I was at the local indoor range tonight with my girlfriend and during the last set of arrows we were shooting the strings on my girlfriends bow [Mathews] exploded off it. She drew back normally and fired her arrow. When she fired the arrow shot out and hit a bit left [not unusual for her since she hasn't practiced much] and the strings popped off her cams. The small plastic holder that holds the cam strings (the two that don't have a D-loop) few backwards behind us about 10 yards.... Now, I'm guessing this was caused by either user error; she pulled off to the side when firing and pulled them off...or it was caused by some manufacturing defect.(her bow is poorly made imo...I am not a Mathews fan) The strings seem to be in pretty good shape, other then some slight fraying in some places. Anyone care to input on this?
Without being there I can only guess she torqued the bow and let go causing the string to derail as for the strings being alright you will need to check them by putting them on a string jig and stretching them at 100lbs. This will tell a lot Hutch
I had the same thing happen to me, I had drew back without my release and when I went to let down I must have torqued the bow. I had to do the walk of shame into my pro shop. Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk
I think if that would have happened to any other bow you might be in for some new cams and limbs...Mathews have a rep for being quite tough...sounds like she torqued the bow and derailed it. I would take it into a pro shop just to be sure everything is safe and get new strings and cables. I'd rather spend $100 now then have it blow up and injure me later and cost me thousands or worse.
Pro shop guy said the string was fine. He also said that at her low poundage that the strings come off easier and get less damaged when derailed.
Guessing this is a Mission bow... Is she 100% sure the arrow was fully knocked onto the string when she drew and fired?? Pretty hard to torque a bowstring that much when shooting with a release and D loop. My wife derailed her Mission the second time she shot it. Arrow was not fully seated into the throat of the nock which results in a mini dry fire of sorts especially at lower poundages as there isn't as much tension on the string to begin with.
Yep, mission riot. She says she is "1 million percent sure". I'm not sure what the recommended poundage is. I believe it goes from 30-70lbs. She's shooting it at 36lbs
Haha! I thought the same thing when she said it. Mistakes happen...unless you're a woman. They don't make mistakes. It HAD to be a problem with the bow.
