I don't recommend buying a bow from an auction site but, I did buy my current bow from a dealer on EBAY. It was brand new with full warranty and I have hunted 2 yrs. with it. The main reason I did was because my closest pro shop dealer is a jerk and has lost 1/2 of his customers because of his attitude.

Another pro shop owner once went to our club archery shoot and was displaying the McPherson bows. He was walking around dry firing them to show how tough they were. As a result he lost a few sales at the time.....everyone was afraid to buy a bow from him. lol.

I pulled my bow back to about 1/4 to 1/2 way and mistakenly "dry fired" it. Can any signifigant damage occur from doing this. I used the bow through the season and it doesn't appear to damaged. Any thoughts on what I should do?

FlipNY,

You say you used it through the season and had no problems. Did that include periodic practice? If you have shot it and not experienced any problems, you should be fine.

The one I heard dry fired was in Jeffrey's Archery in Columbia, SC. A man picked a bow off the rack, came to full draw and apparently it was too much for him. He dry fired it and it sounded like a .410 going off in the shop! He did take to the counter and buy it though. He said I dry fired it, it's mine.

I might add that IMHO when you shoot arrows at the lowest recommended grains/PDF, you are giving your bow a series of mini dry fires that will over time result in damage to your bow.

A 5 gr/lb arrow will shoot fast, but, your bow won't last as long as a bow that is shot at the manufacturer recommended 9 gr/lb. Of course, if you change bows after every season, you can cross your fingers and hope you make it through the current season and then pass it on to some other poor soul to deal with.

I've always used arrows in the 8.5-9 grs/lb range with my bows. They absorb more energy and are therefore quieter, and I don't put as much stress on the limbs.

Bill

Edited by - lamb1647 on 01/07/2002 10:13:31

Lamb

That included practice but nothing extensive. The times I did shoot it seemed fine. And when it happened it wasn't very loud. Hopefully all is well with it. Thanks for the response.

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