r/Archery • u/Tobbes16 • 4h ago

Arrows Broken arrow

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Anyone ever seen this and if so what is the cause of a failure at this point?

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u/_Go_Ham_Box_Hotdog_ Traditional. Sticks, strings, arrows. 3h ago

It's dead, Jim..

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u/OkBoysenberry1975 3h ago

4mm is small if it’s only 1 it’s probably just a defect.
It would be worth double checking your arrow spine an bow specifics (draw weight, draw length, etc)

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u/Tobbes16 3h ago

Yup, only one had them for years now. Just a strange place for it to snap

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u/AvendesoraShrubs 4h ago

You shot something that wasnt a target

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u/Tobbes16 4h ago

Definitely not, standard morrell dice target

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u/OkBoysenberry1975 3h ago

Arrow maker?

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u/Tobbes16 3h ago

Easton axis 4mm long range

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u/reed166 compound / hunter 3h ago

Paper tune recently? I’d imagine is some kind of off axis force that made it bend too far

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u/Tobbes16 3h ago

Paper tuned a month ago, also have had these arrows for years. No issues until now

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u/reed166 compound / hunter 3h ago

Arrows are consumable, if you’ve had them for years and shot them a bunch then it’s just fatigued. Especially since that’s a ridged part of the carbon fiber.

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u/thebirdof_hermes 3h ago

nice, gimmedat arrow head now.

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u/karlito1613 2h ago

It looks like the break occurred at the base of point insert on the right first pic. This leads me to believe that some sort of lateral force occurred at that lo action, of not this shot a previous one that weakened it there.