Scored 2 Barnett Whitetail Hunter II's that were clearanced at WM, what to do for long-term storage?

Mad_Anthony

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Posted: 8/21/2019 6:34:43 PM EDT

Thanks to the WM Clearance thread over in GD, I was able to pick up the last 2 Barnett Whitetail Hunter II crossbows a nearby WalMart found (I think they had lost track of them in their inventory after the last clearance sale on these).

I would like to put these back for long-term storage for future use and continue using my Quad-400 until it gets weak. Should I have the strings removed from these "new" crossbows so I can store them with the limbs relaxed? Or will that hurt them rather than help?

dbd870

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Posted: 8/22/2019 9:36:19 AM EDT

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How long are you talking about. I have a WH2, it just hangs on a hook; a little over a year old. Same for my back up (a Terrain it's 2 years old)

Sometimes you find out years later you did something right.

Mad_Anthony

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Posted: 8/22/2019 10:34:45 AM EDT

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5+ years

dbd870

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Posted: 8/23/2019 10:55:08 AM EDT

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If you have a press and know what you are doing I would probably go ahead and unstring it.

Sometimes you find out years later you did something right.

Mad_Anthony

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Posted: 8/26/2019 2:12:13 AM EDT

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Originally Posted By dbd870:
If you have a press and know what you are doing I would probably go ahead and unstring it.

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