A friend of mine let his father-in-law hold his bow yesterday and before he knew it he pulled it back and dry fired it[] It sounded like a 22 rifle going off. Everything looks ok but he hasn' t shot it since it was dry fired. My question is what should he look for as far as damage before he shoots it again? Thanks!

Bent axles and cracked limbs--if it is a newer bow it is most likely alright.jmo.

The only thing he needs to look for, are the car keys so he can take it to a pro shop. Their a little better equiped for tearing it apart and properly checking things out.

Or he can look it over himself and hope he knows what he' s looking for.

nub is right take it to the pro shop ! if ther is something wrong your friend doesn' t find he could get hurt !

I was wondering what would happen if you dry shot a bow so at least i know now. Hopefully nothing is wrong with your in-law' s bow, let alone hope he doesn' t get hurt even if he decides not too take it to the shop

Amazing how that tiny thin little arrow can absorb all that energy huh??

danny your right, its wierd knowing that a little arrow can absorb 80% of the energy out of a bow. Just imagine when that arrows not there. We had a guy dry fire a conquest 3 in the store a couple weeks ago. LoL, i hit the floor thinkin we were bein robbed(bad part of town). But, the bow was fine. Make sure you check everything close though mykey

I' ve actually dry fired a bow twice. Once when a release broke, the other when looking at a bow in a shop and someone had messed with the string. It broke under the serving. Both times caused minor injury, and soiled undies!

Want some real excitement? Take a 150 lb crossbow, put it in a bow press, crank that puppy down, and then let your rope break. Holy crap batman!!!!

For those who always wondered what a crossbow sounds like when you fire it, if you' ve heard a compound dry fired, you already know.[] Hope no damage was done.