Greetings gentlemen, I am new to the forum and wanted to introduce myself. My name is Justin and I live in the Pittsburgh, PA area. I have been shooting traditional archery for about 12 years or so (on and off). Unfortunately, life has a funny way of throwing twists and turns at you and it was necessary for me to put down the stick and string for a few years due to deployments, work schedule, living arrangements, etc...
Now I find myself able to get back in to the sport, and so I had pulled out my trusty old Martin recurve and strung it once again. You see, I still live in suburbia, but there is this pesky groundhog in my backyard
Now I think I know that answer to this already, but I might as well ask to satisfy my curiosity...
My bow has been sitting for a couple of years, and seems to have a problem. I pulled it out to slay a vicious cereal box in my newly acquired back yard yesterday and after four or five shots I felt a severe smack against my left arm and tourque on the bow that shouldn't have been. I looked down and lo and behold it appeared that the string had passed the riser of the bow (so it kind of resembled a figure 8). I re-strung and shot a few more and the same thing happened. Is this a string problem or did neglecting my bow for a couple of years ruin it (which would probably serve me right)? After examining it further I have noticed a slight twist to the bottom riser that becomes more than slight during my draw. Any thoughts or should I just start over with something new?
Wow, sorry this became so long, hello and I look foreward to talking recurves and instinctive shooting with you all in the future.
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