I know that dry shooting a bow is pretty bad but what type of damages can it do? And is there any way to safely dry shoot?

It can crack or shatter the limbs. The only safe way to dry-fire is... well there is no safe way. Either let down or shoot an arrow. You could seriously injure yourself. If I may ask, why are you wondering if it is ok to dry-fire?

P.S. Congrats on 1000

Just curious. I wouldn't risk it even if there was an 'safe' way

and thank you on the 1000

Oh Ok just checking.

Dry-firing puts the shock (energy) from the bow directly into all parts of the bow instead of the arrow like when correctly shot! This will wear down all parts of a bow, some before others!

As far as safely dry-firing a bow, there is one product that I saw that was something like a huge stabilizer you put on your bow. It supposidly allows you to shoot without arrows. Not sure what it was called or if it works!

Dry firing can cause crack's to the limb's ,bent axels and broken cable's and string's not to mention if you blow a limb the damage the bow can do to yourself .

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I have witnessed the effects of a dry fired bow. Years ago a friend picked up my bow and as he was pulling it back, I told him whatever you do, don't let go of the string, about that time the string slipped off his fingers and the next thing I know, is my bow is laying on the ground in one big tangled mess!! Limbs, cables, wheels and the riser, just a total disaster...Do not let anyone pull your bow back!!

Yeah i heard about that actually but i heard its both expensive (like $150-200) and heavy.


It does that kind of damage? eek. Was your friend ok?

The product in question is called the safedraw. It attaches to you berger hole in replace of your rest. It then attaches the string, and by using pneumatics, it allows you to safely draw and release your bow without an arrow. It does not weigh too terribly much, and the cost is around $100. The member here by the name of BeeS has one one one of his bows, and it is a great aid for working on form, release, and back tension.

I keep one broken riser in the shop to show customers what dry firing can really cause. The riser broke in half right in the area of the sight window. I know of several risers that have broken to come back and hit the archer in the head.