how loud is your bow?

[txtrophy85]

i don't know if it got noisy all of a sudden but my bow is loud....like noticeably loud.


how loud is a recurve supposed to be? I have puff silencers on it and calf hair where the limbs hit the string but its louder than my compound by a noticeable amount

[jerp]

Have you checked your brace height? It doesn’t have to be far off to be noticeably louder

[SJP51]

They can very quiet. Move the puffs to 18.3% of active string length, add a small puff at the king contact point, and hear your recurve quiet down.

[RickBarbee]

Have you checked your brace height? It doesn’t have to be far off to be noticeably louder

^This

If that isn't it, then something is really wrong, because bows don't just get louder for no reason.

Rick

[3ChordTruth]

Give yourself some range time to tune that bow with slight brace height changes, move puffs around a little, etc. and sneak up on it. Make a change, shoot a few, and listen, etc. Recurves tuned “just right” will not just be quiet but will be real quiet. Good luck, and report back. A lot of us trad bow shooters can get kinda nerdy about bow tuning, and we will want to know how this works out for you.

[txtrophy85]

I did take the string off the other day.

I’ll check brace height I did not know it affected noise. Still shot great

[txtrophy85]

string was unraveling and had the brace height at around 7"

new string and 8" brace height have things quiet again

[jerp]

string was unraveling and had the brace height at around 7"

new string and 8" brace height have things quiet again

Glad you found the problem

[3ChordTruth]

Glad you found the problem

X2, and finding unraveling string this way is always better than the “surprise” way. Good luck putting that new string to good use real soon.