Hey Guys, I'm pretty new to all of this, this is my first real bow, last one was a loner from an Uncle. I'm shooting a Bear Assault, but my question is regarding stabilizers. I have one, from an old bow, but it is one of the miniture ones, maybe 3-4" and is fairly light. Judging from the name, I'm going to sumise it is an aid to help stabilize the shot, and reduce noise/recoil. Anywho, how do you find a stabilizer that is properly weighted for your bow, one that will balance it properly?
There are many schools of thought on this. I actually made my last couple stabilizers, and they're as good if not better than the commercial stuff I've used. That being said, they don't absorb much shock, but that's not what I built them for. A longer lightweight stabilizer with adjustable weights will "stabilize" you when you come to full draw and help with your accuracy, but it also creates issues with stealth. A little short stab like you're talking about is basically a vibration dampener, and a tool to keep a wrist strap on a bow. It will do very little as far as stabilizing, but it may drop your noise output a few decibels which at some level makes it worth it to have on there.
From everything I've read and heard, a stabilizer won't actually stabilize anything until it is a minimum of 8-10" out in front of the bow. I have two stabilizers, one is about 8-9", the other is 11.5". Now due to the string silencer mounting hardware, both of those are at least 10" in front and both do an amazing job. It's all personal preference.
hey guys thanks for the responses. I'm not so much worried about stealth right now, but since I'm new to shooting this bow, I want to shoot it the best I can, and then go from there.
