Well, I have been inducted into the hall of shame in archery. I have a huge, ugly, goose egg on my left arm. The arrow broke about 2" past the nock. I did notice a 'rip' in the NAP fletching wrap that I put on the arrow. But, did not realize it affected the arrow. I should have checked the arrow before shooting it. I should have, I should have...anyways. It didn't feel like a 'dry' fire, but did not feel right when I let the arrow fly. My bow has the string suppressors (two of them) one up and one down. The only thing I noticed after the shot is that the string at rest was not lined up with either of the string suppressors. I adjusted the string and about a half hour after the incident I put my release on and pulled the bow back very carefully. Did not notice anything 'different'. Did a quick inspection of the bow and did not notice any cracks or damage. Could an incident like this cause any damage to the bow? Not the damage to my arm. Just damage to the bow. I know about my arm cause it stings pretty good. Lol. Wow. I know now why some of you on here say to check your arrows before you practice or hunt with them. Lesson learned. Won't do that again. Thanks everyone for the info, and thanks for the ol' smack up side the head...lol.
Wow that sucks. Depending on the bow it may not do anything, like hoyts have to pass a 1500 dry fire test so they are good
Take it in and have it gone over, making sure to tell the shop what happened and about the string not lining up with the supressors. Without seeing it, it almost sounds as they you could have a bent cam or axle.
I was kind of wondering about that. I have not shot the bow since the incident, but was hopeful there was no damage to the bow at all. I just moved the string by hand to fit in the 'rubber boots' (the suppressors). When I pulled the bow back afterward, it did line up just like it is supposed to.
Here is a pic of my arm. Finally got it on the computer. Again, yes I was very lucky. Thanks for all the smack's up side the head...lol.
No they're not good, it can happen just as easily, not every bow gets dry fired 1500, they probably did it once, and ran with the advertising. Any bow could be perfectly fine, or have something damaged, just have it checked to be safe.
there is a picture in my emt book that is kinda like this but the guy was still holding the bow with that hand
Your very lucky. Were you practising with broadheads? My buddy was practising with broadheads and did notice one of the BH had hit another arrow. When he shot that arrow next it snapped in half in mid air he said it sounded like a gun shot.
Yet another reason not to shoot groups. Unseen arrow damage is very dangerous and when we hear arrows clacking together, they are weakening the integrity of each other.
