bow longivity
#1
Fork Horn
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Locust Grove, VA
Posts: 137
bow longivity
I bought my mathews lx from a co-worker 3 years ago. He had it for 4 seasons. The bow shoots great and I took a few deer, squirrels and a racoonthis season. How long are they good for? How often do you get a new stick-n-string?
#2
RE: bow longivity
A bow should last a lifetime depending that you take care of it.
I have an old Golden Eagel Evolution that I used for over 13 years , only had to replace the limbs and string once.
How ever I did get a new Darton Maurader last september as a gift but I still use that old bow as a back up and it still shoots great.
I have an old Golden Eagel Evolution that I used for over 13 years , only had to replace the limbs and string once.
How ever I did get a new Darton Maurader last september as a gift but I still use that old bow as a back up and it still shoots great.
#4
RE: bow longivity
depends on who ya talk to on here.. some of them get the top of the line every year. im not jus talkin one bow they get 3 or 4 top of the lines... personally.. i like to update maybe 3-4 years.. but like everyone else is sayin you keep care of it they should shoot as long as you need it to
#6
RE: bow longivity
You can sure keep it quite a long time. But I believe the limbs loose some of their energy quantity after a while.
My buddy had limbs replaced on an older Martin bow(5-6 years old).
and we chronographed it w/ the new limbs at 14fps. faster than the old ones. It could have been better material design in the new limbs,but it really opened my eyes. A bow takes alot of abuse when shot. Other than the parallell limb bows, conventional limbs configurations take much more because they travel a greater distance.
I'm no engineer, but it only makes sense to me.
Of course that's not to say you can't shoot it. You can & my friend did,very well. Just not what it was.
My buddy had limbs replaced on an older Martin bow(5-6 years old).
and we chronographed it w/ the new limbs at 14fps. faster than the old ones. It could have been better material design in the new limbs,but it really opened my eyes. A bow takes alot of abuse when shot. Other than the parallell limb bows, conventional limbs configurations take much more because they travel a greater distance.
I'm no engineer, but it only makes sense to me.
Of course that's not to say you can't shoot it. You can & my friend did,very well. Just not what it was.