I never would have thought that a string would make such a difference! A couple of weeks ago, I met Allen Shafer (of TenRingStrings) at a 3D shoot in Virginia. (Dixie Bowmen) I got to talking to him about his bowstings and ask if he thought he could help me with a problem. My bow is a Predator recurve and it has always been "louder" than I liked. I have installed limb savers, wrapped the string with wool where it comes in contact with the limbs, and installed those big old "cam puffs" silencers. All that has helped, but it is still louder than I think it should be. When I hunt, I use wooden arrows that are around 12 to 13 GPI to reduce the noise as much as I can. Allen asked me what kind of string I was using. When I told him I was using a D97 string, he suggested that I go to a string made out of a material named FURY. I ordered one on the spot. My string arrived a few days later. Work and hunting for a swamp chicken kept me from trying it out, until today. The first thing I noticed (other than the obvious quality craftsmanship) was the small cat whisker string silencers he had installed (just like I ordered). I thought that this bow is gonna sound like a .22 rifle going off. At my first arrow, my jaw dropped! I could not believe how quiet my bow was! Even with the lightest carbon arrows I have, (around 9 GPI), that bow is super quiet. With my heavy wood arrows, it is just a dull bump. I have had longbows that made more noise. I can honestly say that my bow now is as quiet (maybe more so) than an older bow that has a B50 string on it. The brace height only moved about 1/8 inch before settling in and my arrows bareshaft perfect. If you have a recurve bow that you can't get as quiet as you want, do yourself a favor. Call Allen Shafer at TenRingStrings.
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