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by jrt
Fri May 26, 2006 7:15 am
Forum: Crossbow Hunting
Topic: mid life crisis/ new toy
Replies: 18
Views: 7637

Forget a bike. Check this out. http://www.arielatom.com/ariel/video.php That Ariel Atom has the same engine that I have on my Type-R but supercharged. http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/4538/1010qs.th.jpg And this is what my car (stock) is capable of when pushed near its limit: http://img68.imageshac...
by jrt
Tue May 23, 2006 3:07 am
Forum: Crossbow Hunting
Topic: DRY FIRED!!!
Replies: 15
Views: 7403

“Smarter people learn from other peoples´ mistakes while fools learn from their own mistakes.” I hope someone would be smarter than me so allow me to share some lessons learned: I was beginning to find my small arms hobby getting expensive so I have decided on a crossbow as an alternative because I ...
by jrt
Sat May 20, 2006 12:56 pm
Forum: Crossbow Hunting
Topic: DRY FIRED!!!
Replies: 15
Views: 7403

Thanks gentlemen! Here are some images: http://img489.imageshack.us/img489/9181/dryfire4hm.th.jpg http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/5519/dryfire39dx.th.jpg http://img290.imageshack.us/img290/9283/dscn00059ak.th.jpg Does anyone know how much this one-time lesson will cost me? How much do the limbs c...
by jrt
Fri May 19, 2006 12:51 pm
Forum: Crossbow Hunting
Topic: DRY FIRED!!!
Replies: 15
Views: 7403

On closer inspection the splinter is not even 1/8" thick. I hope that´s good news. I tried puting the loops back but the Stringing Aid holes were not big enough to let the derailed string loops to pass through. I won´t force myself enough to do the unaided leaning technique as per video - I don...
by jrt
Fri May 19, 2006 11:54 am
Forum: Crossbow Hunting
Topic: DRY FIRED!!!
Replies: 15
Views: 7403

DRY FIRED!!!

Hi guys! First poster here and already with a bad news - I dry fired my brand new Phoenix and now it has a four-inch long and about 2/8" wide splinter on the upper part of the left limb. The two lower part of the string loops also jumped out of their recesses. I am still in shock as I type this...