Has anyone tried to install the STS system on a crossbow? I have a new Exocet and the system looks good and works with compound bows.
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Your message is old, but here goes my post anyway...
I've done a bunch of tests with my Exocet 200 including little rubber bumpers on the string stop shelf of the riser, Leeches, whiskers, limb dampeners, etc. They all produce a noise reduction, but only the SVL that I glued to the riser stop shelf actually stayed on the bow for more than 20 shots.
The plastic stock also resonates and the string buzzes on the hollow aluminum rail in addition to the fact that the trigger lock although bullet-proof is not built to be silent either...so your string is not all that makes the noise in other words!
I built an STS type system of my own using 8mm SS bolts, cut down shelving hangers, and a pair of old SIMS SVL split limb dampeners and can send anyone a picture of that system if they would like to see it...it works better than the actual $60 STS that I am just now testing so far.
A set of the round SIMS dampeners (or the STS) installed in the resting position so that there is just barely a little string deflection will be equivalent in sound and vibration reduction to having four Leeches and a set of SVL limb dampeners installed but without any of the speed loss or extra junk on the bow.
The STS will also stay on the bow shot after shot without getting damaged.
My personal opinon is that it should be OEM on every Excalibur...although Bucks n Ducks should make the attachment bolt on the left side STS dampener with a left-handed thread so that it self-tightens the base against the riser in the same way that the right side does...but once you get it tight it is OK as is.
I recommend a set of nylon washers under the bolts to keep from damaging the finish when they are torqued down also.
I've done a bunch of tests with my Exocet 200 including little rubber bumpers on the string stop shelf of the riser, Leeches, whiskers, limb dampeners, etc. They all produce a noise reduction, but only the SVL that I glued to the riser stop shelf actually stayed on the bow for more than 20 shots.
The plastic stock also resonates and the string buzzes on the hollow aluminum rail in addition to the fact that the trigger lock although bullet-proof is not built to be silent either...so your string is not all that makes the noise in other words!
I built an STS type system of my own using 8mm SS bolts, cut down shelving hangers, and a pair of old SIMS SVL split limb dampeners and can send anyone a picture of that system if they would like to see it...it works better than the actual $60 STS that I am just now testing so far.
A set of the round SIMS dampeners (or the STS) installed in the resting position so that there is just barely a little string deflection will be equivalent in sound and vibration reduction to having four Leeches and a set of SVL limb dampeners installed but without any of the speed loss or extra junk on the bow.
The STS will also stay on the bow shot after shot without getting damaged.
My personal opinon is that it should be OEM on every Excalibur...although Bucks n Ducks should make the attachment bolt on the left side STS dampener with a left-handed thread so that it self-tightens the base against the riser in the same way that the right side does...but once you get it tight it is OK as is.
I recommend a set of nylon washers under the bolts to keep from damaging the finish when they are torqued down also.