dry fire

[shawnhunts]

I have managed somehow to dry fire my 2010 vixen II yesterday.I have never ever dry fired my compound. I swear I had a bolt loaded...I feel so stupid. What should I do now? I have a few loose screws near the dissapator pads.

[vixenmaster]

Tightned those screws then take a cotton ball go over yer limbs inside n out see if itgets snagged by splinter. If not then shoot on as its ok. Cock push safety on load arrow!

[w8cop]

Howdy Neighbor..I did the same thing last week with my Phoenix.It's the first and hopefully last time I do it. I got lucky,no damage to my set up,it still shoots great !!!

[wabi]

Welcome to the club!
Check the following:
*All bolts & screws.
*The limbs - go over the visually for damage, then cock the bow and run a cotton ball over them to see if there are any "splinters".
*The dissipator bars - they can (and often do) get bent on a dry-fire. If so, remove them and straighten them in a vise or by hammering them straight on a hard flat surface. (I use a 300# anvil, but not everyone has one of them! )
*I always replace the string after a dry-fire! (Yes, I've done it more than once. ) It is probably fine, but why take a chance? It could have damage under the serving.

If all seems fine after the preceding checks it probably IS FINE.
I read in a recent reply by Bill T. that almost 100% of dry-fires with a dacron (Excel) string does no damage to the limbs, and about 80% with a fastflight string survive.

[B-Logger]

Wabi, I foolishly dry fired my bow a year ago and the limb tip flew off to never be found again. After calling Excalibur, my new limbs came in 2 days and I was ready. Here I thought I'd have to miss opening day as this happened really close to that date. Man, customer service can be fast!

[strum]

I got mine 2 wednesdays go ..dry fired it on thur..broke limb tip ..bent dissipator bars..sent it of fri ..got it back thur..hunting sat ..thats service..but i now drill it in my head ..cock,,safty..load arrow..aim ..check arrow seating..safty off.,,aim ..fire..
and if there is a lot of distractions,,,i put it up..

[Mister B]

As I have said many times. the only thing that would make my Excaliburs (I have 3) "PERFECT" would be to have an anti-dryfire catch like on my Tenpoint.

[TYE]

Never fear, Excalibur Customer Service is here!

Seriously though. They are the BEST.

[crazyfarmer]

usually happens to me once every year... always when talking to someone also!

Most put a sticker on their limbs that says check for arrow LOL

if you dont have any splinters on the limbs you are fine. You will see some slight cracks in the paint(just normal during painting) on the limbs but your looking for a splinter that sticks out.

if it looks good, cock the bow and recheck again... if that checks out ok, then load a arrow and shoot maybe 10 yards from target. If it flies true then you are good to go my friend

if by some means something isnt right, call excalibur. Customer service is second to none and if it needs to be replaced the whole process will take 3-5 days tops

Ive had it happen 3 times.. the 2nd time I splintered the limb and its pretty obivious

[Dereck]

Been there don't want to do it again refuse to carry extra pair of underwear

Put a slot in my rear sight to see the rail if I second guess loading an arrow.

[awshucks]

Put a slot in my rear sight to see the rail if I second guess loading an arrow.

Great idea!

[wheelie]

Did it once myself only I went looking for my arrow. Couldn't find it and went back and was looking at crossbow and noticed their was still 4 arrows in the quiver. hehehe No damage done to my Vixen.