life expectancy of a bow?
 

With these new faster, lighter, bows? How many shots? has the life expectancy lowered over the years?

RE: life expectancy of a bow?
 

I really don't know anyone who has worn one out. New strings as needed. I suppose eventually the little bearings in the cams would wear out. I know someone who has an old Hoyt Pro Vantage Hunter that must have had 50,000 shots through it. Still slinging arrows on its 20th or so string set.

RE: life expectancy of a bow?
 

how long can a bowstring last?

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RE: life expectancy of a bow?
 

Most folks say every two years if you don't shoot a bunch. If you are a real shooting maching, like many on this board, though; mightgo throughthree sets or more in a year.

RE: life expectancy of a bow?
 

So what qualifies as a 'shooting machine'?

How many arrows a week/month/year you talking about?

5000 shots a year isabout 12 shots a day.

15000 shots a year is a bit over 40 arrows a day.

RE: life expectancy of a bow?
 

i figure the life expectancy has increased. better design, better materials... It is assumed that you must change out the strings here and there, but I really believe my bows will be shootable even when I'm gone. plus all of mine are lifetime on materials. The bow companys will just have to send me new stuff if I break it.

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Me too.

RE: life expectancy of a bow?
 

Everything is better. Bows are Quieter, have Less Vibration, and yes are Lots Faster than they were a few years ago. My Airborne 82nd has a Lifetime warranty so I am sure it would serve me for years if need be.

I like New toys too much to hang onto a bow long. That's always been a weakness for me;)

Dan

RE: life expectancy of a bow?
 

I'd say the mortality rate has dropped if anything. I deserve to be shot...or em, have a bow blow up in face...but I shot my old Mathews feather-max with 6gr/pound for almost 10 years on one string/cable set. Never gave me a problem.





(Granted, some may shoot more in 2 years than I did in 10...but I think storage can be as rough, sometimes, on certain equipment as actual use is. I'm not sure how bows fit into that equation though.)

RE: life expectancy of a bow?
 

The bow I had before my bowtech Mighty Might was a 2000 Darton Yukon with the CPS cam system on it. It was a mid priced bow, not really expensive, but not the cheapest bow you could find either. I think it was $350 just for the bow when I got it. I bet in the first three years I owned that bow I put over 100,000 arrows through it. Rain, snow, sun you name it I would shoot in it. And I didn't baby it either. Some of those arrows were under 5 grns per lb, some were over 500 grns. The bow was rated at 50-60 lbs and I shot it at weights from 45 to almost 70. I shimmed the limb pockets to get more draw weight out of it at one points, and messed with the length of the strings and cables.

During this time I dry fired it 3 or 4 times and it blew up on me once at full draw because my string was cut and I didn't know it.

When I got my Bowtech I tweaked the draw weight and length down on the darton so my girlfriend could shoot it, then just this last year I sold it to a friend and he is still shooting it. I never had any problems with accuracy or noise. I did use limb savers and large string silencers though.

Could you ruin a bow? Sure if you really abused it, but I don't think you would wear one out very fast with normal shooting, even if you didn't take very good care of it.

My buddy has an older Darton Maverick with round wheels and a cast riser that is like 14 years old or so and it still works fine, he just got a new bow last year. Its loud and slow, but it was like that when it was new. I also have a 90's Martin Cheetah that functions just fine, and it has hatchet cams and steel cables on it.

Paul