Quietest Recurve you know of ???

[skychief]

What is the quietest recurve(s) that you have shot?

Yesterday I shot a Great Plains Long Curve that I owned years ago.   What I noticed was how very quiet it was.   It had no padding between the string and the limbs either.

That prompted this thread.   What recurves do you know of that are inherently quiet without need for modifications?

Thanks for your thought, Skychief.

[Tom L]

My 1973 Bear Grizzly. Owned a bunch but it's the quietest.

Tom

[Cyclic-Rivers]

1960 Kodiak

I think your answers will be all over the place. a lot will depend on string material and the arrow being shot. Usually its not the bow's Fault.

[Bowwild]

My Bigfoot Sasquatch is my most quiet. Several others are very close: Tip, Habu, Rose Oak UD, etc.

[Stump Buster]

My Fox Breed was the easiest for me to get quiet, 2nd was my '72 Super Kodiak.


eta: We had a little get together here a few weeks back and ALL my bows seemed MUCH quieter when someone with a shorter draw shot mine. Depending on the style (ASL or T/D pistol grip recurve) my draw varies from 29"-31" and it seems if I can get them as quiet as possible for my draw length, they whisper when someone with a 26-28" draw shoots them.

MAN THAT'S FRUSTRATING!!!

[KSshrewman]

My lil' 54" helms deep is super quiet.

[smokin joe]

I let a friend shoot my Bear A TD with #3 Rise Oak limbs and an SBD ultra string. I was shocked at how quiet it was when I was just listening for it. The string has SBD puff silencers and SBD recurve wraps.

[ron w]

I had a Kota-Killum that was silent with just wool puffs.

[LBR]

Never had a decimeter to check to be sure.  I haven't had one I can't get very quiet with proper tuning and a good release, not to mention a properly built string and nock fit.

The latest is a very cheap Samick Journey with a 20 strand (loops padded to 24) BCY-X string and one small set of cat whisker silencers.  Even shooting just 8.5 grains per lb and pulling 31" I've gotten lots of comments on how quiet it is.

Bow design obviously plays a part, but it's only one part of the equation.

[cacciatore]

Most of my vintage Bear are VERY quiet,same for Bear TD with Rose Oak limbs.
Other custom is the Zipper SXT with carbon foam limbs.
I own more than 100 bows and had around 200 but these one are out of the pack.

[Sixby]

Quietest I have shot is a tossup between the EagleWing Talon 11 and the Sasquatch. However I believe that any well designed geometric static with good brace stability would be same.
RER and Caribow come to mind.
God bless, Steve

[nineworlds9]

Quietest of all was a 66" ILF setup running 46@28 consisting of a 21" Black Bear WARF riser and size long Sebastien Flute Elite Plus limbs and a Hoyt Super Rest.  Even at 7.25" it was nearly longbow quiet and blew my mind.  

Far as dedicated hunting recurves, another super quiet recurve was the 54" Shrew Lil Favorite (=Java Man Helms Deep) that I just sold to fund my new Silvertip Carbon, which is also among the quietest recurves I have ever shot.  Also the Toelke SS 64" and Caribow Tuktu EX.  Both just a measure quieter than a regular 'Tip which is quiet to begin with.  The RER XR also comes to mind.  As well as the Robertson Fatal Styk.  The Fatal Styk and 'Tip Carbon are both comparable.  Morrison metal ILF riser with Dryad Epic limbs was also very quiet for a recurve.  

If I had to rank a couple I'd make it:

1.  BB WARF / SF Elite Plus combo

2.  Shrew Lil Favorite (=Java Man Helms Deep), Toelke SS
3.  Silvertip Carbon, Robertson Fatal Styk, RER XR, Caribow Tuktu EX
4.  Standard Silvertip, Hoots Lil Hoot, Toelke Lynx
5.  Morrison metal ILF riser and Dryad Epic limbs
6.  Border Hex limbs

I have shot others but these come to mind right off the top of my head, as the quietest.  The ranking needs to be looked at as not a huge spread from 2. to 3. to 4. but noticeable differences existed and the jump from 2. to 4. is pretty decent.  1. was kinda in a class of its own.  5. and 6. another step
from 4.  All are very quiet in general.  

As you can see, statics tend to be quieter than working recurves.  The working recurves that have shined based on the list above are the SF Elite+ combo (amazing!) and the Silvertip Carbon and Robertson.

Nearly all on the list were tested with either LRU 12 strand Rhino strings or 8-10 strand D10 or 12 strand D97 and generally cat whiskers though a few had wool puffs.  I have found that silencers and skinny strings just make an already quiet bow quieter.  If it is noisy to begin with they will only dull it down some.  Heavy arrows help but if its not pretty quiet at 9-10gpp its almost kinda like what's the point.  Oh btw I don't generally use wool wraps on my string ends either.
The only bow I mentioned that had wool wraps on the string far as I remember was the RER XR and they came on the string.

[YORNOC]

An Appallation Archery Savage River takedown by Dave Guthrie.
Not the best cast, not the best bow ever, but damn was it silent. Took my first ever trad animal with it, a black bear in northern Alberta.
It took the shot, flinched a little and then kept eating grass till it went to sleep.
I still have the limbs, the riser went to a "friend" to refinish, never to be seen again.
My "wish I still had it" bow.

[cyred4d]

For me it is my 64 inch blacktail with a dacron string and limbsavers installed.

[bowtough]

#1-Silvertip, #2- Zipper Extreme, Carbon Foam limbs.  

[4runr]

The quietest I've shot is a 56" Hill Country Bobcat with static recurve limbs.

All of my old Bears are quiet too.

[jkm97]

All I know is my buddy's Silvertip is quieter than my Widow...both have SBD strings, but the Tip still seems quieter to my ears.

[steadman]

Hands down stalker static

[joe skipp]

My Fedora H560 is one of the quietest recurves I have shot with both Dacron and 450+ strings. Using a TS-1 string, my Kempf Stealth is very quiet.

[Stalker58]

My PAW bow.(Mistress). Quiet and fast.
Not sure if Marc Lauver is still making bows.