String silencers on Bowtech Bows
 

One of the Bowtech string silencers (part of the hush kit) broke and fell of my string on my Pro 40 DC the first week I owned it. I noticed it shot faster without it, but the string had a twang to it. I was thinking about trying some Sims stealths silencers, has anyone tried these on their Bowtechs? Do they work as good as factory silencers? What about speed, will I pick any speed up changing to the Sims?

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CWB, I like the Leeches better. I didn' t chrono before & after, so can' t comment on speed differences.

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Same here. The leeches seemed to work better on the one bow that I switched them on. There was a slight speed increase as well... 2-3 fps.

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I' m kinda in the same boat. I haven' t shot my hush kitted bow much yet. But I am leary on taking the string silencers off as they look very durable.
When you put the string leeches in, does it mess up your peep rotation?

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On my Solo Pat I have just one leach near the cam. This bow is SUPER quite.

Don' t think you need two

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That' s good to know.
What grain arrow are you shooting to be SUPER quiet with only one string leech?

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70# 29" Draw, 385 grn arrow.

The top leach flew off a few weeks ago, Just left the bottom one on and I cannot tell any diff.

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That throws the heavy weight arrow theory out of the picture. :)

RA,

For some reason I remember reading something about only having one leech installed changing POI on someone' s setup. Did you experience this when you lost the one leech?

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PAB - I have used one leach or one wisker before. never noticed any diff. in POI - but when you shoot like me whats to notice:D;)

I have to hand it to BowTech, though I have had my " issues" with them - they are quite. Your right, even with a light setup - not much noise.

The other day I was shooting 45 yds lights out:). Even took a few pictures of some groups[:-]. Felt like I couldn' t miss the 5-spot even if you kicked me:). Gotta love those days. The bow shoots well.

question: I left the cable silincers on. Hase anyone noticed a diff in sound with them off??? I cant see them doing much. Just don' t feel like going through the hassle of taking them off to see.

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On my ' 02 Pat single I use cat whiskers on my string and cables and serve them in place instead of tying them on. That bow is scary quiet!!!!

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I just picked up my new shafts - and when I get them done they should be ~300gr. I will have my ' 02 Pat SC set to 60# with a 27" draw - I plan on checking the speed thru the chrono before & after the hush kit silencers & I' ll let you know how much of a difference it makes in speed & noise.

Also - FWIW - while in KC @ Nationals this year one of my string silencer ' fingers' broke off my top silencer during the 3D shoot. I cornered a BowTech shop owner I know & respect & he told me that they have been tying a small serving to keep them from sliding - he tells me that because mine slid down & ended up colliding with the one on the buss cable it broke.

Now my top silencer is missing 1 finger...[:o] good thing it' s not the middle one!

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Hey Rack-attack when you sat 385 gr. is that with the broadhead ? If so what type of broadhead and weight? And what type arrow? thank you. jerseyhunter

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When I got my Pat last spring the dealer installed the hush kit. The string silencers came apart in a week or two, replaced them with Sims. I switched back and forth between the Sims cable dampener and the hush kit dampener several time and could tell a difference, Sims quiter.

JKT

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jersey,

They are 385 grn total weight. 28-1/4" GT XT 7595' s with 75 grn tip, 4" feathers and wraps. Can easily go to 125 grn tip with these and still spine.

My GT XT 5575' s weigh in at 370 grns and are on the light side in spine, they still fly and tune great with fps, but not that great with fixed heads.

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I had the same experience as Rack...Lost the top leech and couldn' t tell a difference in sound or poi on my MM. I got curious and took the other one off and TWANG! Right back on and only one on the bottom. Shut it right up.My arrows 500+ though too.

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FWIW...

I just shot my ' 02 Pat SC, 27" draw, 26" CXL250@304gr - 61lbs pull...

With the BT stock silencers (part of the hush kit) she was @ 271fps
Removed top & bottom silencers & she' s @ 274fps -

I don' t notice any difference in the sound.

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Only 3 fps difference?
That' s a lot less than I figured they' d cost ya.

Rack. I plan on leaving the ones on my cables as I can' t see them doing much harm. I doubt the top cable string silencer is costing you anything. It' s funny you mention the trouble involved with taking them off, I always figured they were one scissor snip away from hitting the floor.

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Yea...I guess you can do that. With my luck my bow would loose 10 fps and get twice as load..LOL:D

Another 20 dollar " Snip" :D;)