WARNING: My bow blew up. I almost lost an eye, but...

[Kevin Dill]

It's July...the month named after the Roman general Julius Caesar...known for his war skills and willingness to do battle.

[Kelly]

[Kelly]

Originally posted by pcg:
Thanks for the affirmation. I just excruciatingly re-read the entire thread and agree: there's nothing here that leads to some of the comments that are injected. Hey, some people have their own agenda and will invariably try to color topics to fit their preconceptions. Hijackers lurk in every forum, and TG is no exception.

I'm thrilled that you too survived with your eyes intact. I do believe that wearing safety glasses should be beaten into every archer's head. It isn't. Even with the high profile injuries we all know about, most shooters will cling to their habits, or forget this advice. May luck be with them. After my own experience, I've begun even un-stringing bows only when I have glasses on. As you wrote, it stunned the devil out of me. What a shock, and what astounding luck. I'm delighted this thread has helped a few TGers.

That is easy to say now when people have gone back and edited the words they originally said that created the defense of Mr Miller.

[arsurveyor]

Originally posted by gonefishing600:
Another thing that can cause a delamination is a dry fire do to nock failer. Your shooting really good one day, groups are really tight, and bam you hear an arrows slap. You pull your arrows and the next round, you have a dry fire.

It's happend to me several time. Now, every time I hear an arrow slap, I inspect my nocks and have one two occations found half of the nock chipped off.

I guess you could call it half a robin hood.

Something to think about.

Please tell me it didn't happen to the bow I bought off of you......

[RC]

Hunting season needs to hurry and get here...RC

[frassettor]

Originally posted by RC:
Hunting season needs to hurry and get here...RC

I agree!!!

[jeffg]

I think this horse has been beaten to death. The horse is dead
It is what it is.

[gonefishing600]

Originally posted by jeffg:
I think this horse to death. The horse is dead
It is what it is.

I agree, please let this die!

nuff said~!~!

[darin putman]

:eek:    :eek:    :eek:    :eek:    :eek:    :eek:  MAN O MAN just read the whole thread, don't know what all has been edited but accidents can and do happen. Sometimes my fault, sometimes yours, I think of yall as part of my family. Wife goes to facebook I come here, everyone has taught me so much wish I'd had computer access years ago. I post sometimes but read all the time, love the classifieds and hope to be able to share a hunt with yall one day. Maybe we could just forgive and forget this once and keep the fire burning. Thanks TRADGANG !!!!!!!!

I had a metal handled Bear takedown blowup once, right in the area of where the top limb bracket came, the riser blew into popcorn sized pieces.  I had two black eyes, a soar ear and a lump on the back of my head.  The limb stayed on the string and I do not know what chunk hit me where, it all happened too fast. I also had a Bear takedown blow a limb off of its wedge, that one bounced all around my windowed front portage and hit everything except glass.  I got a signed set of limbs to replace the second one, but why the metal riser came to pieces is a mystery.  I have heard of one Hill longbow coming apart on a hot day, the top limb had been in the sun for quite a while in a pick-up with the windows open, then when the bow got drawn the limb that was in the sun split up.

[jeffg]

This just like life. You can have numerous that a boys and you have maybe one of s--t and all of the ata boys are gone.

[Daddy Bear]

Update on my broken Howard Hill Cheetah longbow:

Craig can fix the bow, and to make things even better, he gave me additional options on a new bow.  Cannot say enough good about Howard Hill Archery.  I've had great experiences in ordering bows, have had great experiences with the final product, and now after having one break, I've had great experiences with their customer service.  Craig, his wife Evie, and his son Jason, have consistently been tops in all the above aspects of sales and service.

For those interested in a Cheetah with the Juniper lams, don't let my bow failure discourage you from that choice.  Craig's son Jason can hunt with any bow he chooses, and he loves the Cheetah.  He's carried a Cheetah across the globe, to include hunting Africa, and he has one Cheetah that's been shot for near 20 years without a hitch.  Any wood can fail, including bamboo, so my breakage was an exception and not the rule.

Best  

[pcg]

Whereas Dave is not even interested in looking at my OT. Different attitudes... I agree that HH is exceptionally service oriented.

[Mike Mongelli]

Originally posted by pcg:
Whereas Dave is not even interested in looking at my OT. Different attitudes... I agree that HH is exceptionally service oriented.

  Get over it.  I've got a set of golf clubs I'll trade you for your other Miller if you no longer feel comfortable shooting it?

[nineworlds9]

Originally posted by Mike Mongelli:
   

quote:Originally posted by pcg:
Whereas Dave is not even interested in looking at my OT. Different attitudes... I agree that HH is exceptionally service oriented.

 

J/k.  Not funny.

[pcg]

Amazing how quickly this thread keeps veering off topic.

The secondary point was that a bow broke. The primary point is and remains that everyone should wear some sort of safety glasses.

What a bowyer should do years later wasn't the issue. It's my error for not anticipating that it was red meat for going off topic. And I certainly contributed to the tangent w/ some of my own comments, driven I guess by disappointment.

So, if the topic goes on in any way, let's get back to the takeaway: Everyone should wear safety glasses when shooting. I sure do.

[Mike Mongelli]

My offer still stands.  

[pcg]

Mike, that busted bad boy has already been replaced by another LH Old Tom. No one, including me, disputes that Miller makes great longbows.

[tradarcher816]

Wow, glad your ok