Their warranty excludes wear and tear, no doubt. What's in the fine print?
Aside, Cabela's gear has gotten pretty lousy in the last few years. Now that BPS has pretty much turned the Cabela's stores into BPS outlets, it's become mostly Chinese junk, as Cabela's sailes away. I recently closed my cc with them and Capital One. Cap-1 is an awful credit card company with deceptive practices; they deserve each other.