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07-12-2006, 06:58 PM

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DaveC

Nontypical Buck

Join Date: Feb 2003

Location: Crosby TX USA

Posts: 2,599

RE: Serving for STS?

First allow me to apologize for a CRS moment. I just rechecked each bow and both are slightly touching the stopper. When my Patriot’s STS was mounted more towards the bottom cam I had a small gap, but since moving it towards the center it is barely touching. Both bumpers have a slight angle to them and the string is only gracing the lower portion of the bumper on each.
If you notice in the picture My STS’s are running in line with the riser. I liked the cleaner look of not having them hang out sideways and since they wanted (noise & chrony results) to ride high anyways I moved them up by cutting off the excess shaft and trimming the block (on the older style, newer needed no trimming) to allow ample room for the grip without touching it. This makes them more like the STS that guy was selling on AT.

On the Tribute I didn’t choose to remove the silencers, they left me

. Once they started throwing legs I hacked them off. When the first one left (the bottom I believe-CRS AGAIN!) the noise level of the bow remained the same, when the other left I picked up a slight twang towards the upper cam. That is where I planned on placing the bow-jax.
I did gain 1fps when the first left, then lost that fps when the other left. I replaced their empty string weight with brass nocks and regained my 1 fps & then some(might have been 2

)

When I shoot it next to the XT and allow someone else to shoot it I’ll know if more sound deadening material is required.

BTW, I don’t think the Tribute needs an STS (some are getting tired of reading this[8D]) it’s my sight and rest that were making noise and the STS helped reduce enough of the remaining vibration to shut them up. (drop zone & pro-slide) (my theory)
Maybe next year I’ll swap the sight and rest out with something else, possibly swap gear from one bow to the other. After Fridays shoot I’ll have a better feel on what I need to do, if anything at all.

On my Pat it sounds plenty quiet with nothing but the STS, dare I say it has the same amount of shot noise as the Tribute, but in a different pitch.

All this worry over nothing, I know people who kill way more deer than I ever will with bows that have no sound deadening devices on what so ever. They just let raw arrow speed & KE do the work. Aim low & they drop right in.

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