Bad day for 3D Bow- blow up

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08-07-2006, 07:58 AM

bloodcrick

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Bad day for 3D Bow- blow up

[:@] ME and my favarite hunting bud (MY 14 YEAR OLD SON Dalton) were at a local 3d shoot sunday and having a ball until target 22. my son has a parker hunter mag set on #55 lbs less than a year old.half way drawing back, the bow exploded scaring the s^!** out of him and everyone around. luck was on his side as far as not getting hurt. Im glad he was not in a tree when it happened. looks like the lug that holds one of the strings to the lower cam came out letting everything go. parker has a lifetime warranty on defects, so looks i will be making a trip to the pro shop where i bought it. Dan

08-07-2006, 08:07 AM

BobCo19-65

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RE: Bad day for 3D Bow- blow up

I'm glad to hear he is OK. Unfortunately, I have also had bad luck with Parker bows. Went through 2 set of limbs on mine. Ended up giving the bow away.

08-07-2006, 08:21 AM

Rick James

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RE: Bad day for 3D Bow- blow up

Scary stuff indeed....especially when its your kid and not you behind the bow. I am very fortunate to have never had this problem (knocks on wood).

08-07-2006, 10:10 AM

lovethebigguns

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RE: Bad day for 3D Bow- blow up

Wow!
I agree with these guys, I'm glad everything's ok. How do you think he'll act the next time he draws?
Good luck, and I hope it didn't scare him too bad.

08-07-2006, 10:50 AM

Matt/TN

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RE: Bad day for 3D Bow- blow up

I am 15 and i had the same thing happen 2 weeks ago except i was at full draw, and my bow was a browning

08-07-2006, 01:50 PM

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RE: Bad day for 3D Bow- blow up

He's 14 and fearless. Things do happen and I'm happy that your young man is unhurt. Was there any warning such as rattles or unusual vibration/sound? String Slack? I've been reading on this site that this has been happening quit often. Anyone know how to remedy this?

I always do my checks before and after and especially if I hear something out of the norm.

08-07-2006, 02:07 PM

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RE: Bad day for 3D Bow- blow up

i had that happen to me too about 3 years ago with my browning micro midas 2. i was lookin at the limbs of that bow and noticed there were some cracks in it and i was wondering if browning would cover this in there warranty or if browning has a warranty becasue i want to set this bow up for my 14 year old friend.