New bow, old mistake

[NYbuck50]

Hey fellas. Got my new Hoyt rampage XT today via archerytalk classifieds.. My first draw of the bow without my release, I did a half dry fire as I was backing it down. I'm not used to the new bows harder cams I suppose.. I checked the limbs for cracks and found nothing.. The only visible damage was the peep site snapping off..

I also drew it several more times with no issues... Wondering if I missed checking anything? Anyone w expirience would be appreciated, I'm debating on shooting tommorow, or bringing it to a dealer to check its safe..

Thoughts?

[deerpassion]

better safe than sorry with a price tag like that!!! not to mention safety...

[WNYBuckHunter]

I would have it checked just to be on the safe side. Hoyts are pretty tough, but no reason to risk injury or further damage.

[NYbuck50]

whew.. Thanks for the input guys.. I had my pro shop take a quick look when he was cutting my arrows yesterday.. All good

[WNYBuckHunter]

Thats good news!

[NFA-ADK]

Good luck with it!!!

[sweet old bill]

a sure way to not ever have this problem is to always draw the bow with arrow in the string, a safe draw area facing a target, a release that will not go off. This a safe way to fine tune that new bow.

I had one guy draw the bow with the arrow in the bow with his release and about 3/4 way back he trigged the release, the arrow hit a iron support and that was the end of the arrow but not the bow. Be safe

[wdswtr]

Whats this guy talking about???????????

Edited May 27, 2012 by wdswtr

[deerpassion]

Whats this guy talking about???????????

no idea man,, who said anything about crossbow... ?

[Paula]

he is advertising his crossbow

[fasteddie]

How did we get from drawing and dry firing a Compound to a page about Crossbows ?

[wdswtr]

That be a question for crossbow to answer!

[WNYBuckHunter]

Taken care of. It was a spammer.