Not For the Faint of Heart

[Phrogdrvr]

Shooting my bow this afternoon, and this happened.  



I'm still a little bit shaken up, this is the first one to ever blow up on me.  What stinks is, this is one of the best shooting bows I have ever held.  87# at 28"

Now for the part that makes this post "not for the faint of heart"... my abs covered with winter grizzle.       This is the only injury I sustained, my gut and my knuckle, thank God.  It felt like the bow had impaled me.



The very kind gentleman I bought the bow from even offered to reimburse me the full cost of the bow, without me even asking.  I didn't feel right about that so we came to another agreement.

Thanks for reading.
Tom

[dhermon85]

Whoa! Coulda been a lot worse. Glad you are okay.
I'm sure 87@28 didn't feel good.

[BowHuntingFool]

OUCH!!!!!!!

[ghoster808]

Any theories on where and why it failed?

[jkm97]

Man that sucks. What caused this?

[Phrogdrvr]

Ghoster,

I don't want to speculate, I think it just happens sometimes- even with the best of equipment.

I strictly followed the 8 to 10 GPP rule of thumb, and was drawing it right at 28".

Tom

[stickem1]

Dang! Glad you're ok. Just reading the bow specs made my back muscles hurt...

[Mamba]

That sucks, I have had 2 bows delaminates while shooting but it was at the top of the limbs.

[Wannabe1]

Man that really sucks but, I'm just glad you were not hurt worse!   :eek:

[Jayrod]

Godbless ya your lucky!!

Glad you are OK!

I have had a couple bows break  on me and it sucks when it happens!

Bisch

[Orion]

Glad you weren't hurt more seriously.  That's a pretty small longbow riser for that much draw weight.  Not a lot of wood in the sight window.  Looks like you found it's structural limit.

[Knawbone]

Glad your OK and sorry about your bow. I didn't think two piece bows were made at such a heavy draw weight? Perhaps that had something to do with it? No expert, just an observation!

[ISP 5353]

WOW!  Very glad you were not seriously injured!

[FerretWYO]

Yikes. Glad that's all that happened to ya.

[jmahma]

The take down system looks fine to me. That wasn't the problem.  I saw this bow on the auction site recently. That was a beautiful bow. Glad you're okay.

[Duker]

WOW       Glad your ok

[Wudstix]

Glad it turned out OK.  Had a Graphlex arrow accordian on my arm once years ago and though I had been stuck.

[Steve Jr]

OUCH!!! Glad to hear you weren't hurt worse and nice of the bowyer is going to make it right.  

[Knawbone]

Originally posted by jmahma:
The take down system looks fine to me. That wasn't the problem.  I saw this border griffon on the auction site recently. That was a beautiful bow. Glad you're okay.

Your probably right Jmahama, but it could have contributed to the weakening of the riser section due to the rigidity of the grip section. There must be a reason why most bowyers limit draw weight on two piece bows? Not saying that was the problem for the bow blowing up, but was a possible contributing factor. Nothing is proven out here that I can see! Maybe a bowyer or two will weigh in.