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Bow locked at full draw!

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  1. Bow String Depot

    Bow String Depot Die Hard Bowhunter

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    Anybody ever have their bow lock up at full draw? Kinda scary! Wonder what caused it?
     
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    POWERHAWK_11 Die Hard Bowhunter

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    more than likely the cams got frozen somehow. that's crazy though. never heard of it before.
     
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    I am thinking the cams were too advanced or over rotated
     
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    Yeah. Bet your right on that.
    Don't use the bow though. Get it to a shop fast.
     
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    Scary stuff right there.. glad i wasnt holding it :beer:
     
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    Yikes, that's messed up!
     
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    I Googled it yep over rotated cams. Both cables end up holding against each other.
     
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    It can happen mainly on dual cam bows while tuning. Hope there is a press nearby and a hand to help you get it into it!
     
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    I had the shooting machine next to me. Thank God!
     
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    That would be very scary.
     
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    Bow String Depot Die Hard Bowhunter

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    Yep it was! a time bomb and you don't know when it will go off!
     
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    SharpEyeSam Legendary Woodsman

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    I have never had that happen. I bet it is scary!
     
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    Yes, this is what happened.


    I was helping a friend setup a brand new bow and was sitting beside the bow when he pushed the trigger. The string went limp but the bow was at full draw. I ducked out of the way just before all hell broke loose. Dealer tried to blame him and said he dry fired the bow but he didn't.

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    I should throw it in the shooting machine and take pics to show how the cables hold both side of the cams thus locking it in place
     
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    That must have been freaky
     
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    Thats a little scary.... I don't know what I'd do
     
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    Wow! I've never heard of this happening before. Glad you're ok and got the problem fixed.
     
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    What most don't know if you have a long draw length 30 to 31 (binary cam bows) and you are at full draw your cables are usually straight out. Which means they support the cams from both sides. Causing the cams to lock. This means the cams are advanced too far causing this problem. As a string builder and super tuner I should have checked this in the machine before I drew it back. But being so busy duh! I drew it back. Good thing the machine was 5 feet away.
     
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    Say youre a couple thousand miles away from civilization. What do you do? Just put it down and throw rocks at it until it goes off?
     
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    Yep! then cry!!!
     
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