Carbon arrow injury

roklok · Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 11:59 pm Post subject: Carbon arrow injury

Found this on another forum, thought I would post it here. Gives me another reason to stubbornly cling to my Easton XX78 aluminum shafts !

Pumpkinslinger · Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 2:30 am Post subject: Re: Carbon arrow injury

Roklok, please provide some details if you get them. Thanks!

metz3601 · Member Joined: Oct 31, 2008 Posts: 81

ouch... and i thought i was just bein cheap goin with aluminum... guess ill stay with it

DallanC · Site Admin Joined: Jan 18, 2005 Posts: 3572 Location: Utah

Wow...!

I love carbon and think they are safe if you carefully check the shafts between firing. I usually run my fingers down them every time I pull one from the target. Yea I know I risk the chance of a nasty splinter but its worth it IMO.

After shooting carbon for alot of years I finally found a cracked arrow this year. It seems I very nearly robin hooded one of my arrows and it created a split down the side past the vanes. The knock and arrow otherwise looked normal. I was able to feel the split and discard the arrow.

I've seen pictures of wooden arrows that shattered the same way embedded in arms.

-DallanC

OntheLasGallinas · Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 12:39 pm Post subject: Re: Carbon arrow injury

Whew!!! That makes my red eye from the blow out primer look like child's play!

Cary

gelandangan · Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 4:13 pm Post subject: Re: Carbon arrow injury

Ouch!

shrpshtrjoe · Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 4:25 pm Post subject: Re: Carbon arrow injury

Man ya no that hurt . I would like to hear the story on that one
Joe

hunterjoe21 · Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 8:45 pm Post subject: Re: Carbon arrow injury

Guess my al-u-minium crossbow "arrows" aren't goin anywhere for a while.

Glenn1022 · Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 10:15 pm Post subject: Re: Carbon arrow injury

And I just bought my first carbon arrows this year when I buggered up a few of my aluminum arrows. I was just starting to like them. I will look at them a little harder now for defects.
That just hurts looking at it...wow! Have to have the story behind that!

roklok · Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 1:37 am Post subject: Re: Carbon arrow injury

Sorry guys, don't know any details other than what is evident from picture. Looks like he is a lefty though, being the shaft is in his right hand. Here is link where I found pic: www.thefiringline.com/...p?t=320534