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Watchful said:It depends on the manufacturer, but generally you're okay to leave a crossbow strung, since it can be a pain to remove the strings on many models.
However, if you're storing your crossbow for any length of time, you should wax the strings according to your manufacturer's recommendations. Some require a lot of lube wax, many do not.
That said, the biggest source of harm to a crossbow, I understand, is storing it cocked. It seems strange, but I gather a lot of people do this.
Do you have a reference for this or is this personal opinion? Recurved bows only? I'll asked around, but none of the bow-hunters addicts I know store their bows unstrung. The only advice is my user's manual is to avoid prolonged wet or extreme heat.Watchful said:As for the string, always store a bow unstrung. If you store a bow with its string on, the bow eventually settles into that shape and you lose a lot of tension. The power of the bow comes from bending its natural unstrung shape into an unnaturally curved shape...so we want to preserve its tension as much as possible.
proload9 said:Do you have a reference for this or is this personal opinion? Recurved bows only? I'll asked around, but none of the bow-hunters addicts I know store their bows unstrung. The only advice is my user's manual is to avoid prolonged wet or extreme heat.
Sorry. I took a couple days off for the holiday, and this thread suddenly shot out from under me.Nabok said:proload9...You are correct, compound bows are not unstrung to store, unless maybe you plan on storing one away for a long time. I have "helped" change the string on compound bow and it is substantially more difficult and takes more equipment that unstringing a traditional bow.
Todd