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dnovo
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Nick
For your question about arrow weight, my bow that let go were all in the 54- 57# range and I've always shot wood arrows of either POC or ash. weight ranges from 550 at the very lightest to my average of 650. So I don't think arrow weight had anything to do with it. All the ones I've seen fail have all been limb failures in the same areas of either top of bottom limb. The failures are all on the belly side.

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I had a JD Berry break just two weeks ago that looked exactly like your break except it was the top limb that let go. I bought the bow several years ago,new, and I had put it up for a few years. I had gotten it back out and had shot it for a little over a week when it let go on me. I've had a lot of bows break over the years and I just chalked this up to bad luck. I think JD Berry makes a great bow but any bow can break.
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Dang!!! Glad your OK! Knocked myself un-concious one time when the top limb tip broke off my recurve. Everybody else saw the humor in it imediatley, however it took me a couple days to find it funny!

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Daniel,Thanks for that. It was just a thought on why they let go. [dunno]
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quote:
Originally posted by elkken:
I have had this bow for many years and have owned three other Berry bows with no issues and years of good shooting.
I have two questions for you: Why in the wide world of sports did you post this here for all the world to see?? [dunno]

How can anything good come from this thread? [dntthnk]

Let it die boys....**** happens to everyone. Build a few hundred bows and it'll happen to you one day.

I can't believe the mods have not nuked this...

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Personally, I see nothing wrong with Ken's post. Folks discuss things that happen to them all the time...good and bad. I did not see Ken or anyone else faulting the bowyer. Besides, Ken is one of the good guys not meaning to inflame.

A warning to all to check your bows occasionally is good advice too.

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I aggree with Blackhawk in that it is just sharing an experience and a reminder for all of us to check our equipment every once in awhile to make sure that there are not any warning signs there.
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My intent with this post was not to bash or blame Berry bows, as I mentioned I have had several of them with good results and years of fun shooting, the intent is about safety.

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