Can I or Should I ................?

[mcgroundstalker]

.......... Use a B50 12 or 14 strand string on my Griffin and/or Shrew Longbows? Seems to me that the six strand padded loop jobbies are a bit noisy. I have cat wiskers on 'em and shoot 10-12 grains arrow weight to bow draw weight. They are braced at 7 1/2" - 7 3/4" respectivly.

Not knocking these bows. I LOVE them! Just want to get them vewwy, vewwy quiet for hunting.

Thank You.....

... mike ...     ...

[KVTA TANK]

Is your bow tips set up for fastflight??If so try 10 or 12 strands of D97..

[Mike Gerardi]

My dealings with cat wiskers is that they are noisy. Try wool for silencers.

[Guru]

Hey Buddy, my findings are the same a Mike's(K9), try some wool like hush puppies or something similar.

One thing I started doing this year with one of my bows that was a bit noisier than I thought it should be was split the yarn puff I usually use in two and put them at the 1/4 and 1/3 spots top and bottom of string(4 little puffs)...it transformed into a whole diff. bow....for the good!!

[ishiwannabe]

I think it would be ok, but what do I know??  :rolleyes:  

I have cat whiskers on my bow, and find it superbly quiet. Not the thin ones that sag, and they arent tied in a knot around the string. These are thicker rubber and have a small zip tie around them. I do have em set up like Curt says...1/4 and 1/3's. The beauty of it is they are adjustable.

As far as the string, maybe you should email the bowyers and get a solid response buddy. I would hate to see anything happen to my...er....your bows.  

[bentpole]

Mike, when I had mine LeRoy [Golden Hawk may he rest in peace] twisted me up a perfect string for mine. He solved the problem. I just can't remember how many strands and exactly what material he used. He told me B-50 would make it worse!!?? I threw on a set of Cat Whiskers too.  Maybe another Trad Ganger can help you out.

[mooseman76]

Curt, what is the normal size you use for your yarn puffs?  I am gonna try them this year and curious as to how long and how many strands I should try.  Thanks...Mike

[Guru]

I use 15 strands for each "puff" and trim each to a little 1 1/2" ball....

You can see them pretty good in this pic...

 

[bushytail]

Beaver fur works real nice for me.I also found out 16 strand FF is quieter than 14 strand FF.I`m shooting a newer style Bear Super Kodiak 55#@28 and 611gr. arrows.Heavy arrows also make a bow quieter and also feel nicer in the hand when you shoot.You could also try limb savers.

[tradtusker]

i would avoid B50 on the shrew, it will be worse, Ron did a lot of testing on string materials and there is good reason he sends them out with 450+ strings
I had Leroy (Still miss that guy) make me one up for my shrew and have shot it exclusively in honor on him. 6 strand 450+ padded loops with Hush Puppys

[tradtusker]

also try bring the brace H down a bit on the shrew i have mine at 7 1/4

[L. E. Carroll]

As a owner of 2 Griffin's and a 59'r    
A great solution would just be to send them on this way and I'll work on them for a "couple years" and see if I can quiet them down for ya !!      
Gene

[mooseman76]

Thanks Curt, so you use 15 strands in each of the 4 puffs and 30 strands when using only 2 puffs?  They look good as well...Mike

[southpawshooter]

6 strands of 450+, loops padded to 10 strands with yarn silencers have silenced all my shrews/griffins.  As a matter of fact, I use that combo on my most of my longbows.

[Tater]

I don't have experience with a Griffin, but I have 2 Shrews and I build my own strings 10 strands of ultracam material with the loops padded with B50 to 16 strands and a couple of small wool puffs on each string ,shooting 10gr per pound. Dead Quiet!
   I have shot the stock strings that come on the Shrew and no noise as well, try the puffs first and try moving them up and down the string.

            Pat

[mcgroundstalker]

Thank You Everyone!

[ron w]

I like the Woolie Whispers, they seem to work well!!

[Gordon martiniuk]

I like Beaver more than Sheep!