Well, I'm not talking shit about bowtech ever again

[Brendan]

Have either of those bows blown up on you (just throwing string off) with out breaking limbs before they exploded?

I've heard of it happening, I believe it was a thing with older bowtechs. Torque the bow too much during the draw or at full draw and the string could derail. I believe certain bows have/had cam grooves that weren't deep enough.

 

[Billy Goat]

I've heard of it happening, I believe it was a thing with older bowtechs. Torque the bow too much during the draw or at full draw and the string could derail. I believe certain bows have/had cam grooves that weren't deep enough.

I have seen several Mathews do it. The newer models have really deep string grooves in the cams now.

 

[bsnedeker]

Have either of those bows blown up on you (just throwing string off) with out breaking limbs before they exploded?

Never happened on this bow, but I have heard of that. My buddy has an old bowtech 360 RPM that did once.

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[Elkhntr08]

Snapped 2 risers on Hoyts back in the late 80’s. Was a dealer back then, so they replaced them very quickly.
I’ve only had one other issue since then. Upper limb on a Elite Pure jumper the rockers and burgers up, also taken care of.
No issues in the past 7 years or so.

 

[Slim Jim]

My Hoyt upper cam just snapped off of the axle last week during a draw back. It’s an RX-3 so it isn’t old. This incident is my final straw with Hoyt. I’ve had so many issues with Hoyts. I’ll be shopping all the new releases coming out right now.


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[roosiebull]

I'm fine, although my hat got blown back about ten feet. I was halfway through my draw when the chaos occurred.

Looks like one of the limbs split. String and cables are fine, cams look fine as well. It's a 2016 Defiant Turbo. I think I'm going to use this as an excuse to get a less aggressive, more forgiving bow.

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knocked a sock off even!

 

[mrgreen]

Snapped 2 risers on Hoyts back in the late 80’s....

Holy Moly!
Not to derail (pun intended) OP's impressive story, but that's the one I'd like to hear about.

 

[Elkhntr08]

Both were Pro Vantage Hunter bows, both 80#s and shooting 2013 arrows. Both my fault. Both snapped at the shelf. First one did nothing, second knocked my hat off and hit my left elbow. Wasn’t giving it a third shot. Had them build me a Pro Force Extreme.

 

[Billy Goat]

Both were Pro Vantage Hunter bows, both 80#s and shooting 2013 arrows. Both my fault. Both snapped at the shelf. First one did nothing, second knocked my hat off and hit my left elbow. Wasn’t giving it a third shot. Had them build me a Pro Force Extreme.

The 80's were a different time. It kinda seems like compounds were expected to blow up. I know a guy who shot for Jennings and he has some tales. He shoots a stick bow now, got tired of it all.

 

[Elkhntr08]

Back in the days of magnesium and cast aluminum risers.

 

[icampbell87]

Yikes.