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Old 02-02-2006 | 04:41 AM
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Straightarrow
 
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I am considering another bow but after seeing various posts about limb cracking and bows "blowing up" I think I will look for a bow that isn't on the cutting edge of performance but rather a bow with less attitude and constantly reliable.
Some of this has to be blamed on the buyer. People looking for fast bows, tend to also want to shoot a light arrow at higher speeds. This is very hard on a bow. Many limb problems would be avoided if the archer would shoot an arrow in the range of 7-8 grains per lb of draw weight.

This type of problem has been occuring for years, and you usually see it connected with the need for speed.

I had a cheap Martin a few years back. This bow was not made with the highest quality components. Yet, it survived about 100,000 draw cycles, one dryfire, and a string breaking at full draw. It is still going strong today (in the hands of a new archer). In my opinion, this is because it's 70 lb limbs were typically set at 60-63 lbs and it always shot an arrow in excess of 410 grains.

I see lots of guys shooting their 70 lb limbs at whatever the bow can be cranked down to, which in some cases can be near 80 lbs. They pop in their wimpy 375 grain arrow, draw the bow with the longest drawlength module they can put on it, and then wonder why it doesn't hold up for more than a year of moderate shooting.
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