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Now I'm chrony testing so I'm only 7 yards to the target, and I think there's no way a 3/4" fenceboard is gonna stop an arrow from a 380 that close, something's wrong here. I pull the arrow out of the fence, and there's no tip, just the splintered carbon shaft buried in the board. Then it clicks... that arrow was broke before it ever hit the fence. So I start looking around on the ground, and sure enough I find the rest of the arrow: tip, insert and all, about 10 feet in front of my bench and about 8 feet off to the right. I'm guessing the arrow broke as soon as it launched.
I've broken a few arrows on pass-throughs and such, but I've never had one break like this during a shot, ever. I didn't notice any damage to the arrow when I loaded it, but I wasn't really looking for it either. I checked my limbs out good and everything looks OK on the bow, and I shot several more shots and everything seems good with the bow, but it's not a good feeling. These are Diablos with hundreds of shots on them, is it time just to toss them? Do carbons get weak with the stress of repeated shooting? Anyone else ever had an arrow break apart during the shot?
Here's where the shaft hit the fence. POI is a good 14 inches above POA. Carbon splinters still sticking out...
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Here's what's left of the arrow. I think it snapped the instant it launched, and most of the damage to the shaft happened when it hit the fence. Very strange...
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