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Author Topic: string-silencer??  (Read 858 times)

Offline 3Feathers

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string-silencer??
« on: December 02, 2011, 08:50:00 PM »
What is your favorite string silencer?
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Offline moose eye levi

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Re: string-silencer??
« Reply #1 on: December 02, 2011, 08:59:00 PM »
Acrylic type of yarn.
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Re: string-silencer??
« Reply #2 on: December 02, 2011, 09:05:00 PM »
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Originally posted by moose eye levi:
Acrylic type of yarn.
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Re: string-silencer??
« Reply #3 on: December 02, 2011, 09:06:00 PM »
I use 100% wool yarn.

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Offline owlbait

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Re: string-silencer??
« Reply #4 on: December 02, 2011, 09:11:00 PM »
wool or beaver.
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Re: string-silencer??
« Reply #5 on: December 02, 2011, 09:22:00 PM »
I like muskrat on longbows and wool yarn on recurves (use the yarn for the puff and to wrap the ends of string where they hit limbs

Offline Piratkey

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Re: string-silencer??
« Reply #6 on: December 02, 2011, 09:31:00 PM »
Depend the string material,with dacron you can use almost all silencer type ,rubber,acrylic or natural yarn.
If you use modern material string,like astro flight,go with musk oz yarn,is the best silencer for this kind of string.

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Re: string-silencer??
« Reply #7 on: December 02, 2011, 10:10:00 PM »
yarn

Offline David Mitchell

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Re: string-silencer??
« Reply #8 on: December 02, 2011, 10:17:00 PM »
Wool yarn here too.
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Offline Duncan

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Re: string-silencer??
« Reply #9 on: December 02, 2011, 10:22:00 PM »
Beaver on my selfbows, Fleece strips on my recurves. Also like the wool yarn type too. I make my own.
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Re: string-silencer??
« Reply #10 on: December 02, 2011, 10:26:00 PM »
The Navajo Wool silencers that Jim Neaves(Centaur) sells are my favorite. They are also available from 3Rivers.
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Re: string-silencer??
« Reply #11 on: December 02, 2011, 10:43:00 PM »
Yarn......I have had good luck with string leeches also, but they are ugly. Wool yarn is my favorite! I make my own.
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Re: string-silencer??
« Reply #12 on: December 02, 2011, 10:49:00 PM »
I have used all kinds but Terry Greens girls Bow Hush and Hush Puppies is by far the best I have used.  They have a liitle deal you can order on in the shooters forum I think. Scott
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Re: string-silencer??
« Reply #13 on: December 02, 2011, 10:58:00 PM »
I really like cat whiskers. Plain and simple. If one set doesn't quiet a bow down enough for me I tie on a second smaller set.
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Offline Night Wing

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Re: string-silencer??
« Reply #14 on: December 02, 2011, 11:29:00 PM »
String puffs made from 20% wool and 80% acrylic.
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Re: string-silencer??
« Reply #15 on: December 03, 2011, 12:02:00 AM »
woolies.
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Re: string-silencer??
« Reply #16 on: December 03, 2011, 01:10:00 AM »
I also like cat whiskers. Have used them for years.

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Re: string-silencer??
« Reply #17 on: December 03, 2011, 07:36:00 PM »
Wool, beaver
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Re: string-silencer??
« Reply #18 on: December 03, 2011, 10:52:00 PM »
I just switched from beaver balls to wool from bow hush/hush puppy and noticed a huge difference. The wool wins hands down.

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Re: string-silencer??
« Reply #19 on: December 03, 2011, 10:59:00 PM »
I've been using 1"+ pieces of leather boot lace for many years now.  Soak them overnight in Pitch Blend or SnoSeal and they never take on any water.  Very durable and work great.  I also have some Llama fur that works very well.
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