I have seen dry fires where pieces go flying off, but if you have a dry fire with no apparent damage to anything except that the string came off, do you thing the bow is ok? Yes, it will go to a bow shop for further inspection, but if initial examination is clean, have you just dodged a major bullet????
Iamspartacus
Depends what you are shooting. Some bows can withstand a dry fire with no damage others completely self-destruct.
Just depends... sometimes the bow will come through it unharmed... others completely blow up.
regardless of MFG..if a bow is dryfired it should be taken to a dealer an gone through..
sometimes the damage can not easily be seen.
regardless of MFG..if a bow is dryfired it should be taken to a dealer an gone through..
sometimes the damage can not easily be seen.
I dry fired my Z7 Extreme before I ever shot an arrow out of it after leaving the place where I bought it. The only thing it did was throw the peep across the room,derail the string and scare the 
out of me. They put the peep back in and we had a good laugh about it when I carried it back to the sporting goods store. I looked over my limbs real good with a magnifing glass. You can also rub the limbs with a cotton ball. If it has a small crack it will show up with the cotton ball by pulling off some fibers. One thing this event did for me is made me is made me commit to never drawing back the bow without an arrow nocked. I did not have mine at full draw - I was actually letting it down and I think I turned the bow and let the string or cable ride out of the cam. It happened so fast I don't really know what happened.
If I had to bet, I would say once you get the string back on it will be fine. They can check to see that the cams are not bent when you carry your bow to have it serviced. Just remember, you aren't the first one to have ever fry fired one, I mean dry fired one.:wink:
out of me. They put the peep back in and we had a good laugh about it when I carried it back to the sporting goods store. I looked over my limbs real good with a magnifing glass. You can also rub the limbs with a cotton ball. If it has a small crack it will show up with the cotton ball by pulling off some fibers. One thing this event did for me is made me is made me commit to never drawing back the bow without an arrow nocked. I did not have mine at full draw - I was actually letting it down and I think I turned the bow and let the string or cable ride out of the cam. It happened so fast I don't really know what happened.If I had to bet, I would say once you get the string back on it will be fine. They can check to see that the cams are not bent when you carry your bow to have it serviced. Just remember, you aren't the first one to have ever fry fired one, I mean dry fired one.:wink:
I dry fired my 1999 Hoyt Viper in january during league shooting. Checked the bow. Continued shoorting with no issues. So it depends, as been stated.
Hoyt however i dont shoot one now. But if i go out west or out of state for a hunt thats the only company that seems to make a bow with some meat anymore. All the cams are tougher than crap and very few limb issues.Most bows today the cams are so light they come blow up really easy. I've seen many many hoyts dry fired shooting indoor. Looked them over put the peep back in and shoot again.
Axles are almost always bent from a dry fire and need to be replaced.
Cams are very often damaged too, as are string and cables.
Limbs and riser can usually take it pretty well but even they can be damaged.
If I dry fired my bow, I would probably never be confident in my limbs again, no matter how good they looked after the dry fire.
That's just me being paranoid though.
Cams are very often damaged too, as are string and cables.
Limbs and riser can usually take it pretty well but even they can be damaged.
If I dry fired my bow, I would probably never be confident in my limbs again, no matter how good they looked after the dry fire.
That's just me being paranoid though.
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