String silencers on Bowtech Bows
#11
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Sioux Falls SD USA
Posts: 235
RE: String silencers on Bowtech Bows
I just picked up my new shafts - and when I get them done they should be ~300gr. I will have my ' 02 Pat SC set to 60# with a 27" draw - I plan on checking the speed thru the chrono before & after the hush kit silencers & I' ll let you know how much of a difference it makes in speed & noise.
Also - FWIW - while in KC @ Nationals this year one of my string silencer ' fingers' broke off my top silencer during the 3D shoot. I cornered a BowTech shop owner I know & respect & he told me that they have been tying a small serving to keep them from sliding - he tells me that because mine slid down & ended up colliding with the one on the buss cable it broke.
Now my top silencer is missing 1 finger...[] good thing it' s not the middle one!
Also - FWIW - while in KC @ Nationals this year one of my string silencer ' fingers' broke off my top silencer during the 3D shoot. I cornered a BowTech shop owner I know & respect & he told me that they have been tying a small serving to keep them from sliding - he tells me that because mine slid down & ended up colliding with the one on the buss cable it broke.
Now my top silencer is missing 1 finger...[] good thing it' s not the middle one!
#13
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Western Kentucky
Posts: 97
RE: String silencers on Bowtech Bows
When I got my Pat last spring the dealer installed the hush kit. The string silencers came apart in a week or two, replaced them with Sims. I switched back and forth between the Sims cable dampener and the hush kit dampener several time and could tell a difference, Sims quiter.
JKT
JKT
#14
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: East Yapank NY USA
Posts: 3,457
RE: String silencers on Bowtech Bows
jersey,
They are 385 grn total weight. 28-1/4" GT XT 7595' s with 75 grn tip, 4" feathers and wraps. Can easily go to 125 grn tip with these and still spine.
My GT XT 5575' s weigh in at 370 grns and are on the light side in spine, they still fly and tune great with fps, but not that great with fixed heads.
They are 385 grn total weight. 28-1/4" GT XT 7595' s with 75 grn tip, 4" feathers and wraps. Can easily go to 125 grn tip with these and still spine.
My GT XT 5575' s weigh in at 370 grns and are on the light side in spine, they still fly and tune great with fps, but not that great with fixed heads.
#15
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Detroit
Posts: 858
RE: String silencers on Bowtech Bows
I had the same experience as Rack...Lost the top leech and couldn' t tell a difference in sound or poi on my MM. I got curious and took the other one off and TWANG! Right back on and only one on the bottom. Shut it right up.My arrows 500+ though too.
#16
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Sioux Falls SD USA
Posts: 235
RE: String silencers on Bowtech Bows
FWIW...
I just shot my ' 02 Pat SC, 27" draw, 26" CXL250@304gr - 61lbs pull...
With the BT stock silencers (part of the hush kit) she was @ 271fps
Removed top & bottom silencers & she' s @ 274fps -
I don' t notice any difference in the sound.
I just shot my ' 02 Pat SC, 27" draw, 26" CXL250@304gr - 61lbs pull...
With the BT stock silencers (part of the hush kit) she was @ 271fps
Removed top & bottom silencers & she' s @ 274fps -
I don' t notice any difference in the sound.
#17
RE: String silencers on Bowtech Bows
Only 3 fps difference?
That' s a lot less than I figured they' d cost ya.
Rack. I plan on leaving the ones on my cables as I can' t see them doing much harm. I doubt the top cable string silencer is costing you anything. It' s funny you mention the trouble involved with taking them off, I always figured they were one scissor snip away from hitting the floor.
That' s a lot less than I figured they' d cost ya.
Rack. I plan on leaving the ones on my cables as I can' t see them doing much harm. I doubt the top cable string silencer is costing you anything. It' s funny you mention the trouble involved with taking them off, I always figured they were one scissor snip away from hitting the floor.
#18
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: East Yapank NY USA
Posts: 3,457
RE: String silencers on Bowtech Bows
It' s funny you mention the trouble involved with taking them off, I always figured they were one scissor snip away from hitting the floor.
Another 20 dollar " Snip"
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