Try four 2” pieces of paracord sheath, pull out the white threads. Install just like wool and shoot. Wool puff @45-47 grains and 4 PC 13.3 grains, works well and sheds water better. Gain a smidge of speed.
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Originally posted by Trumpkin View PostI guess I'm spoiled. My Toelke bows come with cat whiskers already on the strings and I've never needed to install a string silencer of any kind.
On recurves as long as the brace height is set good for them you're usually good to go, but if the brace is low, the weight of the whiskers increase the force of the limb slap, thus increase the slap noise level.
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Originally posted by RickBarbee View PostOther than being heavy, Cat Whiskers work great, especially on longbows that have no string to limb contact/slap.
On recurves as long as the brace height is set good for them you're usually good to go, but if the brace is low, the weight of the whiskers increase the force of the limb slap, thus increase the slap noise level.
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Originally posted by RickBarbee View PostDefinitely better than wool yarn.
About the same as acrylic yarn.
I've been intending to do some experimenting with paracord, and foam ear plugs, but haven't got around to it yet.
Rick
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Thanks Wudstix, I tried paracord silencers after reading your post and watching the Push video. I recently started shooting a mild R/D 62" longbow after a love affair of many years with ASLs, on which I did not put any silencers.
The paracord fluffs up nicely after a few shots and really does a nice job at quieting my bow.
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