Can they bend?
06-01-2008, 12:11 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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RE: Can they bend?
ORIGINAL: il coyote
I have seen one.
A local shop has one on the counter in a spin-tester just to show people that it is possible. I guess it's that rare though.
I have seen one.
A local shop has one on the counter in a spin-tester just to show people that it is possible. I guess it's that rare though.
06-01-2008, 12:44 PM
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RE: Can they bend?
Heat will warp them!
And when they get stopped in a foam target they get pretty hot. The foam actually gets welded to the arrow.Now if an arrow was very hot as it got stopped in a 3D target and hit on a little bit of an angle and started wobbling I could see how it could bend.
And when they get stopped in a foam target they get pretty hot. The foam actually gets welded to the arrow.Now if an arrow was very hot as it got stopped in a 3D target and hit on a little bit of an angle and started wobbling I could see how it could bend.
06-01-2008, 01:10 PM
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RE: Can they bend?
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Heat will warp them!
And when they get stopped in a foam target they get pretty hot. The foam actually gets welded to the arrow. Now if an arrow was very hot as it got stopped in a 3D target and hit on a little bit of an angle and started wobbling I could see how it could bend.
Heat will warp them!
And when they get stopped in a foam target they get pretty hot. The foam actually gets welded to the arrow. Now if an arrow was very hot as it got stopped in a 3D target and hit on a little bit of an angle and started wobbling I could see how it could bend.
06-01-2008, 01:16 PM
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RE: Can they bend?
The Axis FMJ and ACC type arrows can bend and not unbend completely. But all carbon arrows are normally either still straight or pretty much destroyed. I think that is their main advantage over aluminums. After awhile, you seem to wind up with a bunch of aluminum arrows that aren't quite bad enough to throw away, but aren't quite straight any more either.
06-01-2008, 01:43 PM
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RE: Can they bend?
ORIGINAL: jmbuckhunter
Heat will warp them!
And when they get stopped in a foam target they get pretty hot. The foam actually gets welded to the arrow.Now if an arrow was very hot as it got stopped in a 3D target and hit on a little bit of an angle and started wobbling I could see how it could bend.
Heat will warp them!
And when they get stopped in a foam target they get pretty hot. The foam actually gets welded to the arrow.Now if an arrow was very hot as it got stopped in a 3D target and hit on a little bit of an angle and started wobbling I could see how it could bend.
And as Roskoe pointed out, I too have had ACC's bend because of the aluminum core.
06-01-2008, 03:56 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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RE: Can they bend?
If a carbon arrow were to "bend" i would assume that internally there was damage to the carbon fiber. I would cut it in half and throw it away so that it couldn't be shot by accident.