[TripleCreek]

Glad you were not hurt. Really sucks, but as someone said at least you have time to get it fixed before hunting season starts. No experience with CP hopefully they take care of you. In a failure like that I would assume they will want the bow back for QC review. Personally that's the route I would ask for. They can repair and test fire for you.

 

[AkBewm]

Center points are junk all crossbows including bows shouldn’t have a issue with there own arrows you shouldn’t have to use heavy bolts or arrows to save your limbs

 

[Iron Duke]

CP has good service.
Sorry about yer bow. This is exactly why I liketa buy new bows in July. Early enuf to get bugs worked out by start o huntin season. As bad as this is, it woulda been worse in October. Don't git down, the sun will still come up tomorrow 😀.

Funny ... I find myself buying gear early in the summer. Almost always way, way before the next season. Take my ATN X-Sight 5 Series for example. Plenty of time to work through any issues and to get familiar with the new product's behavior. Not that it's a conscious decision. Just seems to work out that way.

As for OP's bow. It doesn't look like it snapped violently. Almost like it was a controlled break. Otherwise, I'd expect the parts to be scattered all over and dings, chips and bends galore. It certainly broke dramatically though.

 

[Iron Duke]

Center points are junk all crossbows including bows shouldn’t have a issue with there own arrows you shouldn’t have to use heavy bolts or arrows to save your limbs

I know nothing ... about CenterPoint other than what I read but I do agree with you on one thing: " all crossbows shouldn’t have an issue with their own arrows." "You shouldn’t have to use heavy arrows to save your limbs." If they advertise a speed with an arrow, the bow should have a full lifespan with that arrow weight! No bow limb should ever blow up with an authorized weight arrow.

 

[AkBewm]

I know nothing ... about CenterPoint other than what I read but I do agree with you on one thing: " all crossbows shouldn’t have an issue with their own arrows." "You shouldn’t have to use heavy arrows to save your limbs." If they advertise a speed with an arrow, the bow should have a full lifespan with that arrow weight! No bow limb should ever blow up with an authorized weight arrow.

Exactly iron duke that’s exactly what I hate

 

[rt2bowhunter]

What most don't notice or pay any attention too. Is new stuff stinks sometimes bad. IMO it not human odar as much as its what you carry in the woods hunting Bow arrows and scopes include. For example my rubber Muck boots they spend one whole summer as my weedeating boots because they stink. I bought a hawke scope one time i could not get the stench off of it and it wasn't going to wear off either. So i buy everything archery related way ahead of time. Its not the Bucks nose i worry about its the hard to tell how many young bucks and does i have to fool and how long i have to fool them.

Maybe this year just hunting for young does the pressure won't be so bad. Then i think who am i trying to fool lol.

Anyway hate it your bow broke. Glad its being fixed. Personally i would take no comfort it broke now that was just luck it could have just as easily broke during season. I would get a back up bow or plan on running to Wally World and buying a cheap bow real quick .

Good Luck .

 

[Bowhunter4life]

Hate to see it but it happens. Better to happen now than during the season. Centerpoint should get you back up and going again in short order! All the best!

 

[GregoryAK4]

I hate to see that and agree with the advice here. Sad to say but it's a PoeLang built product and historically they are second class products. You would HOPE that CenterPoint would know that be 100% sure any of their products have the highest scrutiny. Now a limb failure can and does happen to all brands but the risk factor and frequency goes up considerably with PoeLang and HoriZone products from Taiwan. There are better choices in the same price point. Stick with the ManKung bows from CenterPoint. Wrath 430 and 430X, Amped 425 and any of the Sniper versions.

Hope they respond quickly for you and you can get back on track.

My Amped 425 is a total tank!!

 

[Used to shoot normal bows]

That is a real bummer about your bow. Glad that you were not hurt. I don’t think your warranty claim should be a problem.

 

[GregoryAK4]

The limbs look identical to KI limbs and this is how KI limbs have a tendency to fail you may end up detuning it a little like KI did with the X1 to remedy the limb failures they had at launchz

I was shooting what I’d like to hunt with. A KI HyprKE, illuminated nock, & a 150 Magnus SB with a total weight of 525g. I would have thought that would’ve helped a lot. Slowed the bow to 360ft/s

 

[GregoryAK4]

That sucks. Sorry for your luck.

When you said it chronoed 430 with above 400 grain, I thought WOW. Guess it was too hot for the limbs.

Only shot that one time then moved right to my 525g setup

 

[GregoryAK4]

Center points, all junk. Lots of junk out there cashing in on xbow craze. I feel bad for you. I think Scorpyd that Bungee has is junk. I think Swats are junk. But that's me. Glad you did not get hurt

Pretty broad swipe at a lot of manufacturers. EVERY SINGLE MANUFACTURER faces failures.

May I ask how many of these bows you own or have owned & what all of their failures were?

 

[GregoryAK4]

I have a CP Sniper 370 that's 7 years old now doing just fine since the day I bought it and a CP Patriot 425 going on 2 years now totally trouble free! I like my Centerpoints and dont think of them as junk. Just my opinion.............

It’s pretty much this year that CP switched to a cheaper build. At least that’s my understanding. It may end up being a choice they’ll regret but only time will tell
My Amped 425 is an absolute tank!

 

[GregoryAK4]

What most don't notice or pay any attention too. Is new stuff stinks sometimes bad. IMO it not human odar as much as its what you carry in the woods hunting Bow arrows and scopes include. For example my rubber Muck boots they spend one whole summer as my weedeating boots because they stink. I bought a hawke scope one time i could not get the stench off of it and it wasn't going to wear off either. So i buy everything archery related way ahead of time. Its not the Bucks nose i worry about its the hard to tell how many young bucks and does i have to fool and how long i have to fool them.

Maybe this year just hunting for young does the pressure won't be so bad. Then i think who am i trying to fool lol.

Anyway hate it your bow broke. Glad its being fixed. Personally i would take no comfort it broke now that was just luck it could have just as easily broke during season. I would get a back up bow or plan on running to Wally World and buying a cheap bow real quick .

Good Luck .

I’ve got 9 backups

 

[GregoryAK4]

Center points are junk all crossbows including bows shouldn’t have a issue with there own arrows you shouldn’t have to use heavy bolts or arrows to save your limbs

There are many CP shooters out there with a long & trusted history in their product. Including my Amped 425. Seems wrong for you to come in here & trash ALL CP bows. Do you have first hand experience? Please share. Enlighten us as to why ALL CP are junk.

As a note, very very few bows hit advertised speed by manufacturers. They use a much lighter weight arrow for their marketing. “Speed SELLS!!”
This is the first bow that I know of rated with a 400g arrow, that not only sells with that arrow but also clocks the speed they state.

 

[GregoryAK4]

I know nothing ... about CenterPoint other than what I read but I do agree with you on one thing: " all crossbows shouldn’t have an issue with their own arrows." "You shouldn’t have to use heavy arrows to save your limbs." If they advertise a speed with an arrow, the bow should have a full lifespan with that arrow weight! No bow limb should ever blow up with an authorized weight arrow.

It doesn’t matter the brand. If you use heavier bolts they absorb more of the energy that the limbs do need, but they also transfer that energy into animals at various distances & hold it better at longer distances. I don’t use them because I’m told too, which I haven’t been, but because of proven repeatable performance

 

[TX_RDXguy]

Off topic a bit here.....

Not sure why CP didn't pickup the new ManKung products, possibly timing, cost, bad judgement or the fact that the parent company is still dealing with a disaster product launch and a lawsuit or two. What shocked me most was the initial price point of these new PoeLang bows. It was up 10-25% over their ManKung bows and they were lesser performing xbows from a lesser manufacturer. Did CP bet the general public had no idea, possibly..... Sure is funny that you can get them now marked down and CP has been giving them away with a purchase of a ManKung built bow. Here's Your Sign....

The evolution of the Sniper 370 into the Amped and Wrath was a rational progression and they are good products, nice performers and outside being a little heavy (lot's a of durable aluminum pieces), very economical buys.

Stick with the girl you brought to the dance and continue to do what you do best CenterPoint.

 

[Huntersthompson]

There are many CP shooters out there with a long & trusted history in their product. Including my Amped 425. Seems wrong for you to come in here & trash ALL CP bows. Do you have first hand experience? Please share. Enlighten us as to why ALL CP are junk.

As a note, very very few bows hit advertised speed by manufacturers. They use a much lighter weight arrow for their marketing. “Speed SELLS!!”
This is the first bow that I know of rated with a 400g arrow, that not only sells with that arrow but also clocks the speed they state.

Barnett XP 350. Rated with a 380 gn arrow. Shoots 360 fps + with a 400 gn. (The Field Archer review) I can pull it to the top of Barnett forum for you.

 

[Iron Duke]

It doesn’t matter the brand. If you use heavier bolts they absorb more of the energy that the limbs do need, but they also transfer that energy into animals at various distances & hold it better at longer distances. I don’t use them because I’m told too, which I haven’t been, but because of proven repeatable performance

Let's use ... some common sense here and go right back to basics. ANY 400fps crossbow is pushing about 130ke or more. How you apportion that 130ke is your own personal philosophy. YOU chose to run extra heavy arrows to gain momentum (penetration) but you will suffer the loss of a flatter flying arrow or trajectory. Conventional wisdom tells us that 25ke is enough to kill a deer. Let's choose 75ke as three times the required energy or a 3x "safety factor." You STILL have 55ke of wasted energy, or energy to use as you see fit. Do you want MORE than 3x the required penetration??? So your arrow goes 12" into the ground instead of 6" into the ground after the pass-through. Or do you want to invest that extra energy in SPEED and a flatter trajectory? Thereby making ranging mistakes less likely to wound a deer on you.

Now if you're using 525gr arrows to supposedly save your limbs? It clearly isn't a foolproof philosophy. Have you considered that the arrow was TOO heavy for the limbs to accelerate? maybe it's like putting 3 tons of rocks in the back of a half-ton pickup truck? Sooner or later, you bust the drivetrain. I'll go back to part of the AkBewm post that no crossbow should break limbs with an authorized weight arrow. And 400fps crossbows should hold together even if the manufacturer gets that 400fps with a 350gr arrow. If you buy a ½ ton pickup truck it should haul ½ ton for the full 200,000 mile lifespan. You shouldn't have to derate it to ¼ ton capacity to get what it's advertised to do.

 

[Huntersthompson]

In a perfect world....then there's reality. Take a twist or 2 out of the cables. Lose 15 fps. Try 450 gn. Twists can always be put back. Sometimes you gotta test to get that perfect combo.