Any new bow is going to go thru a "shake down" period. You can beat up prototypes all you want, but that will not gaurentee that the production models will hold up. The issue I see is that there is WAY too much limb on these bows for what the rest of the frame is able to handle. In their quest to make a cheap, fast bow, Barnett made a handgrenade. If the Preditor was built to shoot say 325fps there would be alot less issues. You want to go fast, you better have a chassis that can handle it and that means you will not be able to make it to hit a $400 price point. Either slow it down to what the bow can handle, or build it right so it stays together and charge accordingly. The people who want 375fps but dont want to pay for it need to get a grip and either step up and pay for a quality bow, or deal with a slower bow that will hold together for the price they want to pay...Or get a big box of bandaids...

Wyvern