Limb let go…...

[Mitch H]

I was shooting a bow that I do not use often this evening.....in my house, which always starts a conversation with my wife.    :D  

Anyway, I had this bow made maybe 8-10 years ago by a local bowyer, and it is a pretty recurve that shoots arrows pretty fast compared to most other recurves at the same draw length and weight, but it was never my favorite for some reason, so it gets limited use.

I am thinking that it has launched it`s last arrow, inside the living room or anywhere else.    

[riverrat 2]

Grim. Been there,and it is a sick feeling. On the bright side,you have an excellent reason for the Mrs.s' to buy a replacement. rat'

[ISP 5353]

Glad you were not seriously hurt!

[ron w]

Yep, not going to use that one anymore.....glad you didn't get hurt.     Off to the classifieds....LOL!

[GRINCH]

Thats a shame,looks like a good excuse to get another bow.

[Cyclic-Rivers]

Bummer about the bow.

[Mitch H]

I just ordered two Mentors from Wes Wallace last week, but they will be another 6 months in getting here.

I have a local guy that usually has a large inventory of used bows, even left handers like I need. Hopefully he has something inexpensive to get me by for a while. The Mrs. never questions my spending habits, but after ordering those two bows last week, I don`t want to give her a reason to start now.  

[Goshawkin]

Ouch,glad it didn't hit your eye.    

I had one let go and crack me ontop of the head hard enough that I didn't know what happened until the blood ran into my eye.

[Pointer]

Scary stuff Mitch...I've had two blow up on me over the years...it's a sick feeling..

[Stumpkiller]

Owwwwww.

That's a sickening feeling.  I recently had an early Red Wing Hunter lose a tip when the arrow's nock failed and the arrow went off to one side - a dry fire.  Sounded like a whip cracking.  (B-50 Dacron endless-loop string).

   

   

Brings a tear to the eye and makes you want to just sick-up.

[Mitch H]

Sorry to see that Stumpkiller! I had some pics up of mine after the mishap, but I think I forgot to make them the correct size, so they were removed.

Mine looks like a complete de-lamination of the bottom limb to me, but I am new to trad bow failures.

I know that I still had the string in my hand when the pieces were done flying around.

[Dan Adair]

Originally posted by Mitch H:
I was shooting a bow that I do not use often this evening.....in my house, which always starts a conversation with my wife.     :D  

I can relate  :D


But then I'm single

[soy]

Love how You have decorated the place  

[cacciatore]

I am glad you are not been hurt badly!About the arrow it is something that happened myself a couple of times.  

[mrjsl]

Originally posted by Dan Adair:
 

Originally posted by Mitch H:
I was shooting a bow that I do not use often this evening.....in my house, which always starts a conversation with my wife.      :D    

I can relate   :D  
 

But then I'm single [/b]

Bwahahaha! Looks like a scene from my childhood.

[wingnut]

Were you by any chance using a fastflight string on the bow? Looks like a classic modern string break too me.

Mike

[zipper bowss]

Originally posted by wingnut:
Were you by any chance using a fastflight string on the bow? Looks like a classic modern string break too me.

Mike

What Mike said.

[Hermon]

Don't mean to hijack the thread, but when I click on the above links it just takes me to photobucket catagories page.  What am I doing wrong?  Only happens when people post a link to a photo on here.

[creekwood]

Originally posted by Dan Adair:

 

What a wonderful idea, you can hang a roll of paper towels on one side of the wall and your bow on the other.  Can't get more convenient than that.  Now if I can just talk my wife into the idea...    

[Bladepeek]

I also get directed to the categories page when I click on the links.

Looking at the one pic of the bow, I'd have the same question about using a FF string on a bow not built for one. From the comment that you've "blown up a bunch" of other bows, what weight arrow are you shooting in GPP? Are the bows being "semi-dry-fired" every time?