To preface this I have only a few ideas of what happened but I’m still not entirely sure If I have every single detail.
I stopped in for a package of vanes to do some fletching. Naturally I was poking around the wall of flagship bows as one would. The rx 8 is was looking slick but gosh that sticker price for a new bow!
The shop owners son walked by to the ultra view display case and pulled out what I think was a hinge style release and walked it back to a fella who had (what I assumed was his bow) at the tuning target. I turned back away to look at the Lift in person, cool looking bow. What was happening behind me was nothing out of the ordinary. I heard them talking about draw length, maybe a something about how anchor points change, then I heard the shot break. It was LOUD like a woosh and a snap at the same time. My first thought was that it was far too loud for a regular shot even indoors. I turned around to see a derailed bow. The arrow that he had knocked was in the target. The archer was in shock. The tech was also looking bewildered but not angry. Immediately he began inspecting the bow. I still don’t know exactly who’s bow it was or who would technically be at fault. I’m not entirely sure how a UV hinge works but to those more experienced with these types of releases could something like this happened if the archer improperly pulled or twisted his hand or something?
This isn’t a dogpile on Mathew’s post, or an attack on the Lift which I’ve seen some people having issues with. Also I’m only assuming it was a Lift he was shooting, it had the limbs sandwiched together with rubber in the middle so lift or phase 4?
If this was a shop bow who would be obligated to take responsibility? If you’re getting a flagship set up for you 1on1 and use a release aid you’ve never used but you’re under supervision of a bow technician and something like this happens…is the archer really at fault? Did he have any business using a hinge on a bow that may not have been his?
As I was leaving I overheard the tech say well at least the cams don’t look broken. The archer still seemed to be in shock. I felt bad for him. Either way it’s an expensive accident/mistake that may have cost him his bow or put him potentially on the hook to pay for damages to a shop bow.
I stopped in for a package of vanes to do some fletching. Naturally I was poking around the wall of flagship bows as one would. The rx 8 is was looking slick but gosh that sticker price for a new bow!
The shop owners son walked by to the ultra view display case and pulled out what I think was a hinge style release and walked it back to a fella who had (what I assumed was his bow) at the tuning target. I turned back away to look at the Lift in person, cool looking bow. What was happening behind me was nothing out of the ordinary. I heard them talking about draw length, maybe a something about how anchor points change, then I heard the shot break. It was LOUD like a woosh and a snap at the same time. My first thought was that it was far too loud for a regular shot even indoors. I turned around to see a derailed bow. The arrow that he had knocked was in the target. The archer was in shock. The tech was also looking bewildered but not angry. Immediately he began inspecting the bow. I still don’t know exactly who’s bow it was or who would technically be at fault. I’m not entirely sure how a UV hinge works but to those more experienced with these types of releases could something like this happened if the archer improperly pulled or twisted his hand or something?
This isn’t a dogpile on Mathew’s post, or an attack on the Lift which I’ve seen some people having issues with. Also I’m only assuming it was a Lift he was shooting, it had the limbs sandwiched together with rubber in the middle so lift or phase 4?
If this was a shop bow who would be obligated to take responsibility? If you’re getting a flagship set up for you 1on1 and use a release aid you’ve never used but you’re under supervision of a bow technician and something like this happens…is the archer really at fault? Did he have any business using a hinge on a bow that may not have been his?
As I was leaving I overheard the tech say well at least the cams don’t look broken. The archer still seemed to be in shock. I felt bad for him. Either way it’s an expensive accident/mistake that may have cost him his bow or put him potentially on the hook to pay for damages to a shop bow.
