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Author Topic: Homemade silencer?  (Read 325 times)

Offline Robert Honaker

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Homemade silencer?
« on: August 23, 2010, 10:28:00 PM »
A while back a sponser posted with pics, how he made silencers out of wool yarn.

I've done a search and for the life of me I can't find it.

Been about a month ago...any body know where it is?

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Re: Homemade silencer?
« Reply #1 on: August 23, 2010, 10:34:00 PM »
You can use wool yarn from wally world, It won't be anything like bow hush or hush puppies. The yarn from wally world is way thinner.

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Offline Ragnarok Forge

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Re: Homemade silencer?
« Reply #3 on: August 24, 2010, 12:21:00 AM »
Merino wool works best.  I get mine at fabric stores.  Just take several hanks of thick merino wool yarn and lay them together.  Tie them in the middle with a loose knot.  Put them in the string where you want them and then cut the stirng holding them together.   They work great.
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Offline Bjorn

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Re: Homemade silencer?
« Reply #4 on: August 24, 2010, 01:01:00 AM »
Wool is surprisingly effective-weighs very little and silences a lot.

Offline Shawn Rackley

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Re: Homemade silencer?
« Reply #5 on: August 24, 2010, 01:04:00 AM »
its what i have used for a long time now. cheap and easy. i buy two different colors of merino wool and make silencers using both colors. always seem to work better than anything else i tried. ad i like the way they look  :)

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Re: Homemade silencer?
« Reply #6 on: August 24, 2010, 07:16:00 AM »
I cut mine 3" long and tie 3 per string top and bottom.
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Re: Homemade silencer?
« Reply #7 on: August 24, 2010, 08:23:00 AM »
I wrap wool yarn around 3 fingers about 10 times, tie it in the middle, slip it between the string strands, cut the tie, cut the loops, shoot it a few times to fray the wool.  Then I made 2 cardboard templates out of a beer can tracing and sandwich the wool balls in them and trim the edges.  I do this on all sides shooting once in a while.  It will leave neat balls of wool on the string.
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Offline Robert Honaker

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Re: Homemade silencer?
« Reply #8 on: August 24, 2010, 10:22:00 AM »
Yep, Thats it K. Mogensen.
Thanks

Offline Frank Warnke

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Re: Homemade silencer?
« Reply #9 on: August 25, 2010, 09:29:00 AM »
Picked up the wool yarn shown in the link and it made a nice difference on my recurve.   Thanks for the link.

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