Stored the bow... Safe to shoot?
Hey guys.
I bought a PSE Brute Force new, back in 2002. I shot it for that deer season, then I didn't touch it again for some reason untill 2006, I shot a few tournaments but that was it. and it has been sitting in a hard case in the garage since... here in canada it gets pretty cold in the winter. It's not my choice to keep it in the garage, but I'm not home since I'm in the military and it seems all of my stuff ends up in the garage even tho I ask it not be put there.
Will it sitting there, with the cables still on it with the cold temperatures cause any structural issues? I haven't been around enough to play with it since I'm in the middle of training and have no time with my motocross racing in the summer. However, I'm itchin to get back doing the things I miss and I want to shoot this bow competitively and for hunting again. What should I look for when I get it out in the spring? I'll try and sneak it back in the house this christmas and hide it in my military gear so she won't find it lol.
I've also heard one story of a bow "exploding" when I was a kid and man, it goes through my mind when I'm at draw, ready to release and I flinch sometimes and I'm not sure if its even possible! I shoot C-6 machine guns (50 cal for you americans) and it doesn't bother me at all and I am one of the top shots in all of my courses with the c-7 (m-14 for americans) so I am not typically a flincher.