Hoyt Xceed Riser Pocket 360 Damper

Hoyt Xceed Riser Pocket 360 Damper (Nov 2022)

After seeing the new Hoyt Formula XD 360 damper I new I wanted to have a go at making some for my Xceed.

After a shoulder injury I've been trying to reduce the bow weight but the large dampers and weight screwed to the front of the riser were required to make the bow quiet so making the pocket damper seemed a logical step.

I'd already watch Sure Shot Archery review where he tried fitting the XD damper into the Xceed without success but this gave me inseration to make one. I've also read on the web someone else claim to have do this but not seen any photos.

The XD riser has a grove for the damper to secure into where as the Xceed was never designed this way so I planned to secure them with the weight screw hole 10x24 UNC (Thread same as sight block mount)

The first stage was to measure the riser pocket which is easier said than done. I made an impression of the pocket by packing it with low melt modeling plastic to produce an exact size model.

The model was then 3D scanned to produce a 3D mesh for reverse engineering into a CAD model.

I did wonder if both pockets on the riser would be the exact same size, which they are. Whether they are the same from riser to riser I don't know but engineering logic would suggest they are, as they should all be CNC machined with the same program. Unless Hoyt make changes from batch to batch.

Now the big question.... do they work. Well I've installed them and been shooting without the additional riser rubber bomb type dampers I normally use and there is a noticeable difference if I remove them. I've since printed some other light weight dampers for the riser which I'll add more info later.