RE: 10 - Official Team Germ Warfare Thread
Well I think I got some bad news guys. When I got up this morning before I left I decided to take the bow out of the truck from last night and as I was carrying it in I noticed a crack in the limb. Actually, a crack in both limbs. The cracks are running parallel to the limbs and not the splintering type.
It is more than likely my fault as the day I got it I dry-fired it. I was trying to decide where the peep was going to go and holding it at full draw. However, I had just came in from working on a golf cart engine and must have had some grease on my hands. The string came off and I was UPSET! However, I looked it over and found nothing and then took it to my neighbor's who has a bow shot to restring it and set it up. He said he looked it over, sighted it in for 20 yards and chrono'ed it and everything and there was no problem and he found no cracks. I took it home and have shot probably 100 arrows out of it. I didn't look to see if there were cracks in it when I got it back from him, or after I had shot it at all. But I did notice them today.
So, I am probably going to be looking for a new bow and have emailed Darton about the limbs to see what they can do. It is a 2003 Darton Maverick and I can't find the limbs anywhere, so its a pain. I am thinking about taking it out anyways, but I am a little hesitant to even draw it. What do you guys think?