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Old 06-15-2003 | 11:42 PM
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If you leave your bow it a hot trunk all day it will fail eventually.
It may fail at full draw, explode in your face, and injure you or bystanders.
Especially if it' s a traditional take down bow with limbs of wood and glass lams.
I wouldn' t even leave one of my compounds in a hot car all day.
The limbs on my compounds are far stronger than any traditional bow' s limbs.
They' re carbon/glass lams and are rated over 200,000psi but even they will fail if left in the heat all day.
The best glass lams in a traditional bow are rated 130,000 to 170,000 psi but the wood lams are far weaker.
It can get up to 180 + degrees in a trunk on a hot summer day.
Don' t do it if you value your bow!


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