limb covers
limb covers
When I bought my crossbow, the fellow I bought it from gave me two fleece camo "socks" that slip over the limbs. Do these quiet the bow down or do they effect speed or accuracy? Does any one use them on their bow? I haven't used them since I have had the bow but have always been a little curious. BTW I am shooting an older exocet carved tip. Thanks, Scott.
Anything that covers the limbs of your bow limbs will slow down your fps. They wont quiet your bow either. Most limbs are camoed any way so not many use them.
I used them on my vert recurve , never on an Excal.
I used them on my vert recurve , never on an Excal.
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2008 Y25 Relayer #593 Boo string, lumizone
2-1984 Relayer,
2-1992 Wolverine
Excal Phoenix, acudraw, VARizone
T.P. Titan TL4, acudraw 50, Varizone
Vixen, Steddy Eddy, Varizone
Martin Rage
Martin Jaguar
PSE Infinity
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Grizzly Adam
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They will quiet your bow a bit, but not in the manner we normally would mean.
It you are on foot and picking your way through brush, they muffle the sound of a branch hitting the crossbow limb. The padding helps a bit. Same thing if you tap a limb onto something while in your tree stand.
Even in a "fired" position, your bow's limbs are under tension, so when something taps against one of them, it makes quite a "thunk". The limb covers help a bit. Mind you, the stock could do well with a redesign which included a rubber over moulding such as Hogue makes for firearms. A soft surface on the stock would be a bonus. Stalking is hard enough at the best of times, so making a crossbow quieter to handle would please me greatly.
Personally I don't care about the noise of discharge, although that non-issue seems to fixate a lot of other hunters.
It you are on foot and picking your way through brush, they muffle the sound of a branch hitting the crossbow limb. The padding helps a bit. Same thing if you tap a limb onto something while in your tree stand.
Even in a "fired" position, your bow's limbs are under tension, so when something taps against one of them, it makes quite a "thunk". The limb covers help a bit. Mind you, the stock could do well with a redesign which included a rubber over moulding such as Hogue makes for firearms. A soft surface on the stock would be a bonus. Stalking is hard enough at the best of times, so making a crossbow quieter to handle would please me greatly.
Personally I don't care about the noise of discharge, although that non-issue seems to fixate a lot of other hunters.
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Grizzly Adam
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Boy, you've got a point there, Hi5 ... it is INCREDIBLE how much noise some stickbows can make when raked against limbs or brush ... I guess it's something to do with the tension they're under. And I think a crossbow is a clanky old thing to carry through brush too. In fact, I think they're pretty bulky and cantankerous to handle in general ... but they have other advantages, don't they? 
Grizz