muzzyman88 I was 14 and was shooting a cheap $1.50 arrow and noticed it was cracking. I just ignored it. Messed up real bad. I could wave it in the air and it would bend all the way back. Split all the way down. Well one day I shot it and there was a cloud of arrow parts everywhere. I felt pain. I looked down and had splinters all in my hands. I could have gotten them in my eyes. Everyone make sure these arrows aren't cracked. I was shooting out of a 18 lb bow. Imagine a 50+ lb bow.