BOWTECH USERS BEWARE!
09-09-2008 | 01:59 PM
#31
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From: Kodiak, AK
RE: BOWTECH USERS BEWARE!
ORIGINAL: OHbowhntr
Dave,
So you find it "acceptable" for a 3 yr old bow to blow up???? Must be a BOWTECH mentality that comes with the admission into the "cult."
Sorry, and I know and like a lot of you BT guys, but this stuff is just not what I'd consider acceptable. This may be why I'm shooting Hoyt and Reflex line bows, which may not draw quite as smoothly, and may not be quite as fast, but with welll over 20,000 shots on 2 of my bows, and probably 30,000 + on a bow I sold last fall, I must expect MORE out of my bows. My old bow that I sold last fall was a 2000 Reflex Bighorn, it had LOTS of shots, never failed me, only went through 2 sets of strings, it's been dropped from trees, and used and abused, and it's still shooting great today, in a newer bowhunters hands.[:-] WHOA, and 8 actually real close to 9 year old bow and someone still shoot it????? A lot of the members on this forum are probably shooting bows that are 2005 and older, and they're NOT OLD, they may not have the newest, latest, and greatest technology, but they are still good shooting bows that get the job done. For the record, my #3 bow is a 1999 Hoyt that I've put a couple thousand shots on myself since getting it back in Feb., and I've logged a RH with it, and it shoots nearly as well as my #1 (Trykon XL) and #2 (Reflex Highlander) and I don't have ANY FEAR shooting any of them quite regularly, and shooting them a LOT!!!! Hell, at 63#, that Old Stryker II zips those 420gr arrows out there in the mid 260's!!!!
Dave,
So you find it "acceptable" for a 3 yr old bow to blow up???? Must be a BOWTECH mentality that comes with the admission into the "cult."
Sorry, and I know and like a lot of you BT guys, but this stuff is just not what I'd consider acceptable. This may be why I'm shooting Hoyt and Reflex line bows, which may not draw quite as smoothly, and may not be quite as fast, but with welll over 20,000 shots on 2 of my bows, and probably 30,000 + on a bow I sold last fall, I must expect MORE out of my bows. My old bow that I sold last fall was a 2000 Reflex Bighorn, it had LOTS of shots, never failed me, only went through 2 sets of strings, it's been dropped from trees, and used and abused, and it's still shooting great today, in a newer bowhunters hands.[:-] WHOA, and 8 actually real close to 9 year old bow and someone still shoot it????? A lot of the members on this forum are probably shooting bows that are 2005 and older, and they're NOT OLD, they may not have the newest, latest, and greatest technology, but they are still good shooting bows that get the job done. For the record, my #3 bow is a 1999 Hoyt that I've put a couple thousand shots on myself since getting it back in Feb., and I've logged a RH with it, and it shoots nearly as well as my #1 (Trykon XL) and #2 (Reflex Highlander) and I don't have ANY FEAR shooting any of them quite regularly, and shooting them a LOT!!!! Hell, at 63#, that Old Stryker II zips those 420gr arrows out there in the mid 260's!!!!
09-09-2008 | 02:05 PM
#32
Nontypical Buck
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From: Southern WI
RE: BOWTECH USERS BEWARE!
Why are so many guys calling this bow 5 years old. It is an '05. Isn't this 2008 and even in todays math that would make it a 3 year old bow. I don't think BowTech had the 2005's out in sept. of '04 so it can't even be 4 yet.
Glad to hear your friend is ok.
Glad to hear your friend is ok.
09-09-2008 | 02:17 PM
#33
Typical Buck
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From: NOVA
RE: BOWTECH USERS BEWARE!
apprently this is a problem with bowtech. Glad I shoot a Mathews. But the company recently fired its top designer for marring the girl in the Martin archery adds. So he got pist and wrote this http://www.archerytalk.com/vb/showthread.php?t=243824
this might anwser your questions about the faulty limbs
this might anwser your questions about the faulty limbs
09-09-2008 | 02:44 PM
#34
Nontypical Buck
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From: Wilmington NC
RE: BOWTECH USERS BEWARE!
ORIGINAL: crenshaw
apprently this is a problem with bowtech. Glad I shoot a Mathews. But the company recently fired its top designer for marring the girl in the Martin archery adds. So he got pist and wrote this http://www.archerytalk.com/vb/showthread.php?t=243824
this might anwser your questions about the faulty limbs
apprently this is a problem with bowtech. Glad I shoot a Mathews. But the company recently fired its top designer for marring the girl in the Martin archery adds. So he got pist and wrote this http://www.archerytalk.com/vb/showthread.php?t=243824
this might anwser your questions about the faulty limbs
THis is the FIRST limb I have heard of exploding on a Liberty, so I would say that is pretty widespread.
09-09-2008 | 03:02 PM
#35
Spike
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RE: BOWTECH USERS BEWARE!
ORIGINAL: bowtechlove
wow! but all in all, every bow on the market or one that someone owns, can and will fail eventually! i mean, the bow is pretty old, and who knows what it actually has went through over the years. was he the only owner of the bow? was he the only one that shot it? there are lots of variables to consider when something gors wrong with a bow.
just luckily no one was hurt.
hope all goes better!!!
wow! but all in all, every bow on the market or one that someone owns, can and will fail eventually! i mean, the bow is pretty old, and who knows what it actually has went through over the years. was he the only owner of the bow? was he the only one that shot it? there are lots of variables to consider when something gors wrong with a bow.
just luckily no one was hurt.
hope all goes better!!!
09-09-2008 | 03:22 PM
#36
Spike
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From: central Illinois
RE: BOWTECH USERS BEWARE!
I had the same thing happen to me a few years ago. A buddy of mine was into target shooting (not hunting) and needed cash. The bow was just over a year old and the price was right. When I went to see it he pulled out of the attic off the top of the heating duct. not thinking athing about it i held it and drew it with just fingers. it seemed like a great deal. we talked about the price again. and i drew it one more time and at about 3/4th draw it just exploded in my hands. after it was all said and done there were pieces of the limbs stuck in the drywall. I figured that it happened because of where he had stored the bow. I felt bad and gave him the money for the bow and told him to take to his bow shop and see if they would honor his warrenty. He did and they said that the bow had beendry fired and there would be no warrenty. never evev looked at a bt since.
09-09-2008 | 03:29 PM
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Fork Horn
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RE: BOWTECH USERS BEWARE!
well guys thx alot for the advice and what not i dont know what to say guess well just have to see what they say about it and fi they will replace it or cover under warrenty
09-09-2008 | 03:32 PM
#38
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Fork Horn
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From: massachusetts
RE: BOWTECH USERS BEWARE!
they tryed doing this to him also i went with him today to the shop we have pictures of the arrow still in the wisker biscut the cables came flying around and broke the arrow he didnt dry fire it and never has so i dunno i hope they dont do that to him as i know he cant replace it and he'd be pritty pissed off if they didnt and they would loss alot of customers here if they did
09-09-2008 | 03:45 PM
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RE: BOWTECH USERS BEWARE!
ORIGINAL: Germ
What arrow did he shoot? I suspect in this age of lighter arrows we are going to be seeing more of this, I really think Bowtech is a victim of their own success here. They make a fast bow, so I suspect guys are pushing the limit on weight of the arrow. After a bit of time shooting this is what we get, and yes I called it in 2005
I posted somewhere on wait until these preloaded limbs get 3 0r 4 years on them shooting a light arrow.
BOOM
What arrow did he shoot? I suspect in this age of lighter arrows we are going to be seeing more of this, I really think Bowtech is a victim of their own success here. They make a fast bow, so I suspect guys are pushing the limit on weight of the arrow. After a bit of time shooting this is what we get, and yes I called it in 2005
I posted somewhere on wait until these preloaded limbs get 3 0r 4 years on them shooting a light arrow.BOOM