Casey. I think you will like the newer generation Limb Saver String Leeches. I installed some last week on my Hoyt Vulcan. I installed them about 2" from the cams and served them in so they would not move. They greatly quietened the bow and I picked up 5 feet per second.

[tuthdoc]

I haven't shot string "silencers" on my bows in over 15 years, other than the ones that came on my Allegiance, and they're long since gone. I like speed balls to dampen the vibration, but "silencers" on a string seemed like a waste of energy to me. The deer have never seemed to mind my not having them on the bow. It's really hard for me to believe that putting a couple whiskers on a string will maike enough difference in noise to a deer. It's one of those things that people think they need, but if they didn't have them, the results would be the same.

[tuthdoc]

Now, anything like Arrowsmith talked about which adds speed would be interesting to me. Adding speed without adding poundage is always nice. I wouldn't care about the noise, but the speed increase is interesting.

[bulletpusher]

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