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No, they're not as cool or as period as beaver balls, Navajo wool or the like...but I like the fact they slip over the string without separating and are probably easily movable for fine tuning. I just don't like being the guinea pig...
Anybody tried these?
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Anybody tried these?
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I had something very similar on a compound I used to have. It seemed the little balls on the end always broke off.
I got some old bike tire tube in the garage...... Debating on making a cat whisker type silencer out of it if I can cut it straight.
I got some old bike tire tube in the garage...... Debating on making a cat whisker type silencer out of it if I can cut it straight.
Re: Anybody tried these?
I tried thes older models that were made for compound bows. They seem to work ok but they didn't fit tightly as I'd like to the string I had them on and they would slide. I'm sure they corrected that and I bet they work well. Especially for endless loop strings so you don't have to serve. Bear archery made almost identical string silencers as these back in the 70s. I believe I have some in the package somewhere. They look identical. Wonder if that's where they got the idea.
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I have used a few different types but not that one. They seem a little in the heavy side to me. I have used cat whiskers, silicon jig or spinnerbait skirts from my fishing box, and even a rubber band tied on my string. It doesn't take but a small piece of something on most of bows. I mostly use puff balls I make from wool yarn. Just my preference to go lighter.
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Rats, if I had seen your post I would have got a pair. Just got an order from them today. Looks like they would fit in with my Pearson Warf and SF extreme limbs. Whole bow will be man made materials, no natural stuff like wood or wool.
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All ive used are yarn puff balls, cat whiskers, River Otter and Beaver fur. All work to silence but I actually prefer a short cut cat whisker because they shed burrs and stick tights....
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Shadowhntr wrote:All ive used are yarn puff balls, cat whiskers, River Otter and Beaver fur. All work to silence but I actually prefer a short cut cat whisker because they shed burrs and stick tights....
What Jason said X2