Big time scare at the shop the other night
 

I've been shooting a long time and I have never had anything happen while shooting like what took place this past week. I was at the shop, just shooting three spot and BS'n with the owners. I draw back and when I released, POW, a sharp crack. I was kind of dumb founded at first. I looked at the bow, its OK, then I realized something hit me in the wrist. One of my nocks broke at the shot. The arrow was down range, sticking in the target about 3 low, sothe energy was transferred to the arrow. We checked the bow over closely and its OK. But man, I was a little gun shy for a couple shots.:D

Just a word of advise. Check those nocks! My incident could have been a lot worse.

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Had the same thing happen to me on the static line at the R100 a couple of months ago.

The arrow actually hit my bow hand drawing blood and yep i was a little gun shy on the first couple of targets.;)

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Never saw that before.....What a deal.

Had a string break at full draw once.....Have a nice scar on my wrist now...Stuff like that will definetly make you a bit gun shy for a while.

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I have had a bow explode on me at full draw. That SUCKS! I did't get injured though.

Paul

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jus the talk of this stuff happenin is gonna make me think twice next time before i draw!!!!!

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Ya know, I've always been a stickler when it comes to making sure my equipement is in top shape. I'm just happy it wasn't worse. The arrow is junk as the string took a chip out of the end of the shaft. I actually have since pulled all of my nocks out and replaced most of them with new ones. These arrows are fairly old, probably in the neighborhood of 3 years with heavy shooting on them (gotta love Gold Tips).

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A year or two ago, one arrow broke into three pieces right at release. The front of the arrow which was the largest part went towards the target but missed by a few feet. The other two pieces flew to the side almost hitting my dad who was standing beside me. Also my cable slide was missing (it had flew off too). I think the cable slide may have flown off and was what broke the arrow.(I just had a new slide put on at the pro shop.)

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I have never had a nock break upon release but I have had one or two arrows explode...one was something that happened to the bow and the other was directly the result of something wrong with the arrow. Luckily, I was not injured in either case.

Nocks are something that I think should be replaced regularly especially if you shoot quite often. Not only is it a safety issue but it also has the potential to increase your accuracy level....;).

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Nock replacement due to age is always a good idea.

Shooting groups, however, can be a major factor in damaging nocks. It's fun to see that nice tight bunch of arrows in a target; but, any slight touch of a tip against a nock will not hurt the tip. The nock is plastic and plastics will age and get more brittle. Touch them with a tip at high speed and you've got a recipe for trouble.

Actually, the same facts apply to arrow shafts as well. Be careful, be safe, and good shooting.

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I had 4 nocks break while making the homemade lumenocks,and that sound scared the crap out of me as well.

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My most scariest was when I was shooting a 3-d shoot with a black widow recurve with an magnesium riser. It was a hot muggy, humid day and as I drew back the bow slipped out of my grip and cold cocked me in the forehead, I dropped down to all fours and saw stars but the embarrasment hurt the most as some individuals still bring it to my attention to this day.
If any of you all bring this up, I'm going to deney it.[:-]

Bobby

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I had my string break right at my string loop once. I was shooting at 30 yards and right at the release the string snapped and left me with a nice scare on my wrist but the arrow just happened to hit dead center in the bullseye, it was my best shot of the night ha ha.

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Imagine this, you've been shooting all day at your favorite proshop, probaly 300 shots, the bow is a 80# Bowtech Liberty. You notice your shots are falling off from fatigue. The owner asks to shoot it to compare against another bow and he gets it almost all the way back and CRACK!!!!

Axle sheared the bottom limb in half and the string almost cuts Lennys arm off. Now that ruins the day, your bow in piesces and the shop owner arm bleedin all over the place. I felt like crap. The worse part was Len had to teach hunter safety that night.

It just goes to show you, any and all mechanical devices will and do fail after prolonged use and exposer.