I got a NEW Fred Bear bow for Christmas....I was looking over and found a crack......it is a split limb and if you look between the splits....the crack is on the peice of metal that connects the limbs to the center section...this is my first bow ever as i am gonna give bow hunting a try next year....is it safe...i plan on taking it back but i was just curious if it was safe too shoot.......i am not gonna try it either way but i was wondering what could cause this?....thanks for the help guys

Dont shoot it!.. Take it back and get the cracked limb replaced. If you try and shoot it the limb could shatter and the bow colapse in your hand. doubt it would hurt ya but not good for the bow.

I would definately get it replaced, like above dont shoot it. A friend of mine had an wheel axel break last year. Its not pretty

I dont plan on shooting it...im going to take it back today.....I mean its brand new....only been shot 3 times when i bought it to make sure sights were good.......i guess im going to have to take it back today....i hope they dont give me a hard time about it........i might get a little red...lol.......its nothing but a 500 dollar paper weight right now.......man am i worried.....

Should not be a problem getting the limb replaced on a new bow. May have to wait for the Manufacture to ship a limb to the retailer or worst case you may have to ship the bow back to the manufacturer. If the retailer will not take care of that for you on a new bow I would find another retailer to deal with in the future. No worries!!!

Max.....i kinda funny when it comes to that.......i paid alot of money for it and ifn it cracks like that for no readon or it came from the factory like that then i am going to get a new bow....i called the retailer and talked to the bow tech and he told me to bring it back at 4 today and hed give me a new one......so hopefully itll all work out.......he says hes never seen a fred bear crack where i desribed it......he said he use to work for bear.....o well itll all be ok in the end....thanks for all the feedback guys......take care

reed

well i took the bow back yesterday......got a brand new one had it tuned and i got to shoot it a few times in there range........shot the 10 ring on the third shot of getting it ajusted at 10 yards......thanks for the replies

Glad it worked out

thanks everybody