Matrix 380 Limbs starting to Break?!?

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Go shoot and don't worry about it, just cosmetic :)
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800 shots and counting! :wink:

And (hopefully) out again this afternoon!! :twisted:

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Hi everyone I just wanted to let everyone know that yesterday my good friend, my wife and myself were out hunting deer on our last couple of days in eastern Ontario. We all have Excalibur crossbows my friend just bought the new Matrix 380. we were very impressed with it until he tried unloading the bow yesterday and the bow broke apart almost lashing him it the face. As he pulled up with the caulking aid to un load it the end cap on the end of the limb broke off causing the sting to fly off and cancel his last 2 days of hunting. I cant believe that the caps on the end of the limbs are glued on . No one at Excalibur to answer the phones. Don't think I will be upgrading. This is the second matrix that broke the store I went to last night said they had a 355 come back with a snapped limb
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....scary thought....will check my Matrix 380 before shooting again....I have about 30 shots with it so far...and did not notice any issue whatsoever....
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I'd be interested to see a picture of the fiasco.
As far as the damaged limb goes virtually all of the ones I'm aware of were 355 without anti dryfire units on them. So draw your own conclusions.
They don't "snap" the either tear the limb tips off and sometimes it takes a bit of limb with it but the only "snapped" limbs I've heard about are ones subjected to heat.
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luvtohunt wrote:Hi everyone I just wanted to let everyone know that yesterday my good friend, my wife and myself were out hunting deer on our last couple of days in eastern Ontario. We all have Excalibur crossbows my friend just bought the new Matrix 380. we were very impressed with it until he tried unloading the bow yesterday and the bow broke apart almost lashing him it the face. As he pulled up with the caulking aid to un load it the end cap on the end of the limb broke off causing the sting to fly off and cancel his last 2 days of hunting. I cant believe that the caps on the end of the limbs are glued on . No one at Excalibur to answer the phones. Don't think I will be upgrading. This is the second matrix that broke the store I went to last night said they had a 355 come back with a snapped limb
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Like I said I happen to my friend I have better things to do that posting crap I just wanted other to know about what happened i will posting a picture when I have time
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luvtohunt wrote:Like I said I happen to my friend I have better things to do that posting crap I just wanted other to know about what happened i will posting a picture when I have time
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You took a photo as I understand it?
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Snapping hey......... I've never heard of this material breaking against the grain of the fibre. Would love to see a photo.
Did the limb cap pull off, break off, end of the limb break? What happened there?
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I bought a crossbow with the tip of the limb missing and it was told the crossbow was being uncocked and the guy couldn't hold it and resulted in kinda a dryfire/slam the ground one tip at a time and off flew the tip and string....hard to believe a tip flew off while ridding it down but anything is possible. Sounds like your friend was lucky and a photo would help us know if it was broke or just a tip that flew off.
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luvtohunt wrote:Like I said I happen to my friend I have better things to do that posting crap I just wanted other to know about what happened i will posting a picture when I have time
That,s funny right there!
Get your better things accomplished, then back up your words with evidence of what failed and how.. Broke off vs you not liking glue ?????.
Mean while I will not doubt the integrity of a 380 till I hear it from those who build them that there is any issue. Ain,t their first rodeo with glass and its attributes.
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Most members start their first post with some sort if introduction the way I see it. Trolls on the other hand start their first post with negative bashing and luvtohunt digs up a 6 month old dead post to introduce his intentions.
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Absolutely! He wades through 9 months of threads, he has no pictures, "calls" Excalibur between Christmas and New Years when they will be obviously short handed, he has better things to do, he joins to tell us all about a bow that isn't his, it is his very first post, tells us about a limb tip that comes off..............did I miss anything?
No credibility with or without pictures. I'll believe it when Peter confirms it.
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Tough crowd, Tough Crowd. :shock:
Let's straighten him out and leave him some dignity. :D
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