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exploding arrows?? help me!
Pat B:
This is one of my POC arrows that broke. It is 28 1/2" t/t, spine weight is 45# to 50# for my 50# to 55# self bows. The physical weight of the finished arrow was 525gr with a 125gr field point. This arrow had been shot hundreds of times before it broke. The arrow broke at release and the string hit high up on my left(bow) arm just below my shoulder. I found the back portions of the arrow at my feet but didn't find the forward end until the next day...behind the target...15 yds away.
After studying the arrow I could see it broke across the shaft in 2 locations; at about mid shaft and about 1" behind the forward end of the fletching. I believe this was from an unseen crack(s) from past damage. ....and no one was injured during this incident! ;D
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medicinewheel:
Pat, the one I saw break looked just like this one, but the two fractures where both in the fletching area.
Pat B:
Frank, I believe this kind of break to be from unseen damage. Why else would it break across the shaft?
recurve shooter:
well yes that would be a very good reason for them to break. :D
MaceG:
Don't mean to hi-jack, but what's wrong with using vanes?
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