Loud Bow

[Possum2546]

Picked up a new “Galaxy” Sage for $140 from the local bow shop. Simply because I have several different weight limb sets from when I had a Samick Sage years ago. To be honest, I have shot a lot of more expensive bows that didn’t shoot any better.

Anyway...

The thing is L-O-U-D!!!! Way louder then my Samick was. 45@28 bow, draw 28, It’s tuned, BH is set at 8 3/8”, 18 strand FF with wool yarn balls and shooting a 460 grain arrow and it’s still loud.

Ended up putting some Velcro strips on the belly of the limb tips and I made some bike inter tube shims to put under the limbs on the riser pockets. Helped a lot but I still think it’s loud.. maybe I have been shooting my 68” longbow too much and got use to how quite it is. Y’all ever have a bow that’s just loud?

[Alexander Traditional]

What's the recommended brace height? That seems high,is it a forward riser desing?

[Wudstix]

Experiment with string silencer location and material.  Paracord sheaths work well 4x2”

[Possum2546]

Galaxy says 7.5 to 8.25 so I’m 1/8” above but it got it the quietest. Arrow flight is good and it’s shooting broadheads well.

[Possum2546]

Experiment with string silencer location and material.  Paracord sheaths work well 4x2”

I will give the 550 cord a try, I read that threat about it.

[Alexander Traditional]

I'm just throwing stuff out there,but I've had some pretty nice bows come with junky strings. I end up having a string built by a good string maker,and it takes a lot of that away. It may never be your quietest bow,but it may help.

[McDave]

Also check the limb bolts and bushings.  Have picked up considerable vibration there with some bows.  Can be dampened by wrapping upper part and head of limb bolt with electrical tape or similar.

[Alexander Traditional]

Just thought of something else posum. Check your tiller top and bottom,if it's way of could be a problem.

[nineworlds9]

Not a special design. Its just a rebranded Samick Sage more or less. Not a particularly loud bow or particularly quiet bow. The BH you are using is adequate, much higher you'll start to lose some performance IMO. For that bow, some ways to deaden it down are to throw a layer of adhesive backed moleskin or soft side velcro or thin rubber in the limb pockets, also make sure the limb bolts are good and snug (without breaking anything of course). Im not a big fan of velcro in the grooves, you might try wrapping wool around the string ends (the bundle part that contacts the limbs).
 The Sage style bows do better with cat whiskers IMO than lighter weight puffs, unless your puffs are fairly dense like Navajo wool etc. Even at its "loudest" I wouldn't call that bow a real loud bow, a lot of it can be perceived by the shooter. Keep tweaking it.

[Missouri Bowman]

Try heavier arrows

[Yellah nocks]

Look carefully at where the string sits right as it leaves the grooves and begins going along the limb. If there is anyplace that a bare spot contacts the string you are likely to have noise. I built a string for my bow the other day and padded the loops. This extra padding resulted in a "fat" string right above the velcro padding on the belly side. It was lah-hooowd. Put the old string back on and eas fine. Next string will be made much more carefully. Hope this helps.

[Possum2546]

I think I got it shooting fairly quite now. Shot with Bronz the other day and he said it sounds fine.

[Possum2546]

Try heavier arrows

I know that would help but shooting much more then 10 GPP is a real struggle for me due to the huge rainbow trajectory.

[TSP]

Hand placement on the grip can make a big difference with some bows especially if going from a straighter longbow grip to a curvy recurve grip.  Recurves and some hybrids often like an 'in the web of the hand' type of hold, ASLs (even those with 'locators') generally don't like that at all.  Anyway, something to consider.