I've gone through quite a few different mounts in my quest for something simple, quiet, field-repairable and less expensive than a tankfull of gas for a Hummer. For short shotguns, the Panamic works best for me and meets all the criteria except, maybe, the last. For shorter mounts, I have been using one of the old Rycotes, the design with clips suspended between the arms of two "U" pieces. This worked very well and was exceptionally quiet but the chore of replacing the Rycote elastics was a nuisance. Following a tip from David, the parts guru at LSC, I changed over the system to use the orange elastics from the PSC mount, fastening them off to the "U" fittings with nylon cable ties. Nearly a year of frustrating adjustments followed. No matter what I did, the system seemed noisy. I changed elastics again to use the flat rubber bands used in the LTM mounts after David suggested that a twisting or rolling movement in the round elastics could contribute noise. Finally I got the whole busines quiet by making certain that the cable ties were securely tightened. To me, this was counter-intuitive. I would have thought that a bit of slack in the tie-off, so long as the elastic was stretched a bit, would help keep things quiet. But, I was wrong. Some of the noise was apparently the cable ties shifting position on the mount. So, now it's a Rycote mount with the blue LTM flat rubber bands tightly secured with cable ties. I also have a PSC mount with the orange bands and that's quiet too but the Rycote is a tad quieter.
David Waelder