bow question

[drake123]

My String came off my cam last night. Is that bad? Its just off the top cam.

[triggertrav]

not an expert, but i would say thats bad. alignment or timing must be off.

[DonBo]

What happened exactly? Were you indoors shooting targets, or outdoors where some ice/snow may have gotten under the string? Give us more info, maybe we can shed some light on it.

Either way yes, it's bad. Take it into a pro shop and have them check it out.

[sticknstring]

Did you dry fire it? What bow do you have? I've heard of a few guys that have had their Destroyers derail from the cam grooves being too short. You'll have to pop it into the press and get the string back on and look into why it derailed to begin with.

[Scoot]

Yes, there's been talk about the Destroyers doing this. However, it can happen to any bow for a number of reasons. If you've got a short ATA bow and draw it with fingers, you're putting your bow and yourself at risk for this. Oh, and don't dry fire your bow... not a good idea.

[drake123]

I took it to G mount today and the archery guy fixed it for me for free. He said don't ever just pick your bow up and draw it without an arrow. Here is what I did. I was going to shoot but ran out of time, so i just came to full draw with no arrow, and I slowly let it back down(NOT DRY FIRE) and the string came of the top cam. He said never draw unless you have an arrow!

[ac777]

I dont see how doing what you did would cause it to come off, whats the difference if there was an arrow on it?

[drake123]

Exactly what I was thinking. My dad actually took it in so I did not get a chance to ask him why. Seems weird to me

[Deitz Dittrich]

Something is wrong here.. not having an arrow in it means nothing.. Unless it was dry fired.. Its good advice to always have an arrow in it, but that is not the reason for the sting coming off in my opinion. I would check to make sure the Spindle? is not bent.. check also to see if the cam is leaning.. Something is not right.

[mrklean]

make sure your cams are ok, i was having a came issue with my x-force the string wasnt going back on the cam properly, turns out to be a very big problem they had to do some serious work on it

[archerystud]

I'm with Dietz on this one. Something is not right and it sounds like your cam is tilted a little. You should be able to draw a bow back without and arrow, just do NOT dry fire it, as most here are aware of.

[Sorgy]

Drake,

By any chance did you draw your bow with just fingers? Many of the new short Axel to Axel bows with the agressive cams had issues when the bow was torqued by drawing with fingers. The early Monsters and several others come to mind.

It never hurts to make connections with a good bow technician- Many pro shops have experienced guy's including Gander Mountain. The Forest Lake GM has some very good bow technicians in there department. Average Joe's are a group of former Sportsmans Wharehouse archery guys.

The technicians will help you set up your equipment - making sure that all aspects of your setup are working correctly.

By the way you never said what kind of bow you shoot. What was it and are you all set now?

Good Luck

Steve