Getting back into archery after a long time away.
Have been shooting regularly, just haven't been paying attention to the technology and magazines, etc. Still shooting old 60s model Bear Grizzly bows and cedar/fiberglass arrows... if it ain't broke, don't fix it?
Anyway, seems there is a Glock kB like phenomenon w the new carbon fiber arrows. They have actually "blown up" on release and injured archers! Makers of the arrows have warnings to check every arrow five or six times before every shot (yeah, right).
http://www.beman.com/product-information/index.tpl
Kinda like telling people not to shoot reloaded ammo in their Glocks...
Of course, the new arrows are very popular and there is no proof they are indeed any riskier than wood, fiberglass, or aluminum arrows, even though archery forums have posted pics of skewered arms, and they do seem to kB more than the old arrows ever did or do... I sure see more pieces of them at the range than I ever remember seeing of the other stuff...
I did buy 2 dozen new arrows. Easton Legacy model: made of aluminum made to look like wood... :lol:
Have been shooting regularly, just haven't been paying attention to the technology and magazines, etc. Still shooting old 60s model Bear Grizzly bows and cedar/fiberglass arrows... if it ain't broke, don't fix it?
Anyway, seems there is a Glock kB like phenomenon w the new carbon fiber arrows. They have actually "blown up" on release and injured archers! Makers of the arrows have warnings to check every arrow five or six times before every shot (yeah, right).
http://www.beman.com/product-information/index.tpl
Kinda like telling people not to shoot reloaded ammo in their Glocks...
Of course, the new arrows are very popular and there is no proof they are indeed any riskier than wood, fiberglass, or aluminum arrows, even though archery forums have posted pics of skewered arms, and they do seem to kB more than the old arrows ever did or do... I sure see more pieces of them at the range than I ever remember seeing of the other stuff...
I did buy 2 dozen new arrows. Easton Legacy model: made of aluminum made to look like wood... :lol: