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Old 08-28-2008, 03:14 PM
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Default Broken Limb on mathews outback

Went and put a new sight on my outback to day and was grouping good at 20 yds at the range. Then it kinda started shooting funny and couldn't get a group to save my life after ahour of shooting and trying to find what it was myform, arrows, rest,I examined the bow and found the lower limb had a 5 inch long and 1/4 inch wide sliver coming off the edge of it so I went to the counter and got new limbs on order and the tech said to keep shooting.

My question is could this cause bad groups or is it just me.
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Old 08-28-2008, 04:04 PM
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YEs it will cause bad shooting and
the tech said to keep shooting.
NO, DO NOT KEEP SHOOTING IT.
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Old 08-28-2008, 04:35 PM
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Also before ths happend I noticed that my hand was starting to get sore from hand shock this had never happened before would it cause more hand shock as well
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Old 08-28-2008, 05:41 PM
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Yes it will cause bad shooting.

DO NOT shoot that bow until it has new limbs on it!
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Old 08-28-2008, 05:45 PM
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Yes it will cause bad shooting.

DO NOT shoot that bow until it has new limbs on it!
I agree

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Old 08-28-2008, 05:49 PM
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My question is why would this tech tell you to continue shooting a bow with a limb that may fail? [&:]
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Old 08-28-2008, 06:47 PM
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i'm certainly no expert on archery but i know enough to know that shooting a bow in that condition is a bad idea. the whole limb could snap at full draw and hurt you and the bow
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Old 08-28-2008, 07:10 PM
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that tech should have definitely not told you to keep shooting it . that is crazy to tell you to keep using it when it is failing
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Old 08-28-2008, 07:20 PM
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he might as well have told you to dry fire the bow untill the string comes off and slices your wrist open.
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Old 08-28-2008, 09:01 PM
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What kind of techy is that?? KEEP SHOOTING?!?!??!?!?!?
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