hey guys,
i recently bought a new 3-d rig, and installed a trophy taker shakey hunter rest on it. i must say that i am very impressed so far...easy to set up, and easy to get tuned. i did have to modify the launcher a little bit. the inside "fork" was hitting my riser, so i ground a little bit of it off to give me clearance. it works great now.
the one thing that bothers me a little bit about the rest is the fact that it is loud. i know it isn't a big deal on a 3-d bow, but this rest was designed for hunters, and i am considering putting one on my hunting bow. it seems that most of the noise is coming from when the the metal tap where the lift string ties on snaps forward and contacts the barrel part of the rest. as i mentioned earlier, i modified the launcher, and it is in no way contacting the riser. i tried to put a tiny piece of moleskin between the two offending points, but it didn't buy me much, if anything.
for you guys (or gals) that shoot this rest, have you had similar experiences? how did you address the noise?
thanks,
-matt