Owner manual

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Fine Tuning Your Compound Bow
•Paper Tuning -Continued
Multidirectional Tear
Thistearmaysignal:
•More than one problem with accessory adjustment.:Movenock
adjustmentrstuntilthetearishorizontalandfollowinstructionsfor
horizontaltear.
•Clearance Problem:Seethatthearrowhasadequateetchingclearance.
•Wheels may be out of time: Checkwheeltiming.
•Irregular or inconsistent shooting form: Seeaqualiedarcherycoach
orprofessionalandhavethemcheckyourtechnique.
Perfect Hole
This pattern shows clean arrow flight. The point and fletching
impactedthesamelocation.Yourbowisnowreadytoshootoryoumaywant
tocontinueandtrysomeofthesupernetuningmethods.
After Adjusting
After you have completed these steps and have achieved good paper test
results,itisbesttotryitatfteenandtwentyfeetjusttomakesureyoudidnotgetafalse
reading.Agoodruletogobywhenpapertuningistomoveyournockpointorarrowrest
oppositethetearwhenusingarelease.Insomerarecasesifthisdoesnotclearupyourtear
youmayneedtomoveyouraccessoriesinthesamedirectionasthetear.
Never - “Dryre"yourbow(shootitwithoutanarrow.)Thiswillresultindamagetoyourbowand/
orpossibleinjury.
Never - Letanyonedraworshootyourbowiftheirdrawlengthislongerthanyours.Overdrawing
ofthebowcancausecabledamage.
Never - Draw,aim,orshootyourbowunlessyouaresurethatthelineofreisclear.Remember,
onceanarrowisreditcannotberecalled.
Never - Shootanarrowthatislessthanvegrainsperpound.Forexample,an80#bowrequiresa
minimumof400grainsofarrowweight.Lessthanvegrainsperpoundofarrowweight
simulatesadryreeffectandmaydamageyourbow.
Never - Exposeyourbowtoextremeheat.Excessiveheat,suchasyourcaronahotday,could
leadtolimbfailureandprematurewearingofthestringharness.
Always - Checkallofyourarrowshaftsandnocksuponremovalfromthetarget.Ifthearrowsshow
defectsorbrokennocks,donotshootthem.
Always - Carefullyinspectyourbowaftereachuse.Besureallscrewsaresnugandaccessories
aretight.Inspectyourstringandcablesforwearordamage.
Always -Drawyourbowwhilepointingitatthetarget.Aprematurereleaseofthearrowcanbevery
dangerous.Ifyoucannotdrawyourbowwhilepointingitatthetargetwithoutexcessive
movement,lowerthepeakweightofyourbowuntilyoucandrawsmoothlyandcorrectly.
Overtimeyouwillbuildupstrength,andwillbeabletoreturntothehigherweight.
Always -Drawyourbowwithanarrowonthestringwhilekeepingitpointedinasafedirection.
Neverdrawyourbowwithareleaseaidwithoutanarrow.Areleaseaidfailurecouldresult
inthedryreofyourbow.
Always -Backyourlimbboltsoffvefullturnsfromtheriserbeforeputtingitinabowpress.Onlylet
aqualiedprofessionaloraMartinauthorizeddealerputyourbowinabowpress.
InexperienceduseofabowpressoraT-stringercanresultindamagetoyourbow.The
typeofdamagecausedbyapressisnotcoveredundertheMartinArcherybowwarranty.
Ten Commandments Of Archery Safety