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Hey i just got a old recurve bow strung up. It has a 50pd pull and i' m shooting 125gr tips. I am getting better and better each day i shoot and till hunting season here in PA i will feel pretty confidet out to 20yds. I have 2 questions that have been bothering me. 1. when i shoot the bow makes a very loud THWANG. what can i put on it to eliminate this, and 2. does any one recomend any certain type of broadhead to use. Will a plane old 3 blade broadhead to the trick or should i have somthing else. Any advice will be very much appreciated..

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Congratulations on getting your recurve. Fun, ain' t it. :)

Catwhiskers will do a lot to silence the twang. You don' t say what arrows you' re shooting, but arrows around 10 grains per pound of draw weight (500 grains for you, if you' re shooting it at 50 pounds) will help quiet it down too.

I like 2-blade heads myself, like Magnus 125' s or Bear Razorheads. Best thing I like about ' em is they' re cheap and work just fine. I' ve never shot ' em on a recurve, but I hear Muzzy 3-blades do good, as long as you hone across the flats of the point to get good sharp edges.

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Make sure you aren' t plucking the string with your fingers.Also sometimes you can twist or untwist the string and change the brace height a little to find the sweet spot.Magnus or zwickey heads are hard to beat.Good shootin'

CB

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Congrats on the bow. I started with an old recurve myself. Like was said, Cat whiskers will do the trick just fine on silencing the bow. If you are shooting off of the shelf and don' t have a rug rest in place, you can use the soft section of velcro on the shelf and the riser to help silence the bow for hunting. Make sure that your arrows are properly spined for the bow. I am assuming that the bow is 50# at 28" of draw, so if you are drawing less than 28" , then you aren' t drawing the full weight. If you are drawing more than 28" at your anchor, then you are actually drawing more weight than what the bow is marked. An older recurve will gain or loose approx. 2 1/2# or so per inch of less or more draw weight. You may want to have someone experienced with wood bows take a look at it and make sure that the limbs aren' t twisted and that the bow is actually sound. The old glues aren' t as good as the newer ones and delamination is a possibility with any old bow. I like the Zickey Eskimo myself, but Magnus and others make excellent broadheads. Once you get the heads mounted to your arrows, you' ll want to practice with them from now till you hunt. Practice the same shooting situations that you expect in the field. For instance, if you will be hunting from a tree stand, you' ll want to practice from the same height at different yardages so that when the buck of a lifetime walks out in front of you, you' ll be ready and able to kill him with a clean shot to the vitals. Have fun.

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Just out of curiosity, Wahya, I didn' t know they had any Chalagi reservations in Washington State. When did that happen? :D

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:D Nope, but lots of us around up here anyway, that' s for sure, lol. I was visiting some friends up North in Idaho and later on in Washington. Am back home (Ca.) now, but everytime I try and change my profile, it doesn' t seem to take. :(