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Old 12-22-2007 | 03:10 PM
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GrumpyTom
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Hotburn I did not lay the total blame on ten point. Only a part of the blame and that came with an IF .....that is if they made available the lighter bolts which could be mistaken for the heavier one.

For the people that do this, using lighter arrows then recommended, then they are totally at fault, 100% blame on them. What I was refuring to was the accidental use of the lighter arrow. I have heard some say that all you need to do to get to that lighter weight was use alumin insert over the brass, but with the same shaft. Just imagine how easy that would be to insert the wrong weight arrow in the bow, too easy. If ten point is going to sell these lighter arrows, to save, or help stop this problem, they need to make a noticable outward difference on the arrow. The trouble will be, that most hunters will want camo arrow so how would you set the two arrows apart .......... Difficult to do.

Companies do have a responsibility to foresee possible problems and try to eliminate them.

Ranger, I did not mean that you would not know how your limbs would react or if they had clearance or not, Just wanted to point out to people that would not think that way. There are many new people to crossbows (from vertical bows or guns) that have never had to think in those terms before so it would not be second nature to them yet, but the more they hear about checking for that, then maybe they will remember to do that and noone will get hurt. In my mind, limb clearance is one of the three major safety factors with crossbows. Pointing it in a safe dirrection all the time and never put any part of your hands above the shooting rail when it is cocked are the other two.
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