Got re-aquainted with an old friend.

[Burnsie]

Like many of us, I jumped on the skinny string bandwagon head first.  I probably got a couple hundred bucks wrapped up trying 10 strand, 8 strand, 6 strand, D97, TS1, D10...etc from a number of our fine string makers.  Some of my bows liked them, some not so much.  I was looking for noise reduction more so than speed and found it in a few combinations of bow, strands, brace height, and silencers.  But I never really got one as quiet as I had previously with good 'ol B50.  So, I had a couple new B50s made up, got them stretched and shot in,  put on some Bow Hush/Hush Puppies and aahhh that familiar dull thud.  Barely a whisper.  My bows like it, I  like it and the arrows are going down range plenty fast for me.  I think I'll be sticking with the time tested, reliable B50 for awhile.

[Bowferd]

I've tried the skinny strings and like them. Can't say that I've jumped on the bandwagon. I have so many B50 strings around that I'll stay with them until they wear out. I've a mix of bows and have skinnys on a few of the newer ones.

[Skipmaster1]

I have skinny strings on my Shrews(6 strand 450+) and love them tried to switch to a different fast flight string and the bow (and I) hated them!

[Burnsie]

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[frank bullitt]

Burnsie, was these bows recurves or longbows?

Did you try heavier, arrow weights? Without silencers?

I'm not crazy about "skinny", prefer a little meat, for insurance in the field, myself.

If it works for ya, confidence in your equipment, is a good thing.

[MJB]

Good Ole' B50 fer me too  

[Burnsie]

Frank Bullitt -  All my bows are recurves.  I shoot a pretty heavy Grizzly Stick arrow and it definitely helps reduce the noise.  Although, not so much that I would do away with the silencers.  I recently got a bunch of field points from 3Rivers ranging from 145 grn to 300 grn.  I'm going to try beefing up the front weight a littel more and see what I get.