Just shooting my bow tonite and I had this Beman ICS 400 disentegrate as I shot it!!! I had just shot two other rounds and the arrow wasn't damaged that I knew of. Luckily nothing happened to me, a small piece of debris hit me in the face. My sight is trashed though. I have seen pics of people having this happen to them but after using carbons for 4 years this is my 1st incident. The rear half of the arrow shot upwards into the air hitting tree limbs and the other half shot forward a few feet. This could have easily put an eye out or sent carbon into my hand.

Holy moly! That is scary. Makes me want to go and check my arrows right now. Glad you are ok.

Glad you're okay. The same thing happened to me this summer with a Carbon Express CX 300. Scared the crap out of me!

wow !!

glad you made it out alive !

Dang! Glad you weren't hurt. I bet those carbon/aluminums are sounding good about now.

Was it the Tribute or Trykon?
I guess this makes picking which bow to use an easier decision until the sights are replaced.

When I saw the thread titleI was hoping it was anything other then beman ICS 400's (although mine are blacks) .
I wonderif the camo finish was hiding the flaw?

man you are lucky

It was my Trykon. I just turned the weight down to 63# this last weekend. I was wanting to put a Black Gold Radiant sight on like I have on my Tribute as the pins are so much brighter than the fuse. I would have liked to have sold the fuse though. Yea Dave, the aluminum/carbon combo arrows have sparked my attention after this episode.

Wow...Man, you are LUCKY!!! I've seen the photos of a blown up carbon arrow imbedded in some dude's hand!

Like DaveC mentioned, I too shoot Beman ICS arrows... Now I'm going to really check them out carefully!

Butch A.

Same thing turned me into a diehard A/C/C fan! An older style Beman (made in France) blew up on me during a 3-D shoot. I had a brand new dozen a/c/c's the next morning and I haven't looked back. Glad you're all right.

wow