I bought and American archery panther gt in 1986 and shot it for about 1 year. Always used 2219 arrows and 125g heads. Anyway a friend and I were shooting one day and I got the bow at about 3/4 draw and WHAM!!!
The upper limb exploded and it split the wood riser about half way down. I had a few splinters in my arm and face but nothing as serious as it could have been. They gave me a brand new bow and I still have that one today. I havn't used it in years but it did get about 10 years without a problem. The bow was never dry fired or abused, you just never know when it might happen. Bows are built by people and we aren't perfect.