RE: will your shop let you draw a bow back???
I will let my customers draw the bow back. I do have a sign and explain to them the consequences of a dry fire.
It happened last week when someone pulled back a brand new Outback and let it go[:@]. He paid for the new string and cable it needed. I changed the axles - took it apart and checked it out - shot it a couple times - and sold it to him.
You have to understand - Your Mistake can be a very expensive one to the shop owner - that bow is now unsellable - and hundreds of $ may be lost (unless the owner is willing to sell a dry fired bow as new to another customer - I am not)