Archery shop at a hunting store I took my PSE Bruin to for cables/strings/tune-up has had my bow for quite some time and is now telling me it has a broken limb cup and is unsafe to shoot. I wanted to ask y’all for any input before I call the guy back. I know basically nothing about compound bows and bought it used but in what I thought was great condition for a great price. How does a limb cup break? Anyone experience this? What’s the solution/cost?
Thanks
Where did you take it?
Hunter’s Headquarters in Greenwood. I’m in Lexington but was shooting a buddy’s land in Hodges and thought I’d give them the business as I come back through Greenwood several times a month.
Make him show you where it is broken. I wouldn’t want to shoot a bow with parts that could fail and were I him I wouldn’t want to put new strings or cables on something that could blow up on me in the process. Was the bow dry fired?
Mark
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Yeah, but do you consider a dog to be a filthy animal? I wouldn’t go so far as to call a dog filthy but they’re definitely dirty. But, a dog’s got personality. Personality goes a long way.
“Life’s tough…It’s even tougher if you’re stupid” John Wayne
I bought it used on Craigslist and was assured it was in top shape. I certainly never dry fired it but suppose anything could have happened thru previous owner. It’s an older model ~4 yrs and @ $100 for the package thought it to be good. Not overly excited about putting another $150 into it but for the time I was shooting it before the shop visit I really liked it. And wholeheartedly agreed…I don’t want it blow up on me. Scary.
Most archers would not know the limb pocket is broken/cracked unless apc fell out or it exploded. The seller may or may not have known. I would get it repaired or buy another one… Risky to shoot that one in many ways. Call Jeffries Archery on Columbia and have them take a look. They know archery and not too far from Lexington.
" It is what it is".
X2 on Jeffries. Over off of shop road. They will not steer you wrong.
x3 on Jefferies - good people. Should not be much $ to fix if they can find parts. Take Shop Rd away from town and on the right.
J Ford
Dry firing isn’t the only possibility for having damaged the bow. Whomever works on it should check and be sure your arrows aren’t too light or long for the bow, and also that the draw weight has been adjusted properly. Once it has been repaired and set up for a certain type, weight and length arrow don’t change to lighter or longer arrows. Also, take it to a qualified shop if you need to have it adjusted. Each bow has limitations as to how much adjustment can be safely done. I don’t have a lot of experience on them, but have been to class several years ago on how to properly set up compound bows. Do you have any instructions or literature that originally came with the bow? You can also research general set up instructions for most bows on the web. Good luck.
x4 on jefferies
Yeah I knew I should have taken it to Jeffries right off the bat. Thanks for the input y’all…