Post by: Mitch H on January 01, 2013, 07:04:00 PM
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. :thumbsup:
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Post by: Mitch H on January 01, 2013, 07:19:00 PM
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. :)
Post by: Goshawkin on January 01, 2013, 07:42:00 PM
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.
Post by: Pointer on January 01, 2013, 08:43:00 PM
Post by: Stumpkiller on January 01, 2013, 11:45:00 PM
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).
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v169/Stumpkiller/Bowhunting/DSCN0721.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v169/Stumpkiller/Bowhunting/DSCN0725.jpg)
Brings a tear to the eye and makes you want to just sick-up.
Post by: Mitch H on January 02, 2013, 12:33:00 AM
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.
Post by: Dan Adair on January 02, 2013, 02:40:00 AM
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Originally posted by Mitch H:I can relate :D
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
(http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL152/10882229/19365005/405111395.jpg)
But then I'm single
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Post by: mrjsl on January 02, 2013, 08:01:00 AM
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Originally posted by Dan Adair:Bwahahaha! Looks like a scene from my childhood.
QuoteOriginally posted by Mitch H:I can relate :D
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
(http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL152/10882229/19365005/405111395.jpg)
But then I'm single [/b]
Post by: wingnut on January 02, 2013, 08:14:00 AM
Mike
Post by: zipper bowss on January 02, 2013, 08:15:00 AM
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Originally posted by wingnut:What Mike said.
Were you by any chance using a fastflight string on the bow? Looks like a classic modern string break too me.
Mike
Post by: Hermon on January 02, 2013, 08:20:00 AM
Post by: creekwood on January 02, 2013, 08:25:00 AM
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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... :)
(http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL152/10882229/19365005/405111395.jpg)
Post by: Bladepeek on January 02, 2013, 11:07:00 AM
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?
Post by: Mitch H on January 02, 2013, 12:29:00 PM
Yes, I have blown up a bunch of bows before, but they were wheel bows. Most of them were destroyed back in the late 80`s or early 90`s when 3-D archery was kinda new and we were all chasing speed. My last wheel bow break was a couple of years ago when I got off an airplane from Africa I went straight to Quebec, got the bow out, loaded an arrow, went to full draw, and while I was aiming the top limb snapped.
Don`t know if I somehow bumped this recurve, but if I did, I have no idea when or how I did it?
The pictures are gone now because I failed to properly size them. I will try to get them sized and put back up.
Post by: Stumpkiller on January 02, 2013, 01:02:00 PM
http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb151/BIGCOUNTRYOUTDOORS/DSC01648_zps8b933a48.jpg
http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb151/BIGCOUNTRYOUTDOORS/DSC01650.jpg
http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb151/BIGCOUNTRYOUTDOORS/DSC01649.jpg
Ooooo! They are big. Looks like it was clamped too hard and squeezed all the epoxy out of the lamination - the glass didn't pull up any wood when it split away. But that's from a boat builder - not a bow builder.
Post by: Bladepeek on January 02, 2013, 03:05:00 PM
I agree with a bad epoxy joint. The epoxy/wood joint should have been stronger than the wood core itself. I'm not a bowyer, but I've tried to take a few scales off my knives and never could break that joint. Had to grind it right down to bare metal.
Post by: gringol on January 02, 2013, 03:08:00 PM
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Originally posted by Dan Adair::biglaugh:
QuoteOriginally posted by Mitch H:I can relate :D
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
(http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL152/10882229/19365005/405111395.jpg)
But then I'm single [/b]
That's great! If I was single I might do that just cause it looks cool. Great conversation starter!
Post by: bentpole on January 02, 2013, 03:10:00 PM
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Post by: Mike Most on January 02, 2013, 03:50:00 PM
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Post by: Dan Adair on January 06, 2013, 06:38:00 AM
At the time, I had a girlfriend living here. She was in the dining room, at the table, working on some kind of hippy art thing. She stood up and walked towards the sink right about the time I hit anchor.
Freaked my **** out, and the string was already heading towards brace.
Then the arrow went through the wall.....
Two weeks later, she put a bookshelf on the exit side of that wall. With windchimes hanging off the top somehow. Hippies are great at stacking and hanging things off of other things (next time you see a kayak, bicycle, and Thule rack on a Subaru, look for dreadlocks and Grateful Dead tattoos) Anyhow, there was about a 5" slot between the windchimes, bookshelf, and if I stood on the far end of the back of the trialer crapper, there was about a 3" slot all the way down the trailer to my block target 20 yards away.
Well, I had a few beers in me on a Saturday, and thought to myself "I can make that shot..." I hit anchor, heard the front door start to open (seriously in the line of fire) and sure as hell... SHOT THE WINDCHIMES!!! Her poor cat Odie jumped 6' in the air and then ran two laps around the front room before he was hunkered down on all 4's hyperventilating, and thanking Jesus that the big spooky monster didn't eat him whole. Poor kitty never took a nap in the front room ever again.
On a serious note... I knew that chick was going to cause me problems when she said "You spent 400 BUCKS on LIMBS for your stupid little TOY"