Quieting Bow Down

[dbd870]

My Grizzly has a fair amount of noise I already have Otter fur string silencers and string groove silencers on it. The string is new and when I checked brace height it was back to 7-3/4 so I twisted it back up to 8", but haven't shot it after that. Does BH make some difference on noise or should I be looking at doing something else? I really hate to put Limbsavers on it.

[Swamp Yankee]

BH makes a big difference in noise; as does the location of the string silences.  Once I find the sweet (quiet) spot BH, I locate the string silences by plucking the string and moving them around until I find the quietest location.  It usually ends up being about 1/3 of the way from the limb tip; but will vary from bow to bow.  Works for me and hope it helps.

[britt]

I was taught to measure your string length. Divide by 4, that's where one silencer goes on string. Then divide by 3 for location of other silencer.

[Bjorn]

Grizzlies are generally not noisy; If you have it braced at 7.75-8.00 and silencers, limbsavers should not be needed and they are way ugly. I suspect your arrows are light or your nock is low.

[TRAP]

Check to be sure those fur silencers are wrapped tight around the string before they are tucked back through.

I had trouble with otter silencers because the leather is thick and the  fur is short and dense and didn't contour to the string as well and caused vibration. That's why I always preferred muskrat. Very thin leather and usually longer guard hairs and longer fur to absorb vibration.

Daryl

[Keefer]

One other thing to try is to also do two tie on nocks on the string..I've had a few that by simply adding a tie on above and below the arrow helped some...

[dbd870]

I did find the otter to be a pain to put on, I'll take them loose & rewind them back up. They are about a third of the way up from the ends.
My arrows are 462gr and it's a 45# bow, with my 29" draw I'm pulling 48#; confirmed with a scale. That's not quite 10gr/lb but pretty close. I'll have my daughter watch an arrow and see if it porpoises; if so I'll work on that. TNX for the ideas guys

[dbd870]

Went out and shot it. Looks like changing the brace height was the answer, it's much better now. My daughter says the arrow flight is good.

[30coupe]

Don't be afraid to go about 8 inches on the Grizzly. A lot of the old Bear bows liked high brace heights, some even over 9". If it's quiet enough to suit you at 8", you may have found the spot, but I've seen some that liked 8.5" even better. With your long draw, you won't lose enough cast for it to matter.

Speed isn't what kills, silence is!

[dbd870]

OK I'll go another 1/4" and see what happens - this site has been very helpful - TNX to all

[PICKNGRIN]

Is this a newer Bear Grizzly with a fastflite string?  If so, you might try a flemish twist b50 string.  In my experience, the newer Bears with the low stretch strings are noisy.  I have quieted 2 of them down switching to b50 strings.

[Big Ed]

I usually try going to the higher side of the brace height , silencers at about 8 inches from the contact point of the string and limb. I have also had great luck with a Bikini string and Navajo silencers.

[**DONOTDELETE**]

I would recommend a 12 strand Rhino string over
B-50. The Rhino string material is incredibly quiet and you don't have to deal with all the creeping you get with B-50. These things stay put right from the gate.

Best of both worlds bro. You can quiet her down without flushing your performance down the drain.  

[fling]

Was time to change the string on my Ed Mikuda and I ordered two fast flight strings from a member. Well with the old string my bow was dead quiet. Put on the new string set the brace height  the nock and beaver balls the same as the old string and she had a  load  twang noise. Played with the brace height the nock, the silencer  placement , heavier arrows and could not get rid of the load twang. Was driving me crazy. Then I got the idea to try the other sting changed it set the brace hight and but on the beaver balls and took A few shots and the load twang noise was gone and she's as quiet as before. So it could be the string.

[LBR]

String material, how it's made, strand count, brace height, silencer type and placement, nock fit, release--they all make a difference.

[Terry Green]

If u still have problems.....email me...I'll send u some bowhush n hushbpuppies
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[Terry Green]

[dbd870]

I may take you up on the offer; that extra 1/4" of BH helped quite a bit, go to play with that a little more.