Barnett ghost 410 injury

[Everette Ray]

To all who think crossbows are safe,
My wife was shooting my new ghost with my supervision when the string just broke and whipped her on her cheek. Thank god I made her put on shooting glasses prior to shooting. I'm sending it back it was bran new bow. I don't know what could have caused it other than just being defective.
I scared the heck out of me though.:

 

[ironworkerwill]

It was just the string that broke? I'm glad you had her wear glasses too. I have never used glasses shooting a bow, it's something to consider from now on.

 

[Ranger Roberts]

I'm glad she wasn't injured badly, it could have been much worse.

Was it when she was firing the bow? Was the bolt new? Was the bolt the correct weight for the bow? I've seen a nock split on an older arrow and the string broke but the bow was left intact.



edit*** You don't work for TenPoint or Parker or something, right? I'm suspicious when someone joins, posts something disparaging about a company, then never posts again or responds to questions asked in the thread.

 

[redfeathercat]

ghost 410 injury

I live in the Roosevelt National Forest in Northern Colorado, I went to shoot my ghost 410 last night. I have only had it for a couple months and have shot maybe 15 bolts through it. The crossbow came with a rope cocking device from Barnett. While cocking the crossbow the rope cocking device broke, one or both of the pulleys slammed into my foot and I am quite certain has broken some bones. I am waiting for someone to come drive me to the hospital and see how much damage was done. I guess I should have been able to recognize the potential for injury with this crossbow. Doubt if I will ever use it again.

 

[ironworkerwill]

Fishy single posts.....

 

[damoc]

yep very fishy

I think someone may have it in for Barnett

 

[hso]

Folks,

I did some searching on the internet in the crossbow forums and there appear to be some reports of similar string failure. The cause is unknown, but it is suspected in some cases to be due to less than ideal mating of the string and bolt causing the equivalent of a dry fire and failure.

I also saw that string failure isn't just related to this maker or model.

We'll assume this string failure report is an example of a infrequent, but not unheard of crossbow problem and agree with the OP's sentiment "Thank god I made her put on shooting glasses prior to shooting."

 

[JShirley]

Let's also add that all mechanical devices are potentially dangerous.

 

[Brin]

Ouch, I beat that hurt. Were you wearing flip flops or sandals?

 

[NorthGeorgiaHunter]

Barnett crossbow

My brother in law was sighting a brand new Barnett 410 for a friend last year. He cocked it, placed it on the tailgate of his truck, started placing a bolt on it and it fired. Almost ripped his thumb off. He called Barnett and they replaced it but didn't offer to cover the emergency room visit. The owner end up selling the replacement.

 

[Gtscotty]

Yep, if the string jumps the arrow you can get a partial dry fire and a blown up bow. You need to be careful and make sure the arrow is properly seated on any bow. That said, there is a reason that Barnett, and the 410 in particular are not regarded terribly highly over on the crossbow forums... You won't see nearly as many problems, especially serious ones like these reported on higher quality brands like Tenpoint, Darton, Excalibur, Mission, the new Horton, or even Parker.

 

[Gordon]

been shooting my 175 pound Barnett Commando for 30 years and passed it onto my son. It has had a few thousand cycle and went thru maybe a dozen strings. The trigger and auto safety see very reliable and the cocking bushings all though looser now still work fine. Is this a case of cheesy modern crap ? Are they still made in Scotland ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l_xg9oUdfI

 

[Lord Teapot]

was thinking of getting a Barnett crossbow...after reading this thread checked around the net a bit, looks like a common issue, surprised they haven't been sued under yet.