WhY Did This Happen ????.

[lip_ripper00]

I had my hand holding the stock like you do a rifle but you see the string when it broke hit my finger and did it ever hit it hard I am having my secont drink of whisky to help ease the pain LOL.

Atta boy!

[Ron.C]

If you can return it Wayne, do it. If a rep from the company said "the strings are garbage", then I'd have to question the rest of the bow as well.

Glad to hear you weren't seriously hurt. I'm sure you be healed up and ready to go for Sept 1st

[hunter1947]

If you can return it Wayne, do it. If a rep from the company said "the strings are garbage", then I'd have to question the rest of the bow as well.

Glad to hear you weren't seriously hurt. I'm sure you be healed up and ready to go for Sept 1st

Ron I was very happy with my shot placement and at 370 fps was this cross bow ever fast with a 475 gold wing carbon bolt with field tips..

[killer]

I know when i bought my crossbow the directions stated to not leave the string knocked for more than 5 hours and wax every 5to10 shots .mine is a barnett 150 lb pull have had one string break but it was 4 years old.that finger looks sore shitty way to learn stuff.

[Bow Walker]

Wayne - send it all back to Bill, get your money back and let Bill deal with Maximus Bows regarding this issue - plus the issue of crappy strings on his remaining inventory.

Go get a good bow if you don't like your older one. Maybe go to the "parent" company if the Maximus bows are considered to be knock-offs of Excalibur, then go get the original, an Excalibur.

As far as appliying wax with a piece of soft leather - I do it and have done it for a lot of years. Never any damage to strings or cables or serving - at all.

The knock on using leather was that there could be some dirt or grit on the leather which, when rubbed on the string, could (might, possibly) fray or damage the string.

Just make sure that the leather piece is kept in a small plastic baggy and that particular problem is solved.

As for being able to rub hard enough so that the heat build-up could (might possibly) damage the string? Unless your fingers are made of asbestos, it couldn't possibly happen that way. I call BS on that thought.

Wayne is no dummy. He knows how to take care of his equipment. Never doubt it.

[hunter1947]

I will wait till I talk to Bill about this problem with this maximus cross bow I am not very happy this early morning finger was giving me some problems last night up earlier then normal because of this finger might head into the clinic this morning and have it looked at I think it is broken ??? ..

[hunter1947]

I have been doing lots of thinking about what I should do ,I was thinking about what if this where to happen to me when I was about to shot a big bull elk ????.

What happens if at the beginning of bow season that a problem accrued what will I do ??? do I lose the bow season and a chance to fill my dreams with my first bull elk with a cross bow ??? I don't want to be sending this bow back in a few years because of problems with it I need something that will give me no problems till the day I stop hunting..

[hunter1947]

Here is what I did so the ends would not get damaged when shipping takes place..

[oldtimer]

Wayne I use a soft piece of leather as well for aplying the wax, have for years, never a problem.
Gold tips are good arrows, have used them for years, I think it was a bad glue job.
Get the good string, get some new arrows, and fire away.
Mike

[Tripitaka]

Wayne - sounds like you have lost confidence in the bow. It is going to be a long time coming back and each time you pull that trigger you are going to be thinking "Is the same thing gonna happen?"

It doesn't have to be rational - that the string broke not the bow - but if you have doubts, now might be the time to swap it rather than later. If not, go with teh new sting and enjoy! Sure looks a beast of a tool..