Dry Fire Mishap (update)

[va bowbender]

My brother used to shoot on an indoor league many years ago. He came to visit this week so I showed him my Mathews Monster. When he went to draw it with fingers I suggested he try pulling it using my release. "Nah, I never used a release I shot with fingers". So he pulled it back to an anchor point, aimed then started to let it down. He got to the break over point when it slipped off his finger tips! AAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!
He feels terrible and I know it was a genuine accident the question is do you think there was any unseen damage? It appears that the only thing that happened was the string jumped off the top cam. Other than the cams what should I look for?
I'm bringing it to the proshop tomorrow.

Generally, I have seen many bows survive years after a dry fire. But usually the axles will get warped. They are cheap enough to fix. And sometimes i have seen cams get bent. Lastly, I see weakness in the cable. Cables may sometims snap.

I tell people to check the axles, make sure the cams ain't bent, and replace the cables. Makes me feel better.

[bigbulls]

Usually when strings jump off the cam like that they bend the cam(s).

[drockw]

Originally Posted by bigbulls

Usually when strings jump off the cam like that they bend the cam(s).

Ive actually seen quite a few bows do that and never have seen a bent cam...

I would say that your brother might not of even dry fired the bow, he just probably torqued the string pretty good with his fingers when letting down and it ran of track...

It sounds just like a dry fire but its a little less intense

Id do just as big country said though and take it somewhere and ask them to check it all out... It will probably cost you a little money to have the labor done, but likely you will have nothing at all wrong or just bent axles which are an easy fix...

If you let it go by and dont worry about it, those axles may come back to haunt you when your trying to tune etc...

Hoyt used to have a big problem with factory axles not being straight and tuning doing in depth tuning with them was work...

[wvnimrod]

I agree with BC, I'd have the axles and cams checked and if they check ok i'd replace the string and cables! IMO you can replace them for around $100 but for the peice of mind its worth it. Good luck

[va bowbender]

Got back from the proshop. Had it looked over and then shot it. Everything is fine and it still is dead nuts on. The only thing I need to watch is some of the serving got mashed.

[kwilson16]

Hi Rob!
Glad to hear this turned out ok.
What shop do you you use around here (Northern VA)?

[va bowbender]

Originally Posted by kwilson16

Hi Rob!
Glad to hear this turned out ok.
What shop do you you use around here (Northern VA)?

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