RE: No Fluke this time...... CRACKED LIMB
 

Hey BM.. I feel your pain! I pulled back my Liberty a few days ago and heard that oh so familiar crack. Yep, my 3rd limb crack in a year. Its definitly something wrong with the limb pockets. All 3 of my cracks have been directly over the pocket edge.

RE: No Fluke this time...... CRACKED LIMB
 

When anyone pays $700 for a bow........you are paying for the lifetime warranty as well. Nobody throws in a warranty for free. I also agree that a bow of that price using solid glass limbs should not cost quite that much but.........over the years its been proven that solid glass limbs on the same models also usually generate more speed. Usually mind you, not always.

A few years ago my nearest pro shop was having a small rash of cracked limb problems on Hoyts that used laminated limbs. Another shop was having problems with customers bringing in Matthews with cracked limbs. It can and has happened to all bow manufacturers at one time or another.

RE: No Fluke this time...... CRACKED LIMB
 

I used to do a lot of varmint shooting and personally burnt out several barrels on my rifles. The rifle's barrell is what takes most all of the abuse, much like the limbs on your compound bow;) It IS much easier to replace the limbs on a bow as compared to re-$-barreling your 220 Swift and 17 Remington like I did[:@] Plus bow companies warranty the limbs and rifle companies won't replace shot out barrels;)
I know of several shooters that claim to have over 10,000 shots on their bows and are still shooting like new. Archery equipment is really pretty durable even today with the speeds we're getting. The only limb problems I ever had in the last 33 years of compounds were with PSE's of the 80's:(

RE: No Fluke this time...... CRACKED LIMB
 

OUR SHOP SELLS HOYT, MATHEWS, BOWTECH, PSE, PARKER, RENEGADE. WE ARE THE BIGGEST HOYT DEALER IN THE STATE. WE SELL 15-1 HOYT. IN THE LAST 2 YRS NO HOYT LIMB PROBLEMS. A FEW CRACKED LIMPS FROM THE OTHERS. ALL THE BOWS WE SELL ARE GREAT, AND IS THERE A LIMB PROBLEM WITH A SPECIFIC MANUFACTURER, NOT THAT I CAN SEE. I JUST THINK AS FAR AS LIMBS GO, HOYT WAS THE EDGE.

RE: No Fluke this time...... CRACKED LIMB
 

hey jake, no need to YELL.

RE: No Fluke this time...... CRACKED LIMB
 

Sorry, I'm very lazy when I type, easier to keep the cap locks on. I will try to keep my voice down.

RE: No Fluke this time...... CRACKED LIMB
 

Thank you:D.

So, if Hoyt has the edge, what limbs do the Reflex line up use?

RE: No Fluke this time...... CRACKED LIMB
 

I'm pretty sure that all of the Reflex models use the ZR 200 limbs, which are solid glass instead of the laminated, pre-stressed XT series limbs. One advantage to them is that they are already split.[8D]

RE: No Fluke this time...... CRACKED LIMB
 

Actually Joe that is supposed to be the advantage of the split limb technology[:o]

I would actually be interested in seeing some facts on the number of limb failures on the zr200 limbs.I wonder if they compare better or worse than solid glass limbs.


Like I said,glass limbs have their place and on the lower priced bows(such as the reflex line) they are fine and do a good job.

RE: No Fluke this time...... CRACKED LIMB
 

no prob jake. that's exactly the same reason i don't use any caps at all. i frankly don't realize why anyone does. i think its just habit.