so i was shooting a bow i just picked up from a guy and shot it a few times i got it for my girl friend well tonite when shooting it after about 5 rounds of three arrrows at a time the third arrow i shot the top limb blew of the bow i bvelive its a samick fedora or something like that only had the bow two days and i had no stress cracks or tiwst in teh limbs any body have an explantion, the guy i got it from said it was made in italy it looked just like a black widow
It's always a good idea to have the right bow name if you're going to post a thread like this. Made in Italy would be a Ragim most likely. If it looks like a Widow it is actually probably a Samick made in Korea. Fedoras are made in PA.
Could be lot's of cause for a blow up. Where did it actually break?
I believe Samick is from Korea, and Fedora is from Pennsylvania, so I don't know what sort of bow you had. Sucks about it blowing up, though...Mike
I had four bows blow up on me. Two were Navajo Scounts, One was a Wapiti Recurve and the other was a no-name bow that I took in trade. The No-name bow was the one that did the most damage to me. I required 9 stiches in my head after that incident.
Make sure you shoot an arrow of at least 8 grains per pound or damage may result. Never dry fire!
Saw a compound blow up beside me once in an indoor range. The wheel must have cracked or something and it was pumped up at the time.
The cable came around and ripped his forearm off. I was testing out a compound at the time and i gently passed the compound back to the owner of the shop and went back shootin my recurve
Jer Bear
I had a no name bow that blew up on me at full draw. Hurt like a s.o.b., but no damage to me. The tip split off down to the riser. I had only shot it 5 times when it happened. No dry fire and not broke nocks.
Oh Ya!!!!
only 1 and it was my own fault!
Selfbows can come apart unexpectedly. I had a 45# rawhide-backed lemonwood selfbow that I made finally decide it was time to become kindling after 5 years of faithful performance. At full draw the top limb broke about 10 inches below the string groove and the sharp end of the small piece of caught me just above the eyebrow of my dominant right eye and penetrated to the skull. It was messy - looked sort of like the guy advertising the pepper spray for bear repellent after being mauled. I was not wearing any eye protection and I am still very thankful to this day that nothing more serious happened.... Someone was looking over me that particular afternoon!
I have had many and some very nicebows at that.
one or two selfwood longbow. and 3 old bear bows.
but it happens to the best of us.
Any bowyer, correction; any "honest" bowyer has had a few give out on them for one reason or another. A guy only learns the limit by breaking a few bows. Heck, I even had both limbs explode at the same time on me once. Someone must have been watching out for me 'cause when the splinters finally settled I didn't have a scratch on me. Pretty neat to see...in a weird sort of way ;)
I had a Anderson "Big Game Hunter" blow up on me. It was a 58" recurve. Gave way at the top fade out. No fun at all. Hap
oh yeah......
I have had 4 blow up on me.It can happen with any bow from the best bows built to a no name bow.2 blew in half at the throat of the grip and 2 had the upper limb blow out.In my experience this allways happens when you are at full draw.You will get blasted pretty good.Every archer should go though it at least once to get his badge LOL.
Yikes!!!
I had a Carbon/Foam limbed Morrison Shawnee give up, fairly spectacularly! Bow was only a week old & I was at full draw with maybe it's 30th arrow. I also had the top limb blow on my Hoyt FITA recurve.
It's happened to every bowyer out there & probably most longbow/recurve shooters at some time or another.
Oh, and carbon splinters HURT!!! :biglaugh:
I had the buffalo tip sheer off my Border and the limb come flying around fortunately without injury! Scary when that happens! :scared: They use just carbon tips now.
Not yet (it's bound to happen if a guy shoots long enough) a recurve, but once a compound.
It was a memorable trip to the ER... :scared:
I was shooting beside my buddy this summer when his 2 year old compound bow blew up. It cut his hand and eye brow pretty good. His bow just broke in half at the grip must have been a flaw or stress crack in the metal riser is all we could figure since thats the strongest part of the bow.
Yep. Had a real nice selfbow made out of Ash come apart at full draw in four pieces! I had it tillered to 26" and I only draw 25" and it still blew. Never had a glass backed one part yet? I did see an old ProLine or York compound....not sure of the name but it was the one that you shot thru the center of the riser....the cable parted and the guy shooting it looked as though a Samurai sliced him from the top of his head to the middle of his chest. It required many stitches. Ya never know:) IJ
2 to be exact
The bow was A Tamars Foredor.I believe it was made by Ragim in Italy. I sold John the bow.I am refunding him his money.I think these bows were distributed by AIM archery and they also were the US distributer for Samick.They are out of business.Does anyone know who is going to handle the distribution of Ragim or Samick in the future?
Never had one blow up on me while shooting it, but broke one once when I was checking its weight on a scale. Bow breakage can be caused by poor design (a too small throat, for example, or no or insufficient limb tip overlays for today's fast flite strings) or material or construction problems such as an unseen crack or weakness in the wood and/or starved glue joints, etc. Even with these flaws, most bows will hold up under normal circumstances. But they'll break when put under undue stress, which I think might be occurring more as folks with long draws attempt to shoot shorter and shorter bows.
I had a 75# Pearson blow up, slap me square on the top of the head and knock me flat.
Some people say that could be what's wrong with me.........
My Friends Morrison Carbon/Foam blew at full draw. He knew something was wrong when he was holding just the string with no bow attached...
Yep, first attempt at a selfbow. I was drawing it to check the tiller ( I just whittled it out until it looked like a bow and strung it up).
It was maple, and when it blew there was shrapnel all over the place. Kinda scary!
dont ask bbassi about a really pretty Wing he let me try..(I do think he has pics somewhere).... Lucky for me, I was un-scathed. It did take quite a bit of nerve to draw the next bow I shot.......
My Bear Magnum after I had used it more than 10 years. It was more of an instant and catastrophic delam.
Several self bows that I made. I think it was pin knots in the center of the limbs that were not obvious when I was buidling them. Only one blew up on a customer - that was in February and probably was strung and shot quickly without warmup. I have had both Hickory and Ipe blow up. I fully test in my shop before they go out so hopefully any structural flaws are found by me. Thankd the LORD no one , especially me, has been hurt in any blow ups. They usually just go blam and fold back in my hand.
I have heard of injuries with some folk.
I watched a kid pull the cables off some keepers on a compound in a Sporting Goods store one day. He was bleeding from hand and neck - they took him in the back....
Don't know how bad it really was.
I don't trust all that mechanical stuff.
Just a bow and string is technical enough for me :)
Two samick's, cracked last week in my archery league lancaster archery replaced them. find out where the guy bought it and it should be covered.
Bill
One riser split right through the shelf and grip at full draw. No injuries thank goodness...
Only time this happened to me was with a compound. One of the cables let go. It just made a bunch of noise and the cables and string just wound around it's self. No damage, but sure got my attention!
Yep. Twice. Both well named bowyers and both replaced or refunded. Regardless, a very unpleasant experience. One blew up while hunting on a tripod at full draw.
I've had two blow up- a '67 Super Kodiak and a '68 Super Kodiak. One was obviously high risk but the '68 kinda surprised me. Each delammed along the lower nose cap. Rob Peel is right- that kinda weight (69#) packs a wallop when it folds up at full draw. I still shoot a 65# Super K pretty regularly but I'm a little flinchy for the first few shots- but only with older phenolic bows. Grant
I had one 90# no-name longbow split at the edge of the sight window and back up through the limb, luckily I had the bow canted over enough for the top limb to miss me as it came flying back. I had been shooting that bow for 6 months and showed no signs of defect.
I had one blow up on me. Scared me more than anything. A few splinters to pull out of my hand. I was more sad for the loss of the bow. It was a great little bow. Real bueaty. Hated to see her busted up.
I've had three compounds come apart on me and one recurve over the years.
Not a good thing to happen for sure. :eek: :scared:
It hasn't happened to me (yet), but it happened last summer to my son, who was 9 at the time. A well-made youth bow came unglued and whacked the daylights out of him. I'm glad to say that the bowyer replaced the bow and my son's back to shooting. :thumbsup:
I had a Tamars Foredor and a couple of Selfbows blown up on me.
Didn´t get hurt, luckily.
i had a hazelnut selfbow blow up on me when i was stringing it. using a stringer to... just blew up just above the handle and wacked my hand real good cause it was numb for a while.. and it was loud when it blew to!
i had a one piece ol adcock ACS CX by built by OL himself Blow up . The top limb smacked me right in the center of the forehead . I was taking a practice shot while in my tree stand two falls ago. Some times it happens. The bow was fine one minute the next OUCH. Still waiting on Ol's promise to replace that bow........ hope it happens soon, I miss that stick!
My buddy was pulling his brand new,high speed compound contraption back, got it to full draw and "BLAM"!!! The peep sight acctually flew out and hit my wife in the neck.She didnt need stitch's but it was a pretty bad cut.Kinda scarey and funny at the same time.The top pully had a sharp spot in it and cut the cable in half.Never had any blow up on me yet, nock on wood. Maybe I'll squeek by without that happening. HA!! Jason
Last season I was drawing on a monster black bear at 10 ft when BAM!! The bow jumped out of my hand and the arrow?I have no ideal.Scared the bear more than me.
I hope I can squeek by on this one too. :D
Zack
BTW, Samicks are made in China now, at least that's what mine said when I got it a couple months ago.
Had four break the top limbs. Three recurves and one compound.The worst injury was just a good hard whack on the head.I have been very lucky. Ben
How about a 76lb Ancient Spirits Kadiak breaking in half at the top of the site window at full draw! More action than I'll need to see again.
My first and only selfbow (yet!) broke at full draw. It was just a little hickory bow I backed with silk, but it felt like a ball bat bouncing off the top o' my head!
I had a Wing(AMF)Thunderbird blow up when stringing with a stringer back in the mid-70's. Sounded like a gun going off. Really got my attention but no one was hurt.
I had a compound bow blow up after release. Nothing too spectacular. Was kind of strange looking at a riser and lower limb, with cables draped over my arm.
It can happen with any bow and at any time. Personally it has happened to me with a newer high end bow, vintage bow, and my selfbows too.
And if you have not experienced it yet-you will.
A compound blew up one night during league. The teardrop pulled off the end of the cable. Just a scratch on a finger. The arrow ended up in the center of the 10 ring!
My buddy handed me a homemade 70# takedown recurve he just purchased 10 min earlier at Denton's swap meet. I drew it back and KABLOOM! Lawnchairs, archers, and wood chunks went flying in all directions! Turns out the knucklehead who built it used wood screws as limb bolts!