bigcountry

goodness gracious, I have my first dry fire today with my old PSE Mohave. Not sure where my head was. I was asking the bow tech about some gripping. And I pulled back to show him. I guess cause I had the trigger on the bow, my first instinct was that I had an arrow on there. So I pulled back again as he left and BAM.

The bow tech said I might have bent my axles or cracked a limb. He looked at it and said maybe an axle is out of balance. I looked and couldn't see anything. But I went ahead and shot for another 1/2 hour. And it shot its same ole 2.5" groups at 20 yards.

Do you think I could have damaged anything? Maybe find out about it later? Scared the crap out of me.

Paul L Mohr

NEVER draw a bow with a release on it without an arrow knocked and pointed in a safe direction. You just can't trust them, or you as you found out. Some would say never draw one without an arrow on it period.

I have you beat though. I was shooting indoor spots once, well practicing and I drew the bow, aimed and triggered the release. BANG! Never nocked and arrow[]. Ooops. Didn't hurt my bow though. Thank God for simms!

Paul

gibblet

who me? sometimes it won't show up until later.

The Rev

Keep an eye out for damage later. I did the same thing when I first got my newbow, and several weeks later I had a cable break (scared me stupid)... It puts a lot of pressure on the ends of your cable... I am still leary each time I draw my bow. I hope I can get over that feeling one day.

bigcountry

Thanks Rev. All I can say about myself is stupid stupid stupid. I have so much on my mind today. I figured a little shootin at lunch would calm me down. I guess it worked against me.

cravingame

What kind of bow do you shoot? Most of today's modern compounds have enough dampening to take a dry firer with out any damage tothe bow. I would not suggest trying it though. Your axles is all I would worry about. If their fine your probably okay, but youmay see a limb problem in the future, you'll know it if you do.

DaveC

cravingame, your response makes me wonder if an STS would help to deminish the effects of a dry fire?

Bigcountry, time to buy a new bow!
(J/k sounds like a good excuse to me)

bigcountry

Dave, actually, I was planning on it over the winter. But I am in the middle of the season. As long as it still hits good at 20 yards, I am going to use it this year.

nubo

If nothing's hurt ,I'd consider myself very lucky "this time"

nubo