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If you have broken or damaged an arrow beyond safe use, where on the shaft did this occur?

  • I have personally broken an arrow within the font 2 inches (tip) of the shaft

    Votes: 16 18%

  • I have personally broken an arrow somewhere else behind the front 2 inches of the shaft

    Votes: 28 32%

  • Both

    Votes: 43 49%
  • Total voters
    87
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Discussion starter · #3 ·
STL NIK said:
I've broken a couple HLRs clean in half. They don't like hitting hard things.
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Not too many arrows do. I have roughly 1000 shots on a few of my HLR 350's, some of which have gone through my foam and through the plywood behind my target. Still shooting them. But ... that's besides the point of this discussion. This is focused on where on the shaft was the arrow damaged.
 
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Shooter Mike said:
Not too many arrows do. I have roughly 1000 shots on a few of my HLR 350's, some of which have gone through my foam and through the plywood behind my target. Still shooting them. But ... that's besides the point of this discussion. This is focused on where on the shaft was the arrow damaged.
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And as I said..... clean in half. Both times the literal half way point.
 
#7 · (Edited)
Both. Front from hard impacts. Middle from deflection off a branch. Nock end I've had some just start to split for no reason (no impact from other arrows).
 
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I check my arrows after every shot.
I missed a target and hit a couple trees, the arrow looked fine. I checked it by bending listening for creaking. The arrow was broken under the wrap and and finished breaking as I was bending.
I have also had them splinter at the point when hitting something hard.
 
#9 ·
Both, but the “***” breaks are middle of the shaft. Mushroming or breaking the tip is expected when hitting stuff I shouldn’t, so that doesn’t really surprise me. The times I’ve broken shafts in the middle were either flexing grouped arrows and them breaking from what I thought was minor impact, or goofy shots in 3D where arrows went sideways or missed
 
#10 ·
I usually break them with target misses. Ive broken a couple RIPs by shooting my privacy fence. Broke a third of the way up from the field point. The ones that really got me were the arrows I shot low under my target, and they disappeared under the ground. When that first happened I couldnt believe it.
 
#11 ·
I think I have broken arrows in every possible way. I've been shooting for over 50 yrs. breaks along the length of the shaft usually happen when the tip is deflected by a branch or other non-moveable force causing tail end to whip around hitting that object and breaking. point end is usually hitting something extremely hard causing the insert to be pushed back into shaft . nock end is by hitting with another arrow ending in a "robin hood" or splintered shaft.
"IT HAPPENS"
 
#12 ·
Didn’t vote cause an “all the above” wasn’t an option; I’ve broken them in the front, middle, back, and kinda anywhere in between.

The ones damaged/broken in the front of the shaft always hit something, doesn’t have to be something crazy either, but they always hit something. The ones damaged in the middle are usually from side impacts while shooting groups/comps, but I’ve seen arrows crack the carbon/snap from hitting a target at too much of an angle or with too much deflection. The ones damaged on the nock end are again from groups and tournaments; certain arrows do better than others and not all components are made equal.
 
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STL NIK said:
I've broken a couple HLRs clean in half. They don't like hitting hard things.
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Interesting. I just happened to shoot one into a tree yesterday. Buried it almost to the end of a .7 inch collar. After removing it pulled everything apart and saw zero damage to the end of the shaft or components. Installed everything back and spins like a top on my arrow spinner.
 
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