ORIGINAL: bigcountry
ORIGINAL: PABowhunter4life
Just yanked this from another site; this guy is a known DIEHARD Bowtech shooter so he can't be called for foul play here nor is there a conspiracy at hand............
Well I am not complaining...I love my bowtechs..!!
But I just want to share an experience..
While tuning a Bowtech General, Full draw in the draw board, it exploded!!
The axles pulled straight through the limbs...
Well after two broken fingers, and a broken arm.. I decided to call bowtech.
This is what they had to say...
"Yes we realize that there has been a problem with a batch of epoxy used on some of the General limb tips."
So I asked, why hasn't there been something done like a re-call.
They said," the recall would be too large."
I love my bowtechs and will continue to shoot them, they make a solid bow, but I think something needs to be done about this. I can't afford to have a broken arm and two broken fingers...this was a customers bow from MI. Sent to me for strings and tuning...
Just wanted to share my experience to get more acknowledgment about the situation....
I guess a question for you, is why do you care so much? Do you shoot a bowtech general? It just appears, its very important for you to worry about bowtech.
I was a big fan of the Tribute and was going to buy one in '06 but it was so close to November that I decided to wait and see what they offered for '07. Well, they introduced the center pivot designed Guardian and I was just not a fan of the riser design. The thing is the quietest bow I have ever heard but I simply did not like it. Honestly, I could very easily be shooting a Bowtech in a couple of months if they release something I like but if it has the center pivot on it no thank you.
This has nothing to do with trying to run Bowtech down, this is about a SERIOUS issue with an obvious limb design flaw. If there were Mathews Drenalin LD's popping all over the place you can bet your arse that I'd be all over them too. I'm not a fan boy by any stretch of the imagination; I am one strike away from being booted from their forum for calling them out on their imperfections. So don't go trying to make this in to a "Mathews shooter jumping in to threads". This is an archer looking out for fellow archers...... PERIOD!!