cornfedkiller
WKR
I've got a shop lined up now that's a little further away but i'll go get this all sorted out. Appreciate your insight on this. thank you!
Keep us posted on what you find out!
I've got a shop lined up now that's a little further away but i'll go get this all sorted out. Appreciate your insight on this. thank you!
The first time this happened the arrow was fine, no damage to it (went and flexed all my older arrows yesterday after someone had suggested it)Asking again.
The first time this happened the arrow was fine, no damage to it (went and flexed all my older arrows yesterday after someone had suggested it)
Normally it won’t cause a major arrow defect but a. Defective arrows that accidentally passed quality control could possibly explode. A major torque and the arrow continues to travel after derailment could cause a major catastrophe as he experienced. If it’s off rails, and in a bind against the riser and rest this breakage could be possible.Shooting too light of arrows is essentially the same as dry firing a bow.
Get a new archery shop to work with.
For what it’s worth, torquing a bow is common for new archers and will not cause arrows to be damaged. It just causes poor arrow flight and accuracy problems.
This stands out to me. Can you set up a spot to shoot in your yard or house?I bought a brand new Elite Basin bow 6 months ago. I probably have cycled 200 arrows through it.
I had a Hoyt derail on me when I was letting it down. It bent the cam and had to be replaced. The let down was my fault as it had slipped past the draw stop and I told a friend to put some pressure on the cam so I could slip past the draw stop on let down. Bad idea.My gut tells me it was accidentally dry fired the first time, and with a derailment a bent cam isn't uncommon. Bent cam, just slightly makes it easier to derail from torquing it, and a derailment with that arrow on the string ended up pushing the back end of that shaft into the top of your rest at launch.
Might be you are just really gripping it and causing it, don't know.
Check your cams with a straight edge, look for any bend in them. They could have bent even if you had an arrow on both times and it derailed from torque.
I had a Hoyt derail on me when I was letting it down. It bent the cam and had to be replaced. The let down was my fault as it had slipped past the draw stop and I told a friend to put some pressure on the cam so I could slip past the draw stop on let down. Bad idea.
That's great to hear, it definitely gave me some confidence back in my bow. One of my bow hunting buddies can only say Hoyt, everything else is garbage. I get it, he's a brand guy. Anyway, thanks again for your time replying here, I honestly appreciate it!I don’t think any Elite bow is a bad bow. I haven’t bought a new bow since the Kure came out. Love it but I sold it to a buddy before I PCSd overseas. I’m still shooting a 2003 Elite Answer that I bought new in 2012 after my second deployment. I just fired off 4 dozen arrows and it shoots as good as it did the day I bought it. I have killed dozens of animals with it. Some people would probably laugh at it but I kill stuff with it.
That’s enough about my opinion on your bow and mine, don’t want to detail your thread.
Sorry, but a guy that thinks the shop sets his sights for him and doesn't shoot it after they set it up has ZERO business pressing a bow building arrows and maybe worse trying to work a draw board.I’m going to just say it,it sounds like you and buddy don’t know what the hell’s going on.
Get a bow press,arrow saw,scale,square and draw board,that way you can see what’s going on.
Slow down and just invest it those things.Less than 500 and you will recoup that easy within a few years.Most shops are so busy or stupid its
not worth the drive.
There are some awesome shops but it’s definitely not the norm.
I totally agree, it seems the knee jerk reaction is for every newb to get a used bow from the classifieds and invest the rest into a home shop. It’s like telling someone to buy a car with no engine so they can get a cherry picker to install one.Sorry, but a guy that thinks the shop sets his sights for him and doesn't shoot it after they set it up has ZERO business pressing a bow building arrows and maybe worse trying to work a draw board.
He needs to have someone who knows what they are doing set the bow up and he needs to take lessons.