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Arrow comes unglued on release

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  1. Overreved

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    Went out to shoot tonight and I have been shooting the Ics Hunter 400 from Beman, shooting a Z7 Extreme at 60 lbs. Pull back and released my arrow split in half hitting my wrist. Nice welt. Never had that happened before.
     
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    Was the arrow cracked before you tried shooting it? You got lucky only getting a welt!
     
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    It very well could of been, all I know it really stung on my wrist, big ole welt, could of been alot worse. I definetly will check them from now on.
     
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    Very!
     
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    It actually knocked the Whisker Biscuit rest forward and scraped it up.
     
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    Might wanna just bend the arrow a little before each shot to make sure, you will hear the crackling.. Any type of strike (most of the time going unnoticed) can cause a fracture in the carbon.. Like hitting the metal legs of those ethafoam (sp) targets with the thin metal leaning legs.. Man, your very lucky !! Could have gone thru your forearm.. Way to many photos of that happening.. Glad its only a welt !!
     
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    that could have destroyed ur hand!
     
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    I definetly will check every arrow from now on.
     
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    Yeah last year I saw a picture of a carbon arrow shattering into a guys hand. Stitches everywhere! I'm glad your ok.
     
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    Yikes!!!

    Is your bow okay? It sounds like a lot of odd torquing angles may have occurred. Glad it was just a welt. I didn't know you all used the word "welt" in Vermont. :lol:
     
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