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Offline Bruce M

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It Happened
« on: April 13, 2021, 07:36:46 AM »
I tempted fait too much and the bow folded.
I really shouldn't have been shooting this bow, being so old, but I really did enjoy shooting it while I had it. A 1952 (I believe) Bear Polar
Broke as I drew back.
https://i.postimg.cc/dtPGjVTf/368814-D7-B6-CA-441-E-842-D-98851585-F08-B.jpg
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Re: It Happened
« Reply #1 on: April 13, 2021, 08:39:29 AM »
It's a shame; nice looking bow.  But nuthin's forever.
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Re: It Happened
« Reply #2 on: April 13, 2021, 08:41:27 AM »
Definitely not a fun thing.
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Re: It Happened
« Reply #3 on: April 13, 2021, 09:04:18 AM »
Sad ending....
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Re: It Happened
« Reply #4 on: April 13, 2021, 09:26:14 AM »
It’s always sad to see these old bows give up the ghost, but I firmly believe that it’s better to see them in use than being neglected and collecting dust on a rack.
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Re: It Happened
« Reply #5 on: April 13, 2021, 10:02:41 AM »
It happens.  Hope no one was hurt.
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Re: It Happened
« Reply #6 on: April 13, 2021, 10:27:44 AM »
Ouch!  At 67, I'm starting to wonder when I'll be broken beyond repair more than when my longbows will be broken beyond repair. 
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Re: It Happened
« Reply #7 on: April 13, 2021, 10:30:37 AM »
They were meant, to be bent...  :archer2: Sometimes, they break...  :scared:

Better to have shot and lost, than to never have shot at all...
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Offline Bruce M

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Re: It Happened
« Reply #8 on: April 13, 2021, 10:51:01 AM »
Yeah I'm of the same mindset of rather shoot and break than let it sit on a rack collecting dust.

No, no one hurt. Rather uneventful, just kind of had enough and gave up during the pull, not at full draw yet.
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Offline Matt Fowler

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Re: It Happened
« Reply #9 on: April 13, 2021, 02:10:24 PM »
It'll make an awesome wallhanger now!
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Offline Bruce M

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Re: It Happened
« Reply #10 on: April 13, 2021, 03:07:23 PM »
lol, yep already hanging in the basement bow shop/woodshop/hang out
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Offline MattfromVT

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Re: It Happened
« Reply #11 on: April 13, 2021, 03:43:09 PM »
Sorry about the bow... and the new underwear you probably needed when you heard that crack
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Offline Kokopelli

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Re: It Happened
« Reply #12 on: April 13, 2021, 06:51:20 PM »
For what it's worth, the last bow I had break, a black glass / rosewood Super Diablo, I cut off the limb tips for key fobs. Seems fitting that my key to the range is on a bow tip.
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Re: It Happened
« Reply #13 on: April 13, 2021, 08:18:40 PM »
That lower limb looks like my left knee before a TKR.
Sometimes fate will sneak up on you when you least expect it.
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Offline Wudstix

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Re: It Happened
« Reply #14 on: April 16, 2021, 11:10:55 PM »
I'm praying that doesn't happen with any of my bows.  Closest was the horn tip cutting a FF string at full draw (66.2#)
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