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I was looking in a bowhunting magazine the other night and saw a advertisement for a insert with a Sims Vibration piece of rubber on the end that fits into the shaft. The ad was talking about it cutting down a shaft vibration causing the arrow to be quieter and more accurate.I have a hard time beleiving that this thing could really helpyour noise or accuracy that much. What do y'all think?

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You never know, but it sounds like another gimick to get your hard earned money.

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How much accuracy you will gain from this insert I don't know but they do, in fact,stop vibrations in the shaft much quicker than an arrow with out them installed.

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yep.......

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Actually it would probably help your consistency and accuracy a lot, but I'd like to see some tests.

Also it will make your arrows much quiter... adding weight to an arrow allows it to absorb more of the string's energy, therefore having less energy to waste on sound...

It would help cover for a bow thats not perfectly tune... Not to mention you'd get better penetration..


Straight arrow flight (meaning no oscillation, minnowing etc) is the best thing for a bow. You'd be suprised how much efficiency you lose when the arrow flops around in flight..

Where's Len on this one?

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But how much noise does your arrow make while it's flexing. I know that some fletching whiz in the air but these this wouldn't help that. But I really don't think that your arrow flexing from the energy of the string makes that much noise.

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its not the arrow itself making noise, its the bow+arrow... If you shoot a heavier arrow your bow is quieter.

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I bet ya somebody will buy that.:eek:

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I think it's great. I'm also glad they put the harmonic dampeners on my cough silencer.

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What we really need are mini stabilizing weights like airplanes have in their wing tips... the weight moves back and forth as a counterbalance... that right there would be one high tech arrow:D

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To effectively test the noise factor you would have to shoot two of the same arrows without fletching, one with the Sims insert, and one with a normal insert. The fletching are what make the most noise on an arrow so I don't know how much you would gain.

If it does help to minimize oscillation and vibration it could improve accuracy by allowing the fletch to stabilize the arrow sooner providing more consistency.

It is an interesting concept, but I'd like to see some testing on it before I fork over $15 for inserts.

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Bry: That's my point. I don't think that there's any way that it's going to improve my arrow noise and accuracy near enough for me to spend the money for them.

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I'd be more interested in the accuracy gains than the noise reduction personally. On the other hand, people have been winning competitions all these years without them so what little difference they may make would probably be wasted on an archer of my caliber. I doubt I'm good enough to notice a difference.