I have heard the same thing about Hoyts. Had somewhat of a "dry fire" last year with my Hoyt Protec. Apparently, the point of arrow B had hit the nock of arrow A, in the target,enough to create a stress crack that I didn't notice. Next round of arrows the nock broke at the shot and the bowstring came right down the left side of the arrow, violently knocking the arrow off to the right into the cables. No damage to the bow. I'm not sure I would want to try this with no arrow at all, though - just to see if the bow would survive.

Two lessons learned from this tragic experience with the Drenalin:

1. Always explain to anyone who handles (or could potentially handle) a bow the dangers of drawing back without an arrow nocked. I would rather have a field point hole in the drywall than a bow come apart.

2. Get a back up bow - all set up and ready to go if primary fails.