Can this be shot?

[gudspelr]

I found my dad's old Ben Pearson all fiberglass recurve.  I've got this thing in my head that says I'd really like to make a string up and shoot my dad's old bow, but at the same time, I don't feel like injuring myself due to poor decision making...


 


 

 


The cracks are only on the sides there, near the handle.  Is that enough to say shooting the bow is a bad plan?  Thanks for the help.


Jeremy

[KellyG]

Not a glass guy but lets see who might know.

[macbow]

Since this is a solid glass bow all you need to do is look it over good. Look for any splinters starting. On the cracks add a little super glue and then sand smooth.
Once strung pull it a little at a time and recheck for splinters rising.
We have a bunch of those still,in service with our UBM kids shoots.
Ron

[dmikeyj]

I have a ben pearson 2pc that is the same- all fiberglass.  Good advice from macbow- I use mine all the time, and its a 1954 (I think) model.  
Does that one have pin nocks?

Mike

[gudspelr]

Thanks for the info, guys.  Mike, not sure if they're "pin nocks", but they're pretty darned small.

I decided to take the advice on the superglue, so it started getting cleaned first(had a lot of years of garage shelf gunk on it).  I found a decent little "gouge" in the middle of one limb on the belly side, but it ran from tip to fade and was pretty small.  Figured I'd be alright if I glued it, too and took things slow.

Sadly, the othe limb had a couple spots I hadn't seen previously...  One edge on the belly side had been damaged at some point-looked kind of like something had been scraped against it for about an inch that made me REALLY nervous.  If that didn't get me to calling it a wall hanger from dad, a few inches up past it were the start of a couple small splinters.

Oh, well-better safe than sorry.  And thanks again for the good advice.


Jeremy