_Junior - 
Button Buck
 | | 11/04/2007 8:54 PM |
| | Was showing me bow to my uncle, just wanted to see if he could pull it back. Obviously he could of, but I didnt think he would dry fire it!!! So pissed... What do you guys think is gonna happen? Should I be mad at all? This is the first time the bow has ever been dry fired, and I bought the bow about 3 weeks ago brand new from bassproshop. The bows a Reflex Growler, and I sure hope nothing happens to something I put a lot of money into. Anthything I should check for or look at to make sure everythings fine? I heard the string can come off dry firing and thank god it didnt, I just hope nothing else bad happened to it. | | | |
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wrenchman30 -
Button Buck
| | 11/04/2007 10:22 PM |
| | take it to a pro shop and have it checked out. dont let anyone have your bow from now on. good luck | | | |
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tomsinnott -
4-Pointer
Newburgh, IN
| | 11/05/2007 12:13 AM |
| | I would recommend to not get up in a treestand with it unless you get a thorough check or you are using a really good safety harness no matter what!!!!!!!!!!!! I had a string break one time when I was just aiming at my target bag and it knocked me out cold. One end of the string came up and over my back and gave me a 12" cut and the other end of the cable cut my leg about 4". I guess it hit me hard enough in the back that it just was lights out for me. I just woke up in my backyard and wondered where the heck I was, and why the hell I had a compound bow in my hand??? lol Not trying to freak you out but this was just 3 days after my brother dry-fired mine. I am just lucky I decided to take a few practice shots before I got up in my stand! | |
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." Benjamin Franklin | |
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nhhunter -
Button Buck
| | 11/05/2007 5:23 AM |
| | honestly whats the diff dry firing it or shooting an arrow the arrow doesent have that much resistance and i wouldnt think thatit would make that much of a difference that being said i personally have never dry fired my bow im just cuirious if it really makes that much difference | | | |
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Urimaginaryfrnd -
Button Buck
Tree Stand #8 hanging on for deer life
| | 11/05/2007 11:42 AM |
| | It makes that much difference . Do not dry fire bows! | |
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tubby -
Record Book
Moundville,Alabama
| | 11/05/2007 11:57 AM |
| Before I got really angry,did he know not to dry fire it?I would most defintly take to a pro shop to be checked out.
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Tubby
The God of My Rock;He Is My Sheild;And The Horn Of My Salvation 2 Samuuel,Ch 22 | |
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willy -
8-Pointer
Tenn
| | 11/06/2007 7:59 AM |
| | HAVE IT CHECKED | |
Hillbilly Willy
Today is the day the Lord hath made, I will rejoice and be glad in it | |
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bigrsmith -
Button Buck
| | 11/06/2007 12:24 PM |
| | If it has anything to do with your safety, get it checked for sure. If you have any question about it in your mind, get it checked. | | | |
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ebc187 -
Button Buck
| | 11/21/2007 2:48 PM |
| | Get it checked, but like anytime someone works on your bow, make sure the guy knows what he is doing. I used to work at basspro and they sent me to work in the archery department and wanted me to restring bows, and I had no idea what I was doing. So just because someone works at a big department store like that does not mean they know anything about bows. | | | |
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pizzaman17 -
4-Pointer
McIntyre,Pa.
| | 11/28/2007 10:02 PM |
| | Deffinatelytake it too an Archery shop,and have it checked out. I would not even try to shoot it until I had it checked out,. | | | |
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newhunter -
6-Pointer
Grandville,Michigan
| | 11/29/2007 8:58 PM |
| Dry firing a compound bow can and will put hair line fracture in the limbs.... yes, even with limb savers. limb savers only reduce the recoil and dampen the sound. You should really have the bow checked out. I have never had anything like this happen to me, however one of the guys I work with has a NASTY scare from a string breaking on him.
I hope all checks out good for you.
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coolbreeze -
Spike
| | 12/01/2007 5:11 PM |
| | I have a friend that dry fired his bow back when we were young and dumb.. He thought that it was ok and did it 2 times in a row.. Then he put the bow away , the next day he went hunting and a doe came in he tried to get a shot and when he released the limbs shattered and the lower limb smashed him in the knee cap leaving him with one hell of a lump and scar on his knee. He missed the rest of the bow season SO MY ADVICE IS GET IT CHECKED AND NEVER DRY FIRE A BOW | | | |
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newhunter -
6-Pointer
Grandville,Michigan
| | 12/11/2007 8:27 AM |
| Hey _junior,
What became of your bow? You never updated us as to whether or not your bow was ok or out of commision.
Please let us know if everything was ok. | |
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Ewok -
Button Buck
Jacksonville Il
| | 12/12/2007 4:38 PM |
| | let your uncle shoot it first | |
When I die bury me with my guns and bow there mine and I'm taking them with me. | |
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bertman -
4-Pointer
| | 12/12/2007 9:24 PM |
| | let your uncle shoot it or take it to a pro shop. | | | |
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newhunter -
6-Pointer
Grandville,Michigan
| | 12/16/2007 8:03 AM |
| ewok and bertman, now is that the best advice you both could give a fellow hunter.
Put yourselves in his or his uncles place.
_junior,
The best thing to do is take it to a pro shop if you haven't already.I don't think your uncle dry-fired your bow with the intension to later hurt you. I understand your anger with your uncle but please put safety first. | |
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Davy.Crockett -
Button Buck
| | 01/26/2008 12:01 AM |
| | with todays limbs it isn't good to dry fire it but its prob. ok just wouldn't let it happen a again | | | |
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Mapes -
Button Buck
| | 02/25/2008 6:53 PM |
| | my cousin dry fired my 2 week old PSE XForce this past season. the string came off of the cams, the cables got caught and chewed up in the cams, and i had to pay for everything because the warranty doesnt cover user error. my cousin is just lucky that i am a nice guy, cuz i didnt make him pay a dime. | | | |
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