Safe to shoot slightly bent arrows?
Glenn Wallace
them for archery practice? Obviously I have no intention of usin them
for hunting, I would simply use them for routine practice.
Thanks,
Glenn Wallace
Don Casteel
You should be able to straighten them. I would not shoot a known bent
arrow. It is unlikely but possible, to get a stress crack in a known bent
shaft if you shoot it often. If you cannot straighten it, throw it away.
New arrows are cheaper than the trip to the emergency room. That would be
the worst case scenario.
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Archeryking
able to do this for a small fee. They will not be absolutely perefctly
straight but they will hit shere you are aiming.
If you do not striaghten the arrows you will really have no way of
knowing if you made a bad shot and missed the target or if the arrow is bent
and missed the target. Shooting messed up equipment is always bad. It
might still be safe but it will hurt your form and your shooting.
Archeryking
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> I have a few arrow shafts that are slightly bent. Is it safe to use
> them for hunting, I would simply use them for routine practice.
Glenn,
Personally, I would avoid using bent shafts. One reason why...
S-A-F-E-T-Y
I Saw some pics of a guy last month who had an aluminum collapse on him
at release, and the arrow went right through his bowhand. Ugly results...
Arrows are a lot less expensive than the rehab that he'll probably have to
go through.
Click on the Archery Injury pic title on the right hand side of the
following page. It is kind of a graphic pic, but it is a serious motivator
for checking your equipment for damage, and checking it often.
http://www.eboard.com/user/davehill
Ron Reddon AKA The Great White Foam Hunter ;-)
Secretary - Little Wind Archers
http://www.crosswinds.net/~littlewind
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1998 Martin Scepter II
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Sight Master Pro Elite
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Ewan
think wood splinters are hard to get out?? Try carbon splinters, you end up
going digging....
Ewan Oughton
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straight arrow which is why so many people are willing to spend so much on
carbon arrows. Archery is about executing a perfect shot every time.
Shooting imperfectly could be encouraging poor habits. Would Andre Agassi
play with a flat ball of broken strings? I think the question I would ask
is why would you want to practice with a bent arrow?
infor...@eaglearchery.com
Glenn Wallace <gl...@uoguelph.ca> wrote in message
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> I have a few arrow shafts that are slightly bent. Is it safe to use
> for hunting, I would simply use them for routine practice.
>
> Glenn Wallace
>
CHARLES N RICE
If I were going to use very slighty bent shafts for anything, it would not
be for target practice, but maybe for wing or stump shooting when I did not
care if they got lost. How would you ever know if you were shooting well if
your arrows were not strsight?
man_bites_dog
Here are the possibilities of shooting fatigued equipment let alone any
equipment. Failure is a possibility at anytime.
photos... (NOTE!!! you need to copy the string of text here and paste to the
URL bar in your browser. don't know why.)
http://www.eboard.com/bin/display.cgi?notebody.SH/GS5HU8HT!note4.txt
story and discussion,,,
www.bowsite.org/bowsite/tf/thread.cfm?threadid=211775&messages=44&forum=5
Roy
reason already posted.
By the time you pay a pro shop to straighten the arrow you can almost get a
new one. Much safer and straighter.
I have tried to straight my 2512's but even a re-straighted arrow doesn't
fly like a new one. Probably because you have weakened the arrow shaft and
thus changed the arrow spine characteristics. It may now be under spined
for your bow causing it to flex too much. This makes an arrow more unstable
and more dangerous.
If the bend is at one end you can cut it down and use it for the kids to
bounce off the walls and floor in their low low poundage bows.
If the bend is in the middle cut the arrow down to about 8" from the nock
and insert a BIC pen refill and use it to write with.
Roy
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> "Glenn Wallace" <gl...@uoguelph.ca> wrote in message
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> > I have a few arrow shafts that are slightly bent. Is it safe to use
> > them for archery practice? Obviously I have no intention of using
> > them for hunting, I would simply use them for routine practice.
>
The Eagle
They will shoot differently than arrows that are not bent. I think you are
setting yourself up for imperfect shots and that's probably not a habit you
want to get into. Archery is all about executing a perfect shot AND you
must be consistent to do that. For this reason, you see so many people
spending so much on carbon arrows that don't get bent!
For further questions you can Ask the Eagle at www.eaglearchery.com!
Glenn Wallace <gl...@uoguelph.ca> wrote in message
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> I have a few arrow shafts that are slightly bent. Is it safe to use
> them for archery practice? Obviously I have no intention of usin them
> for hunting, I would simply use them for routine practice.
>
> Thanks,
> Glenn Wallace
>