Dry Fire!

[steviebby]

Yep It happened!! I was showing a mate who dosent hunt my bow the other day.anyway he drew back on the bow which was fair enough but then before I could finish nooooooo!!! he let go. The little rubber string silences flew off and it was a unusually lound release (compared to an arrow being let go)but no permenant damage.My question Is does it effect the tuning of the bow? Is there anything I can or should do now to get back the optimum performance of my bow?. steve

[Warlocke]

Steve,

Check the limbs for de-lamination or any sign of vertical splitting down the cut-out where the cams sit, then go through all the parts on the bow to make sure the shock hasn't jarred anything loose.

And sometimes the string or cable could jump its track on the cam.

Most times you will get by with a dry fire, but if there were any underlying problems with the bow, dry firing will find them.

[XTfreak]

My advice, (AFTER you do all Warlocke suggested) is be very carfeful the first couple times you fire it with an arrow.
Bill

[No eye deer]

I reckon you'll get away with it.I've seen a couple of bows dry fired and they seemed alright.
That should be a lesson to all of us.Never let a newbie draw your bow, before you explain how to let it down.We should also explain about the sudden pull as they let it down!

Mark

[nick]

If its a mathews (last years or before with the rubber draw stop) then check the bottom limb for a split in it.

I dryfired my lx and the bottom limb split, 130 bucks later it was up and running, no other damage.

Just restating what the other posts say, check and recheck, hate to see it go bang while at full draw.

[bobzila]

mate i dry fired my old bow 3 time and never had a problem with it and my 75# power tec once and havnt had a problem with that so i would say your fine

[Wareagle]

What poundage is your bow? how old is the string? if you knew what your A to A was before, as well as brace height, check it, if it has changed, check axles for strightness, put new strings on pronto. obviously you would have checked the bow out visually.

[NormGunston]

Closing the gate after the horse has bolted- a lot of people have a "law' that says never draw a bow without an arrow nocked.
Ant

[woody]

Closing the gate after the horse has bolted- a lot of people have a "law' that says never draw a bow without an arrow nocked.
Ant

Thats good advice, I have a friend who said,

Yes you can draw my bow, but dont dry fire it.

Ok.

The bow was drawn and dry fired.

I thought I said not to dry fire it.

Whats dry firing?

A case for justifiable homicide Some people are just too sloooow for words! Trust no one with your favourite bow. :D

[Kimall]

Yer most people have no idea about bows particulary compound,there is just so much energy stored in those limbs at full draw.A mate of mine who is a bowhunter was in the local guns shop and saw that while the guy who owned the shop was serving, a guy was drawing and dry firing a Martin Jag repeatley(3 or 4 times).Wouldn"t that be nice to be the next neebie that comes in a buys a bow package and gets this one.I really think that they need to be treated more like guns and less like toys as people just dont take them seriously.Thet do make a TERRIBLE noise when dry fired it sends a shiver down the spine each time I hear it.In my experience it just seems like luck of the draw if they hold together or get damaged when it happens.
Cheers KIM

[steviebby]

Yeah I think I was lucky it seems to shoot fine being a split limb design of the hoyt i think i got away with any probs this time. I am now however extremly vigilant who I let draw my bow .It Is funny watching people let down a bow after a full draw that whipping effect of the cams gets them every time!!.but the bottom line Is if you cant trust em dont let them!!Its a pity I had to learn that the hard way.

[XTfreak]

steviebby,
I reckon 90% of the users on this forum learned the hard way. The other 10% havent learned yet 8)
Bill

[jimbo]

if somebody wants to try my bow i always tell them 'kings cross rules apply'' you f@*k you pay

[Hoyt_Trykon]

lol i like that rule jimbo. tis a good one. I dry fired my trykon not so long ago and the whole string came of the cams. The string had a few problems with it but other then that the bow was fine. I'd check ur string out aswelll mate.

[phoenix]

It helps when you have a 70 pound bow and non of your friends can pull it back lol,