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Arrow Detonation

Islandshooter

Islandshooter

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Well, after 20 something years of slinging arrows, it finally happened to me. Didn’t check my arrow close enuff before release, tripped the trigger and it came from together. Only two big slivers in my hand and one in my stomach. Completely my fault, i had slipped into complacency on arrow inspections. My question for y’all is should i treat that as a dry fire (I’ve never even seen that) and drive to the nearest dealer for a check? Or continue to throw them down range (after thorough inspection, of course). Limbs, strings, cables, cams all look fine. Thanks, hope everyone is having a great season! Good to be back in the saddle after some heart surgery stuff!
 
Ouch, glad it wasn't worse. I have no earthly idea if the arrow absorbed enough of the bows energy to prevent a dry fire. Did part of the shaft fly down range or total detonation in your hands? My guess is a call to the shop will yield a "We can't say for sure without seeing the bow" if it's a reasonably close drive I would probably go and be sure
 
krub6b said:
Ouch, glad it wasn't worse. I have no earthly idea if the arrow absorbed enough of the bows energy to prevent a dry fire. Did part of the shaft fly down range or total detonation in your hands? My guess is a call to the shop will yield a "We can't say for sure without seeing the bow" if it's a reasonably close drive I would probably go and be sure
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Other than the pieces stuck in me and the fletchings/nock, I couldn’t find anything. I’m pretty sure it was Just arrow fatigue, maybe from hitting something hard during practice. Gettin new arrows anyway, so I’ll get the bow smith to check it out. Had heard of it happening, but never thought it would be me. I’ll also be checking my tree connections a little closer
 
I still carry the scar (and a bunch of carbon fibers) from embedding a detonated arrow shaft in my left forearm. I can attest first hand that an arrow detonation is no fun. I'm glad you're okay. I had no issues with my bow from the detonation, just an involuntary flinch on release from me for a while. :tearsofjoy:

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Islandshooter said:
Other than the pieces stuck in me and the fletchings/nock, I couldn’t find anything. I’m pretty sure it was Just arrow fatigue, maybe from hitting something hard during practice. Gettin new arrows anyway, so I’ll get the bow smith to check it out. Had heard of it happening, but never thought it would be me. I’ll also be checking my tree connections a little closer
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Was the nock broken? Or still intact?
 
Bows actually can take a lot of abuse. I can’t recall the number of times the manufacturers dry fire them for testing but it’s into the thousands of dry fires. Not to say this didn’t cause an issue with your bow but if it looks good, everything is in spec and it’s not making any new strange noises or you don’t see a bent cam or axle or anything……. It’s probably fine. BTW I think that arrow was most likely cracked. Check carbon arrows by flexing them once in awhile you’ll feel them give or hear them crack more if there’s a crack already. I will say the most prudent thing to do is take your bow and have it checked especially if it’s still under warranty. Good luck that had to be terrifying.
 
woodsdog2 said:
Bows actually can take a lot of abuse. I can’t recall the number of times the manufacturers dry fire them for testing but it’s into the thousands of dry fires. Not to say this didn’t cause an issue with your bow but if it looks good, everything is in spec and it’s not making any new strange noises or you don’t see a bent cam or axle or anything……. It’s probably fine. BTW I think that arrow was most likely cracked. Check carbon arrows by flexing them once in awhile you’ll feel them give or hear them crack more if there’s a crack already. I will say the most prudent thing to do is take your bow and have it checked especially if it’s still under warranty. Good luck that had to be terrifying.
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Yeah, that is something I was taught a long time ago and just neglected to do, flex the arrows. Complacency. I’ll let the bow guys look at it Wednesday before I shoot again! And yeah!! Terrifying to say the least! One sliver on either side of that big vein on top of my hand. Lots of Planned Maintenance in the next few days
 
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