I have no idea about decibel levels, But I will say, you can not beat wool for silencers.

I can send you some navajo wool for silencers. Works great!!

Let me know.8)

I went to monkey tails on my recurve and they helped alot

2 worked well but there very small and you can easily run 4/6

They slid with minimal effort so you can tune your string for vibration noise but they dont move unless wanted

I hate to state the obvious, as I am sure you’ve tried it already, but…

Brace height, brace height, brace height. Bump it up. The bow will get more quiet.

I’ve never seen a bow that won’t get quiet. It may be up there at 9 inches or more of brace height, but it will get quiet.

Dang recurves

Assume you’ve tried a heavier arrow? Wood different from carbon? Maybe move side plate out a tad? A little bit might help a bunch and a little bit shouldn’t mess with spine much if at all. Mine actually shoot better with a little piece of something behind the side plate. Sometimes a little bit under the rest helps too. Might have to raise your nock set a bit but that’s easy enough.

Just wonderin’ 🙂

Good luck…

Tried some moleskin in those riser/limb connections? ❓

Might give Hoyt a call and see what they say.

If the sound is coming from something other than just string noise, it’s best to solve that problem directly, not cover it up with dampers.

Yet another reason I like my American Semi Longbows so much. No such worries.

Steve, on that note, justmout of curiosity, who made your bow? Dwc

dwcphoto wrote: Steve, on that note, justmout of curiosity, who made your bow? Dwc

I’m afraid I’ll have to take the blame for it.

I thought so. That’s pretty cool. You make laminated bows? One of these days’ I’ll have to give it a swing. I would like to have an American Semi Longbow, so that would be what I’d try for. Where do you get your supplies? thanks, dwc

http://www.binghamprojects.com/

Thanks! I’ve been looking at this site. I don’t think I’ll start one of these projects any time soon. I appreciate the work that goes into it. thanks, dwc

Ontario

I hate to ask the obvious, but did you try a LOWER brace height? I have a noisy recurve that DID get quieter when the brace got higher, but I had a 66″ Martin recurve that HATED anything higher than 7″. It was almost too low, but the bow was smooth, quiet, and shock free. It happened by accident too. My original string got frayed and I had the archery shop owner make me a new one, it was 1/2″ too long.

I was shooting inside, so I said what the heck, I can twist it up if need be. He was more than willing to make a new one, but after a few shots I liked it. Added bonus was it picked up 5 fps with the longer power stroke too.

The down side, is if it gets too low, hand slap can become an issue.

I have also found that my bows are noisier with fast flight strings, rather than dacron or similar. Just my experience.

Good luck.

Ontario

Have you checked the tiller on this bow? I have a bow that has been VERY noisy and like you, I tried everything I could think or read about, until I checked the tiller. Oddly enough I only checked it because I started shooting 3 under (long story there) and when I sanded the limbs to correct it (one piece recurve) most of the noise went away.

Sounds like yours is a takedown so it would be easier to correct with shims.

Had a recurve that sounded like a base guitar.

Turned out it had just enough limb twist so that upon release, the string hit the bow just to the side of the grove in the recurve, The twang was the string being pulled into the grove.

I have the “talent” of being able to make my Brackenbury recurve shoot with a good amount of  noise when I make a sloppy/funky release. Most of this stems from some physical disabilities, to a minor degree. But a lot of it does have to do with the fact that my shooting sucks like a bucket full of ticks. Have some bad arthritis in my fingers and hand,  and wrist that broke and never healed properly from my old motocross days. So, my release suffers somewhat, and one side effect of that is the occasional noisy release.

I shoot split fingers, btw. I’ve read that 3 fingers under can be louder……..

I’ve been shooting my 50# longbow lately, because the poundage is lighter than the Brackenbury. I can make my longbow shoot noisy with a relaxed, loose grip. When I grip the lonbow tighter, it gets much quieter.  Dunno if that would make your recurve shoot noisy or not. The loose grip does’t seem to affect my Brackenbury recurve at all……..

Jimmie

Added in EDIT: Holy Crap!!! I just saw the date n this old thread! Hope this guy has already fixed this by now! Dunno why it showed up near the top of my list of recent post……..

Jimmie

Nice post anyway

Scout