My limbsaver broke

[enaz]

 I have a 2010 limbasver deadzone. I shot it a few thousand times practicing, shot my deer last year, and first elk this year with it. I examine it often and keep it in a case.I also had a dealer tune it and check it out in august. I was deer hunting and drew back where I was sitting to see how comfortable I felt, and I could hear and feel my bow  cracking. It was a sickening feeling. I looked and the bottom limb was cracked from the split where the cam is, to about halfway down the limb. I have a spare bow to use that I'm not used to shooting .I'm really bummed I can't use my good one the last week of the season. I have a local limbsaver dealer who is going to order parts on monday, and I'm not sure how long it will take. I've heard of other problems people have had with limbsavers, and now I'm considering getting it fixed, selling and buying a different bow. The thing is, I really love the way it feels and shoots , and if I knew I could rely on it, I would keep it. It kind've depends on the service I get from limsaver as well. I don't have any reciepts or warranty for the bow but I'm told they will replace them. My question is, what would you do?

[washingtonmuley]

I would drive the bow to shelton. I believe that is where they are located and see what they could do for you. I love my DZ32!!!

[RadSav]

I have no doubt they will get it fixed right.  Though that is one of the issues you get with solid machined limbs now and then that you rarely get with laminated or molded limbs. 

I replaced mine with Barnsdale limbs just to be safe.  Although I like the way the Sims limbs shot better.  Not sure what weight and draw you have but I do have a couple sets of Barnsdale limbs here if you wanted to give them a try.  They are normally $350, but I'll send them to you for the cost of freight if they will work for you.

DZ-32 is one of my favorite bows

[washingtonmuley]

I have no doubt they will get it fixed right.  Though that is one of the issues you get with solid machined limbs now and then that you rarely get with laminated or molded limbs. 

I replaced mine with Barnsdale limbs just to be safe.  Although I like the way the Sims limbs shot better.  Not sure what weight and draw you have but I do have a couple sets of Barnsdale limbs here if you wanted to give them a try.  They are normally $350, but I'll send them to you for the cost of freight if they will work for you.

DZ-32 is one of my favorite bows

RadSav,
That is a hell of an offer.

[enaz]

RadSav, thank you so much for your generous offer, but I cannot just take them like that. I shoot 29.5 draw at 60 lbs. The guy who is ordering the limbs for me said he can get 70 lb limbs if I want, which I am considering, though I feel the bow is plenty fast at 60. I don't know enough about them to know the quirks about the different limbs, so are the barnsdale limbs made different than sims ?

[danderson]

Im on my second DZ32, and love it, I would go directly to there buisness in Shelton and speek to them personally.

[enaz]

I think the dealer I had look at it already ordered the new limbs for me, and I trust this guys work, but if I have any problems I'll take it to shelton. I wish I woud've done that in the first place, but this guy is in Monte where I live, and has worked on and shot limbsaver for years. I just hope it lasts because I love it. Then again what good is it if you shoot and shoot and then it breaks at full draw on a critter??

[RadSav]

All my Barnsdale limbs are rated at 70/29.  The half inch shouldn't make any difference, but the 70# will.  I am at a point where I think most bows from here on out are going to be 60 pounds for me too.  If I want a little more out of them I can always play with the strings and mods.  But todays 60# bows are doing more than my 70-80 pound bows were when I started.  And my success was just as good if not better back in those days.  I don't see it as a sign of old age.  Just a sign of maturity

The difference is Sims limbs are cut from a billet and then ground to shape on the compression side.  Some times the fibers line up perfectly and sometimes they don't.  True of any machined limb regardless of who the manufacturer is.  Barnsdale limbs are laminated layers of parallel glass with a machined core.  Even if the fibers of the core are slightly misaligned the laminates support it very well.  I've noticed the Barnsdale limb to be a little heavier and I think that is why I like the feel of the Sims better.  A sacrifice I decided to make for no worries in durability.

Either you take the limbs for freight or they continue to sit in a box until the day I die.  I don't ever expect a set of Barnsdales to ever need replacing in my lifetime.  These were for a friend who ended up selling his bow before his new limbs arrived.  He was on my s*&t list for a while, but I took it out in bear pepperoni.  Good trade!!!  So they are paid in full with no worries.  Take 'em or not your choice.  Sims will surely make it good if you go that route too.  Like a fart in a wind storm, but very good people.