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Guess I wont be shooting till late next week lol!

I've had this AAE rest for almost 2 years and the launcher arm decided to break.

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if duct tape doesn't work, then you are not using enough duct tape....

sorry about that, hope you get it fixed soon. I wont be shooting again till I get my bow tuned up.... waiting on another paycheck before I can do that....
 
That is why I don't shoot drop aways. All their launcher arms are either plastic or thin steel. On stationary rests...no problem. On things that move...eventually a breakage problem will occur. Most wont shoot enough to see it happen BUT...I'm also guessing in the 2 yrs you've had the rest, that you've not shot it for hrs on end, every day of the 2 yrs. So the actual shoot time on it may be less than 3,000 shots. That's not a lot once you think about it.
 
Secret Squirrel said:
You may want to look at the contact with that pad. Might be the cause of your problem.
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True

What happened was when I increased the draw weight on the limbs two months ago it greatly increased the pressure of the rest against the shelf. Its a limb activated rest so when you increase draw weight the cord that attaches to the limb tightens.

I shot for a few hours a couple months ago until I noticed it. I adjusted the limb cord to take pressure of the launcher. I believe that shooting session two months ago is what stressed the metal but it still didn't break until now.
 
Crow Terminator said:
That is why I don't shoot drop aways. All their launcher arms are either plastic or thin steel. On stationary rests...no problem. On things that move...eventually a breakage problem will occur. Most wont shoot enough to see it happen BUT...I'm also guessing in the 2 yrs you've had the rest, that you've not shot it for hrs on end, every day of the 2 yrs. So the actual shoot time on it may be less than 3,000 shots. That's not a lot once you think about it.
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Actually I just did an estimate and given I shoot ~30 arrows a day around 300 days a year and have had the rest roughly 500 days it has 15,000 shots on it, 5x more shots than what your estimate.
 
That's why it's just an estimate.

If you're shooting 300 days a year, you're shooting more than 99% of the people I know, including myself AND hardcore tournament archers I know. That's just me though. Some days its raining outside. Some days I'm too busy. Some days I just don't feel like picking my bow up and shooting...even when I'm in tourney season and especially not during ML/GUN season. If I'm not careful I find myself not even shooting much during bow season....easy to just go hunt mornings, then take a nap after lunch...then back to the woods til dark. Me personally...I'd say there's more than 65 days a year that I don't shoot or pick a bow up. From about February to Sept I try to shoot around 3 days a week. Between 24 and 30 shots a day. And that's during my busy season of shooting for tourneys. When the time changes and those days get short, it's hard to find time to shoot any at all when its daylight. When its a high of 20 degrees outside...I'm not shooting. When it's 95+ degrees out, I'm not shooting til late evening and sometimes not at all. I'd say my total shoot time in a year from Feb - Sept is actually more like 65-70 days that I shoot.

I only know a couple guys who shoots more than that. Both work in archery shops and it's part of their job.
 
Ok well let's say 200 days a year. In two years that's about 12000 shots. 4x your estimate. I shoot in my backyard so it's nothing for me to step out and shoot.

Just saying your estimate is not even close for a frequent shooter. If you do the math shots add up quick. Sometimes I only shoot 10 arrows but other sessions I shoot 80.
 

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