Bow Life Expectancy

[House]

Bingo Krebs

         

I Think all my bows will last longer than me (at least I hope they will)

Travis

[eric-thor]

shaft slinger u r a brave man . maby a little too tightly rapped as well.  

[joevan125]

I have 2 59 kodiaks and a 59 Grizzly that look and shoot as good as any custom bow i own.

[shaft slinger]

Eric, if the bow breaks...I can say I out lived the bow!!!! Right now it looks like it will still be around for my grand sons!!!!...I am alittle "Wrapped"!!!  Longarrow      

[Ron+dog]

i have one thats way older than me and im really hoping i can pass it on if they are taken care of and built well they should out last us all
 

[James Wrenn]

Any of them can break at any moment but that moment might be years from now.  The trick is to always have another bow in case the moment comes too soon.   :D

[Steelhead]

Thiers no defintive answer to that question.I have had 3 bows that were less than a year old blow up.One riser blew in  half at the throat of the grip.I had a bow bolt TD blow in half.A longbow limb that folded in half.All these at full draw.Had an all wood laminated bow start to seperate between the lams just beyond the fadeouts.

I have had a few other bows that had thousands upon thousands of shots put through them  with no problems at all.I take good care of my archery gear.Some are destined to have problems at some point.Some are solid state and gonna take a licking and keep on ticking.These bows that bit the dust were all made by reputable bowyers who knew thier craft.

A lemons going to show up once in awhile.But in general a well made bows gonna last a long time with reasonable care.

[liv'nonaprayer]

All my bows are almost a old as I am,look like they were made yesterday(except for a few dings and scratches).By the way I'm 55!

[59Alaskan]

I don't own a bow newer than 1975.  I have a 1959 and 1960 Grizzly that I have put thousands of shots through in the past 6 months.  Who knows what happened before me on these bows?  

I see it as likely they will keep on going for years if I treat them as well as they treat me.