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Cracked nock

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  1. Whitetail_Guy

    Whitetail_Guy Newb

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    I went to a indoor range yesterday to do some practice shooting. It was going good for awhile, then all of a sudden when to shoot and felt pain in my hand. arrow flew to ground and broken in many pieces, I had asked guy what happed they think the nock was cracked when I shot and the arrow released and went into side of hand, it didn't cut deep but sure left a 3" slash mark, mostly just broke skin not much blood. It sure was a scare, at first I thought the arrow broke in my hand. but I think the arrow broke when it hit the ground. Did this ever happen to anyone else? so I guess I need to check my nocks more often.
     
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  3. Lung Buster

    Lung Buster Die Hard Bowhunter

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    I have never had that happen but glad you are ok.
     
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    Glad you weren't hurt badly. It's important to check your nocks, especially if you shoot groups, because of the risk of damaging other arrows. Some pics would have been interesting.
     
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    I check my arrows all the time now, the nocks and the shafts. I`ve read about many people who have had arrows blow up on them and its not pretty! Its also possible that the shaft had a crack, or it had been nicked enough to damage it. I give mine the flex test quite frequently.
     
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    woodsy211 Weekend Warrior

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    I saw somebody shoot a bad arrow last year, it blew up and broke his rest. Luckily he didn't get hurt.
     
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    I almost thinking about getting a Kevlar shooting glove. it did do something to my rest also. the arrow was a gold tip 5575.
     
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    I'm glad your ok bud.
    I had an arrow blow on me a couple of years back. I was practicing with two blade Broadheads, I normally flex test religiously but for some reason this instance I must not have. Upon release I heard the crack and saw a flash of fletching fly off out of the corner of my eye to the left, I also noticed the front half of my arrow sticking out of the ground 6ft in front of me. Then felt the pain in my wrist and felt sick. I saw blood coming out of my hand just behind the thumb joint. I couldn't believe it had just happened. Luckily for me the arrow broke just in front of the fletching about 1" so the arrow only just penetrated my hand. Sure was a wake up call. Would have been a whole different story had it broken half way along the shaft. I have never missed a flex test and inspection on an arrow since.

    Rod
     
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