Bows and heat...
 

I know it' s not a good idea to leave a strung bow in a hot car for any length of time, but what about when they' re unstrung and disassembled? When my take-down arrives I was thinking of gettin a good solid case that can be locked well and leaving it in the trunk with the bow disassembled. The reason is my work schedule is from 10am to 6:30pm, and I' m already half way out to where I shoot, so after I get off work I could scurry out and shoot a few before dark. But if it' ll hurt the bow it' s out of the question. I wanted to ask before finding out by way of delaminated limbs and cocobolo splinters in my arms.

Brandan

RE: Bows and heat...
 

If you leave your bow it a hot trunk all day it will fail eventually.
It may fail at full draw, explode in your face, and injure you or bystanders.
Especially if it' s a traditional take down bow with limbs of wood and glass lams.
I wouldn' t even leave one of my compounds in a hot car all day.
The limbs on my compounds are far stronger than any traditional bow' s limbs.
They' re carbon/glass lams and are rated over 200,000psi but even they will fail if left in the heat all day.
The best glass lams in a traditional bow are rated 130,000 to 170,000 psi but the wood lams are far weaker.
It can get up to 180 + degrees in a trunk on a hot summer day.
Don' t do it if you value your bow!


Sag.

RE: Bows and heat...
 

take the bow to work with you. you' ll have it in a case, so put it in a corner until your work is done. if posible of course.:)