How Long Before the Limbs Weaken?

tman74 · Post by **tman74** » Mon Oct 24, 2011 2:13 pm

Sooo...a friend of mine apparently had left his phoenix cocked for a 4-5 days. He had bought a new string for it, cocked it, put it in the closet and forgot to uncock it.

He's worried that his limbs have weakened. I wasn't 100% sure so I thought I'd ask the knowledgeable ladies and gents of the forum what they think. Thanks!

Tman74

kurisu · Post by **kurisu** » Mon Oct 24, 2011 2:44 pm

I was thinking back to this story I read on the site a while back:

Re: Decock every 2 hours?
by bstout » Sun Mar 21, 2010 7:17 pm

Sometime ago there was a post about someone leaving their Excalibur Vixen cocked and stored in a closet for about 6 months by accident. I remember them saying how bad they felt about it until they discovered it hadn't done any damage to the crossbow.

I can't remember which forum member it was but I remember them stating the "point of impact" hadn't changed when they finally shot the bow. The crossbow was still *matched* to the sight setting implying the limbs hadn't weakened (wasn't hitting low).

The bow had gone unchanged.

Based on this information, I suspect your friend should be fine.

OkXbowHunter · Post by **OkXbowHunter** » Mon Oct 24, 2011 5:01 pm

I seriously doubt there is any damage. My personal best is two days in a closet. I also forgot, just not as long as your friend! LOL

rayman · Post by **rayman** » Mon Oct 24, 2011 5:30 pm

OkXbowHunter wrote:My personal best is two days in a closet.

Don't feel bad. A friend of mine left his cat in the closet for two weeks by mistake once.

Doe Master · Post by **Doe Master** » Mon Oct 24, 2011 5:30 pm

My wolverine limbs seem to be as strong as the first day . Tell your friend he owns a Excalibur don`t worry about it .

tman74 · Post by **tman74** » Mon Oct 24, 2011 9:06 pm

I'll tell him the xbow's screwed and should sell it to me for dirt cheap. lol.

Thanks folks. Advice/info much appreciated and will bring a great sigh of relief I'm sure.

xbowholic · Post by **xbowholic** » Tue Oct 25, 2011 12:07 am

I shoot my phoenix alot and the string is never relaxed; I haven't left my crossbow cocked for several days but it has been cocked all day on the stand (10 plus hours) several times; have never had any problems; IMO, no need to worry at all.

j.krug · Post by **j.krug** » Tue Oct 25, 2011 6:45 am

Yep...no worries there! Just keep shooting and hunting! Excalibur = Recurve...simply perfect!

awshucks · Post by **awshucks** » Tue Oct 25, 2011 12:30 pm

I left an Emax strung for about 3 years, and often cocked overnight to break in new FFF strings, was chronying it when I sold it, no measurable loss in fps.
Fwiw.........

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