Dry fire! What now?

[Whitetoptom]

I'll just own up to what I did. I was screwing around in the living room with my bow. Bare finger drawing and let it go somehow. It's a mathews halon 32. It derailed, the string came off and dinged the riser. Cams look okay to my untrained eye. Limbs look okay other than one little ding in a limb pocket where it contacted a retainer bolt that I would guess kind of hold the limbs in. I'll be headed to the nearest dealer as soon as I can.

In you guys experience what am I up against? Is it fixable? What kind of cost am I up against with say new limbs, cams string and other associated parts. Will mathews be able to help me with repair parts in a timely manner? I was pissed but I've learned it does no good to cut a shine over spilled milk. All I can say is well shit and see what it will take to fix it. Nearest good shop is bout an hour away so I may try to get it to them before they close the middle of the week.

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[Marine4life]

A few years ago I broke a limb at full draw and had mine blow up 3 weeks before my AZ elk hunt. Mathews replaced everything but the riser. It was a warranty item so no cost to me and I had everything in to my shop in 3 days


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[Whitetoptom]

That's a little ding in the limb to the right of the bolt. Doesn't look like much but I'll have someone with some expertise make that call. That's the only visible damage to the limbs I can find.

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[Mike Islander]

Depends. Run a cloth over the limbs to check for frays. Inspect for cracks on the limbs. Check cams for flatness and straight string channels.

Modern bows are pretty tough. Mine survived a dry fire with just a lost peep. And the peep was tied in properly too! Powerful, explosive event. Good luck!

 

[Whitetoptom]

Everything about the cams looks straight to the naked eye. The string channels look good. I've put every straight edge and square on the cams that I have and they look okay. I can't get the cable off to see if the bearings appear okay. They look okay as far as I can see. The cable and yoke are still in place.

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[Trial153]

That's a fairly recent bow so parts should be readily available.
In the dry fires I have seen the most common damage is to the cams and axles, then the strings then the limbs and lastly the riser .

 

[87TT]

You can try to get in and have it checked but it is a busy time of year. I have an old Redhead (BasPro)) bow that has been dry fired three times and all I've done is look it over real hard and restrung it. The strings and cable showed the only minor damage. Still shoots the same. Have it checked and on a draw board and see.

 

[bsnedeker]

I've dry fired my Hoyt, just needed to replace the strings.

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[Miflatlander91]

Dry fired an elite one time the strings were needing replaced anyway broke the sting and sent the peep flying down range cables held the bow together every thing was all good after a new string set showed up


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[Whitetoptom]

Thank you guys for the comments. I've looked over this thing 100 times. I can't find anything major wrong with it. The string that flew off still looks good enough to restring. I'll get somebody to restring it tomorrow and go from there.

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[Mike Islander]

Do yourself a favor and at least grab an inexpensive screw type bow press. Bowmaster is about $40, and buy the add on split limb brackets. The whole thing is under $60. You need to watch the brackets if you are going further than adjusting a peep or string (like reinstalling cables and strings). I will gently tap the forks all the way down with a soft mallet until they are touching the limbs, as they can move up a bit while pressing the bow fully.

Having this simple press will let you do maintenance on your own bow.

 

[Whitetoptom]

Do yourself a favor and at least grab an inexpensive screw type bow press. Bowmaster is about $40, and buy the add on split limb brackets. The whole thing is under $60. You need to watch the brackets if you are going further than adjusting a peep or string (like reinstalling cables and strings). I will gently tap the forks all the way down with a soft mallet until they are touching the limbs, as they can move up a bit while pressing the bow fully.

Having this simple press will let you do maintenance on your own bow.

I'll look into that for sure.

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[87TT]

I bought one of the Bow Medics and adapters. Kind of sketchy to me. Some para cord loops and a couple of ratchet straps worked better. I have the Bow Medic or whatever it is and the adapters but never plan on using them. Not even sure I would want to sell them to anybody as I don't trust them. I built a bow press that is way easier and better for like $50 in parts, It even presses my Pro Defiant with past parallel limbs. Don't know how I got along without it and YouTube.

 

[Whitetoptom]

After a trip a couple of counties over to what turned out to be a great shop I am back in business. After a close inspection by the tech with nothing wrong he could see, he has a new string in stock. Strung up and retuned, I am back in business. Praise the lord! I have been a nervous wreck for two days. Twenty or so shots when I got home and everything seems good.

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