Was getting in a little target practice after dinner earlier tonight. After about 10 shots the Y cable serving gave up the ghost when I was at full draw. My bow, a 2000 Martin Pro-series Bengal exploded anda new Easton Axis 340 arrow quickly snapped into 3 pieces. No injuries other than a welt on my wrist, I think part of the arrow wacked me on the wrist as it flew apart. Interestingly enough I had stopped at the local pro-shop on the way home to pick a part I had ordered for my Rem. 30-06 SSBDL, a R3 butt pad. Well, I looked over the bows while I was there, even shot ademo XTand thought to myself one of these days I'm going to get a new bow. Little did I know at the time that today was that day.

After the explosion I gathered up all the pieces of the Martin, went to the pro-shop to have them give it a good going over and install a new cable and string. Shot a Parker and ended up purchasing a new Switchback XT. I'll keep the Martin as a back-up or sell it.

Moral of the story, if your cables are more than a few years old, have them replaced.