Arrow shattered when shot
07-20-2010, 04:02 AM
#1
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Indiana
Posts: 30
Arrow shattered when shot
My buddy and I have used V-Force by Victory arrows. He had one shatter last month. This is the first time this happened to him. He did switch from a Fred Bear Truth bow to a Iceman. Anybody else have problems with these arrows? I am concerned about shooting these again.
07-20-2010, 04:51 AM
#2
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Adirondacks
Posts: 1,305
Any carbon can come apart once damaged.With carbons it pays to check them after every shot.I bend and twist them.By doing so I can see,hear and feel if there's a problem.No matter how minor I toss any I find the slightest problem with.Better safe than sorry.
07-20-2010, 02:47 PM
#3
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Frederick MD USA
Posts: 300
I almost shot a damaged carbon last year. Looked OK when I knocked it, but noticed the tip looked a little funny so I checked it again and found the tip could be easily bent. I have seen those nasty photos of a guy with a shattered carbon arrow through his hand, don't want to end up like that guy!
07-22-2010, 05:16 AM
#4
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Burleson Texas
Posts: 12,560
Sometimes it only takes a tiny crack to shatter an arrow.. Like said before, it's good to check your arrows every shot.. I'm guilty of not doing so, but I do check often.
They will all do it! I shot a Carbon Express the other day at my bag target and it it low where the bag was hard, broke the brand new arrow in half on impact. I know why it did, because the arrow was 30 inches long and it had too much forward motion shot at an angle.
You can never be too careful with carbons.
They will all do it! I shot a Carbon Express the other day at my bag target and it it low where the bag was hard, broke the brand new arrow in half on impact. I know why it did, because the arrow was 30 inches long and it had too much forward motion shot at an angle.
You can never be too careful with carbons.
Last edited by The Rev; 07-22-2010 at 05:18 AM.
07-22-2010, 10:43 AM
#6
Fork Horn
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Arkansas
Posts: 139
Saw a pic in the local shop a couple days ago. The arrow splintered about 5 inches in front of the vanes and went right through the skin along the index finger knuckle on the shooter's hand. There were 4-5 separate splinters also sticking out. Didn't look pleasant
07-25-2010, 04:44 PM
#9
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Indiana
Posts: 279
Sometimes it only takes a tiny crack to shatter an arrow.. Like said before, it's good to check your arrows every shot.. I'm guilty of not doing so, but I do check often.
They will all do it! I shot a Carbon Express the other day at my bag target and it it low where the bag was hard, broke the brand new arrow in half on impact. I know why it did, because the arrow was 30 inches long and it had too much forward motion shot at an angle.
You can never be too careful with carbons.
They will all do it! I shot a Carbon Express the other day at my bag target and it it low where the bag was hard, broke the brand new arrow in half on impact. I know why it did, because the arrow was 30 inches long and it had too much forward motion shot at an angle.
You can never be too careful with carbons.
