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Title: Bought a bow from cabelas, mistake?
Post by: GEARHEAD on July 21, 2010, 09:58:01 AM: i bought a bow from cabelas, and i think i screwed up. the bow itself is great, i'm amazed at its accuracy, but i think it was put together wrong, sight maybe upside down as i have it adjusted as low as it will go, and my 15 yard pin is still just under the middle of the sight piece, leaving no room for a 40 yard pin, not sure the eye piece is right, or the biscuit. so my dilema is this, i want to take it to a bow shop for proper tuning, but feel like a damn hypocrite or even worse for doing so, want to go back to cabelas and have them look it over good and be sure its together right, but that will take half the damn day.
so am i an ass if i go to a bow shop for help. in hind sight i wish i bought from a shop now rather than cabelas., i'm in Kent.
Title: Re: Bought a bow from cabelas, mistake?
Post by: carpsniperg2 on July 21, 2010, 10:02:38 AM: no not at all, the bow shops will just most the time charge more. because you did not buy the bow from them. a good bow shop should get you fixed right up. i am sure they will probably lower your peep in the string and adjust your rest to make sure it is setup right as far as the sight it is possible but it would be a very rookie mistake by the installer who put it on. or you can go back to cabelas and hope to find one of the more experienced guys :twocents:
Title: Re: Bought a bow from cabelas, mistake?
Post by: let.it.fly on July 21, 2010, 10:08:25 AM: go talk to larry at sportmens wharehouse in fed way, right at the end on hw 18 he will take good care of you. he might give you some crap about cabelas but he is the best around imho.,
Title: Re: Bought a bow from cabelas, mistake?
Post by: Button Nubbs on July 21, 2010, 10:59:59 AM: I wouldn't let those guys at cabelas touch my bow, I don't think they have a clue. Take it to another shop, you will be better off.
Title: Re: Bought a bow from cabelas, mistake?
Post by: PacificNWhunter on July 21, 2010, 11:19:58 AM: Zip in to sportsmans warehouse on 4th ave in Seattle (by safeco) and go see Andy. He'll get you hooked up.
Title: Re: Bought a bow from cabelas, mistake?
Post by: buckhorn2 on July 21, 2010, 11:26:18 AM: Those guys at cabelas are;nt to good I have never bought anything there they gave me that worked or fit when I got home go someplace else.
Title: Re: Bought a bow from cabelas, mistake?
Post by: wastickslinger on July 21, 2010, 11:55:41 AM: Quote from: GEARHEAD on July 21, 2010, 09:58:01 AM
i bought a bow from cabelas, and i think i screwed up. the bow itself is great, i'm amazed at its accuracy, but i think it was put together wrong, sight maybe upside down as i have it adjusted as low as it will go, and my 15 yard pin is still just under the middle of the sight piece, leaving no room for a 40 yard pin, not sure the eye piece is right, or the biscuit. so my dilema is this, i want to take it to a bow shop for proper tuning, but feel like a damn hypocrite or even worse for doing so, want to go back to cabelas and have them look it over good and be sure its together right, but that will take half the damn day.
so am i an ass if i go to a bow shop for help. in hind sight i wish i bought from a shop now rather than cabelas., i'm in Kent.

Tell them your wife/girlfreind/mom bought it for you as a suprise when you take it to the bowshop. :chuckle:
Title: Re: Bought a bow from cabelas, mistake?
Post by: carpsniperg2 on July 21, 2010, 12:01:09 PM: hahaha, that is funny right there :chuckle:

i have only been in a few cableas, when i was in one i watched the guys install a peep sight with zip ties :chuckle: :bash: also seen a few people do that at wholesale sports but that stoped when they got some people in that knew what they were doing :chuckle:
Title: Re: Bought a bow from cabelas, mistake?
Post by: flinger on July 21, 2010, 12:09:57 PM: Quote from: let.it.fly on July 21, 2010, 10:08:25 AM
go talk to larry at sportmens wharehouse in fed way, right at the end on hw 18 he will take good care of you. he might give you some crap about cabelas but he is the best around imho.,
:yeah:
You won't hurt anyones feelings at cabelas and they probably won't even notice you didn't come back
Title: Re: Bought a bow from cabelas, mistake?
Post by: haus on July 21, 2010, 01:42:52 PM: Quote from: GEARHEAD on July 21, 2010, 09:58:01 AM
so am i an ass if i go to a bow shop for help. in hind sight i wish i bought from a shop now rather than cabelas., i'm in Kent.
My only warning is to be careful with warranty, I got the short straw from a shop because I took a bow to a different shop. Not sure where Cabelas would go with that, might not matter to them at all.

That being said......I recommend Wholesale Sports in Federal Way, talk to Larry or Ryan.
Title: Re: Bought a bow from cabelas, mistake?
Post by: haus on July 21, 2010, 01:44:50 PM: Quote from: PacificNWhunter on July 21, 2010, 11:19:58 AM
Zip in to sportsmans warehouse on 4th ave in Seattle (by safeco) and go see Andy. He'll get you hooked up.
you mean Outdoor Emporium on 4th ave? ;)
Title: Re: Bought a bow from cabelas, mistake?
Post by: PacificNWhunter on July 21, 2010, 02:02:03 PM: Yes I mean outdoor emporium! Good catch ;)
Title: Re: Bought a bow from cabelas, mistake?
Post by: Old Dog on July 21, 2010, 08:24:09 PM: Quote from: let.it.fly on July 21, 2010, 10:08:25 AM
go talk to larry at sportmens wharehouse in fed way, right at the end on hw 18 he will take good care of you. he might give you some crap about cabelas but he is the best around imho.,

Bring it on in, and we'll get you squared away. If you do it on Thur. or Fri I won't be there to give you any crap ;)
Title: Re: Bought a bow from cabelas, mistake?
Post by: GEARHEAD on July 21, 2010, 09:06:31 PM: i might of talked to you already, i was in there last week talking about it, i was told, you guys like fixing cabelas mistakes. ;)
Title: Re: Bought a bow from cabelas, mistake?
Post by: Old Dog on July 21, 2010, 09:57:00 PM: I'm the seasoned veteran. :rolleyes: You probably already got the :crap: You might as well come back and get the bow fixed :chuckle:
Title: Re: Bought a bow from cabelas, mistake?
Post by: dreamunelk on July 23, 2010, 06:42:14 AM: Just take it back as have them fix. I recommend taking it in on a week day. They will not be as busy. I have had them and so called pro shops work on my bows. Actually I had a pro shop make the same mistake. If it is a mistake. I think that we all find that our bows need a little tweeking after being worked on.

I find the service is about the same. While I recommend supporting the small business sometimes it is difficult. At least at Cabelas the staff is a little more reluctant to insult you by assuming you are ignorant. If they do you can complain!

Actually if you still have the receipt you can take the survey on the bottom. Request that the manager call you. I bet it gets fixed.
Title: Re: Bought a bow from cabelas, mistake?
Post by: GEARHEAD on July 28, 2010, 11:42:49 AM: Well i took the bow back to cabelas, and explained my concerns, older jubby guy helped me this time, he immediately observed that in his opinion, just as i thought, the loop was wrong, he simply squeased it down abit, he also observed that the sight bracket just as i had thought was upside down and rolled it over. i advised i was concerned that the bisquit was not centered right, and he simply eyeballed it, and moved it, i really thought there was a way to correctly measure and place these things he did it all by eyeball, so i'm still not convinced i have a properly tuned bow, i also bought some Axis infusion arrows, i wanted them cut to 29 inches, but he refused saying he was limited to cutting to 30 inches, was worried i might cut myself, not sure the internal inserts were placed right as all my broadheads save one do not line up to my blazers. gonna have to shave maybe a mm or two off to get my braodheads lined up i guess. they guys there are nice, but so are the staff members at walmart, and no disrespect to them, but it is what it is. gonna have to drop by fedway and talk to larry for help i guess, thx in advance larry, or was it oldgoat, i forgot already ;) anyways i learned a very valuable lesson and would like to pass it on to any new bow purchaser. DON'T BY BOW KIT! just buy the bow and set it up the way you want. this was a huge mistake on my part. be talking to ya Larry.
Title: Re: Bought a bow from cabelas, mistake?
Post by: dreamingbig on July 28, 2010, 12:01:04 PM: The simple answer to your question is yes you did. Sounds like you are finally on the right track.
Title: Re: Bought a bow from cabelas, mistake?
Post by: GoldTip on July 28, 2010, 12:03:38 PM: If I am reading correctly you are going to shave some length off your arrows to get the blades of your broadheads to line up with the fletches on your arrows? Not that I am the bow guru of all guru's, but if you take one piece of advice from me, ever, do not waste your time trying to get those two things to line up. It WILL NOT affect your broadhead flight or your accuracy to waste your time or energy doing what you've described.

Glad Cabela's got your other problems fixed. I have had bow shops, Sporstmes warehouse and Cabela's all work on bows or my buddies bows over the years. they all make mistakes sometimes. To be honest I have been reasonably impressed with the guys over here at the Post Falls Cabelas.
Title: Re: Bought a bow from cabelas, mistake?
Post by: GEARHEAD on July 28, 2010, 03:02:40 PM: well i'm such a cracker at this, i thought the broadhead blades needed to line up with the blazers, thats good news actually, guess i'll throw a few, and try it out. i'm just not gonna throw another arrow until i am satisfied the bow is trued up.
Title: Re: Bought a bow from cabelas, mistake?
Post by: uplandhunter870 on July 28, 2010, 06:02:51 PM: broadhead blades not lining up with your fletches is not a big deal, wont affect anything. as to taking your bow to a shop and not buying it there isnt a biggie in my experience. i bought a bow from cabelas and took it to my local shop to get set up and rough tuned and they didnt say anything aside from asking why i decided to go with cabelas. the shop didnt have the bow i wanted, and they simply said that they would have ordered it for me.

in my experience eyeballing the rest on center line is all they can do without shooting it, i had to make fine tuning adjustments to my rest to get it shooting perfect but im also kind of OCD about getting my bows and rifles punching one hole.
Title: Re: Bought a bow from cabelas, mistake?
Post by: Old Dog on July 28, 2010, 06:21:36 PM: Quote from: uplandhunter870 on July 28, 2010, 06:02:51 PM
in my experience eyeballing the rest on center line is all they can do without shooting it, .

That's not correct. At Wholesale Sports, and many other shops as well, we have a laser center shot tool. It's attached to the bow at the sight mounting screws, then the laser is lined up with string. Next you rotate the laser so that it shines down the arrow shaft. Line it up, and most times you are good to go. We still double check through the paper, because some bows are not designed to shoot at perfect center shot.

I really doubt your bow is properly tuned if it was just "eyeballed". :twocents:
Title: Re: Bought a bow from cabelas, mistake?
Post by: uplandhunter870 on July 28, 2010, 07:38:45 PM: Quote from: Old Dog on July 28, 2010, 06:21:36 PM
Quote from: uplandhunter870 on July 28, 2010, 06:02:51 PM
in my experience eyeballing the rest on center line is all they can do without shooting it, .

That's not correct. At Wholesale Sports, and many other shops as well, we have a laser center shot tool. It's attached to the bow at the sight mounting screws, then the laser is lined up with string. Next you rotate the laser so that it shines down the arrow shaft. Line it up, and most times you are good to go. We still double check through the paper, because some bows are not designed to shoot at perfect center shot.

I really doubt your bow is properly tuned if it was just "eyeballed". :twocents:

learn something new everyday.
Title: Re: Bought a bow from cabelas, mistake?
Post by: Bengal Hunter on August 03, 2010, 11:05:49 PM: My brother was actually put in that position before and the bow shop owner was going to charge him more for a bow that was bought outside of his shop. Another problem is that a bowshop will set you up and measure you for the bow. Cabelas....even though I love Cabelas... can't do that. My suggestion is to bite the bullet and take it to a local bow shop to make sure it works right for you. If you don't you'll get discouraged with the bow and possibly end up getting rid of it.
Title: Re: Bought a bow from cabelas, mistake?
Post by: Chuethou_b18c5 on March 25, 2011, 12:17:33 PM: This one time we were checking out a bow at cabelas...after they set it up for us to shoot and test out....the bow exploded after a few pulls...they had to examine the bow to see if it was us or them....after inspection, they came to concluded that they did something wrong on the cams(not sure what it is, we didn't bother to ask)....My brother also bought a bow from there and after we took it out to shoot it kept making a weird noise. Every time he drew it back it would make a clicking noise...took it to a different archery tech and he said the limbs were bad so we returned it...Just be careful when you're there buying a bow...I feel like these guy's don't know much about bows...from my experience...