To all potential customers;
09-03-2007, 08:30 PM
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To all potential customers;
When someone working on your bow says "Hold on, don't let down," please, don't press the trigger of your release.
Working on a bow forcustomer today, I wanted him to shoot the bow before leaving. I handed him an arrow, he shot it fine. I handed him a second arrow and it was too short. He drew back and it fell off the rest.
No big deal; "Hold on, don't let down. I'll grab that for you."
As I pull the arrow off the string something happens and I'm seeing an arrow hit the concrete wall next to us and my wrist is killing me. The customer had accidentally hit his trigger and dry fired his bow; on my wrist.
Fortunately my wrist absorbed the majority of the impact and it didn't hurt his bow.
So, a couple reminders;
1.) If someone working on your bow says something, please pay attention.
2.) Keep your fingerbehind the trigger.
3.) If for some reason you're in a situation where you dry fire your bow on someone's wrist, say something more than just "Oh man, did I getcha?"
Working on a bow forcustomer today, I wanted him to shoot the bow before leaving. I handed him an arrow, he shot it fine. I handed him a second arrow and it was too short. He drew back and it fell off the rest.
No big deal; "Hold on, don't let down. I'll grab that for you."
As I pull the arrow off the string something happens and I'm seeing an arrow hit the concrete wall next to us and my wrist is killing me. The customer had accidentally hit his trigger and dry fired his bow; on my wrist.
Fortunately my wrist absorbed the majority of the impact and it didn't hurt his bow.
So, a couple reminders;
1.) If someone working on your bow says something, please pay attention.
2.) Keep your fingerbehind the trigger.
3.) If for some reason you're in a situation where you dry fire your bow on someone's wrist, say something more than just "Oh man, did I getcha?"
09-03-2007, 08:45 PM
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Dominant Buck
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RE: To all potential customers;
How did he end up with an arrow that was too short in the first place?
Sorry it happened.....but I can't imagine my shop owner's hands anywhere near someone's bow at full draw that he don't trust an AWFUL lot. Kinda sounds like putting the ball back on the tee when the guy's at the top of his backswing.
Glad you're OK.
09-03-2007, 08:51 PM
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RE: To all potential customers;
The arrow being too short is understandable (at least on my end). We've got tubes attached to the wall of our range with several different lengths of several different brands of arrows. We use these to tune people's bows [who don't provide their own] or for people to test bows with. The arrows aren't marked, but put back into their respective tubes.
This particular arrow happened to have been placed in the incorrect tube.
As far as having my hand near someone's bow at full draw, it happens all the time. I adjust as last three peeps a day while customers are at full draw. I trust them enough to have the common sense to keep their finger behind the trigger.
I wasn't hurt too bad. After the customer left I grabbed a bow from the shelf and went and shot it to make sure I could still shoot mine. Nothing major, just a bruiser wrist and a scraped knuckle.
This particular arrow happened to have been placed in the incorrect tube.
As far as having my hand near someone's bow at full draw, it happens all the time. I adjust as last three peeps a day while customers are at full draw. I trust them enough to have the common sense to keep their finger behind the trigger.
I wasn't hurt too bad. After the customer left I grabbed a bow from the shelf and went and shot it to make sure I could still shoot mine. Nothing major, just a bruiser wrist and a scraped knuckle.
