joined the club today

7magman · Post by **7magman** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 4:40 pm

thats right after a few months of shooting i finally dry fired my vortex. looked it over and there doesn't seem to be any damage. i shot it about a half dozen more times everything seems to be ok. is there anything anybody can suggest i do to make sure it is fine. please help.

Hoss · Post by **Hoss** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 4:45 pm

I wouldnt worry about it at all, alot of us have dry fired ours and all is good.. ive done mine more than once over the years accidently and never have had a problem...

wabi · Post by **wabi** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 4:52 pm

Take a cotton ball and go over the limbs to make sure there are no "splinters" on the limbs.
Check DBs to make sure they are still straight.
Check your string carefully to see if there is any damage (if it's the factory supplied excel string (endless loop) check the loops for serving separation or gaps caused by the string material stretching.
If all looks OK - it probably is OK!

Edited to add:
Forgot

Welcome to the club!!!!!!!!!!
You're among a large group and your name will probably be forgotten soon, so don't worry about it too much!

one shot scott · Post by **one shot scott** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 5:14 pm

Welcome to the club. Membership is usually free, unless you use a fff string. Then you might have to pay some dues.

I have dry fired a couple of times

the only time i splintered a limb was when i used the fast flight flemish string.

TPM · Post by **TPM** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 5:19 pm

Welcome to the club.It took me almost three years to join.

dick195252 · Post by **dick195252** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 5:51 pm

Still not a member yet and it is a club i really do not want to be in

saxman · Post by **saxman** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 7:43 pm

I did it today.
My Boo string and NGSS saved my bow,it is fine.
Look here,this is after dry fire
http://www.excaliburcrossbow.com/phpBB2 ... hp?t=28414

VixChix · Post by **VixChix** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 8:18 pm

Welcome to the club! You're in the very best of company.

Chuck Gravel · Post by **Chuck Gravel** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 9:38 pm

I dry-fired once with factory and once with the FFF and the FFF actually flew off the limbs and i was amazed at no damage. Excal sure knows how to make bows

Mike P · Post by **Mike P** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 9:00 am

saxman wrote: My Boo string and NGSS saved my bow,it is fine.

At the risk of sounding like an endless commercial, I firmly believe that all new crossbow owners should invest in the NGSS system to prevent damage to their new prized possession should a dry fire occur. A Boo string is also a "must have" in my opinion.

I think the logistics of this proposal will prevent this from ever happening but wouldn't it be cool if Boo, NewGuy, Groundpounder, munch,crazyfarmer, etc etc got together and offered a package that incorporated all of their fine products and offered the package for sale to the new crossbow owner.

They could call it The Forum Package and it would be one stop shopping for all the new owners.

Of course for a small royalty of $1.52 per sale they could call it the "Mike P Package" and I would include a map and GPS coordinates showing the location of buck 52.