Help: Dry Fire Question

[SScott]

So, I want to climb under a rock and never admit to this, but in the interest of my crossbow’s health, I will post the following. I've taken my new phoenix on four different occasions now. I clean it with break free clp and wd-40 after every use; I wax the string after every shooting session and I lube the rail after every three shots; I have watched the instructional video three times, and I pride myself on being meticulous, but I had a really bad day today, and I dry fired not once, but twice. The second time, I was thinking about the first time... about fifteen minutes earlier. The terrible thing is, I even remember to put the safety on after cocking the bow each time! I forgot the bloody arrow!

I can't find any cracks. I had the owner at the range look it over, and he said he saw nothing wrong with it, but he said that with a dry fire, anything could happen. I shot my bow about 48 times at the range today, probably eighteen times after the dry fires occured. I'm very worried... The only positive I note is that I am using the basic string, and not the fast flight string on the bow. Could something horrible happen to my bow at a later date, or is it probably okay? I note that the instructional video says you can "dry fire until the cows come home with the excel string." I hope this is true… I do note that the string did not fly off my bow, as it did the one time I dry fired my longbow. Is this good or bad?

Is there anything else I should be doing to make sure the limbs are okay?

Thanks,

Steve

[Pydpiper]

It's over. No damage. Have fun!

[vixenmaster]

Take a cottonball run it over yer limbs it will snag any splinters present & let you knowed where they be. If'en no splinters yer in like Flint! I wouldn't sweat & yer in the special dryfire club now!

[one shot scott]

and I dry fired not once, but twice. The second time, I was thinking about the first time...

Welcome to the club Steve, we have many members. and thanks for making me grin! If you didnt have any damage immediately show on the limbs then your bow is ok and will be ok, just dont do it again!!!

[strum]

and I dry fired not once, but twice. The second time, I was thinking about the first time...

Welcome to the club Steve, we have many members. and thanks for making me grin! If you didnt have any damage immediately show on the limbs then your bow is ok and will be ok, just dont do it again!!!

thats exacty what i did last year got so messed up about the first one i did it again.. felt like i had my head up my
welcome to the club your with good company..

[SScott]

Thanks for the help... I probably hit the panic button there. I ran a cotton ball over it, and i didn't see anything, so with luck everything will be okay :knock on wood:. So while the bow seems okay, I think my sanity might have taken a hit.

[SScott]

and I dry fired not once, but twice. The second time, I was thinking about the first time...

Welcome to the club Steve, we have many members. and thanks for making me grin! If you didnt have any damage immediately show on the limbs then your bow is ok and will be ok, just dont do it again!!!

thats exacty what i did last year got so messed up about the first one i did it again.. felt like i had my head up my
welcome to the club your with good company..

Thanks, and as bad as this sounds, that actually makes me feel a little better. I

[FLA-XBOW]

To ease your worries just remind yourself that you own an Excal, not a Barnett

[VixChix]

Welcome to the club! You're in good company!

[badredbird]

have never dry fired my exomax, but im sure at some point thats bound to happen, should be ok know many who have dry fired , no probs tough bows

[wabi]

Chances are the bow (limbs) are still fine. The lower poundage bows (Vixen & Phoenix) are even more resistant to damage from a dry-fire.

I would suggest a new string, though. There is always a possibility of broken strands under the serving and on an endless loop string there are only half the strands in the loops. Never had a string break, but I've always thrown a dry-fired string away and not re-used it.

[Raymond]

Welcome to the club. You and your crossbow will be fine.
Raymond

[Pinpoint]

Welcome to the club!!!

Had my first dryfire with my pheonix not to long ago except I was using a Boo custom string! No damage to the bow, just my ego!!

[onebigskittle]

and I dry fired not once, but twice. The second time, I was thinking about the first time...

Welcome to the club Steve, we have many members. and thanks for making me grin! If you didnt have any damage immediately show on the limbs then your bow is ok and will be ok, just dont do it again!!!

thats exacty what i did last year got so messed up about the first one i did it again.. felt like i had my head up my
welcome to the club your with good company..

Im Glad it was your Head strum and not that carrot

[sumner4991]

When doing the cottonball test . . .the limbs need to be cocked, just don't pull the trigger while testing.

You are most likely OK.