nodog

I've had an arrow blow up on me before and have seen pics of the same and they often look like they happened just past the fletching so I'm kind of drawn to that spot whenI think to look mine over. Shot a few today and, after shootingone a few times into a new target I noticed a spiraling mark around the shaft just past the fletch. After trying to figure out what had happened and flexing it, I shot it. It went high and left so much so that it would havebeen out of a kill zone, another arrow hit it's mark. Iexamined it again. Not sure if the shot went bad because of me, I shot it again. Same results. I took theBH off and spun it on the other shaft. I was back to hitting the mark.

I think the wrapped carbon was coming apart, You couldn't feel it, only see it and about 5 turns on the shaft just above the fletching.Flexing revealed nothing.

I'm not saying anything about the arrow or the manufacture. Their life is about spent. Just giving a heads up on what to look for.The last arrow that blew up on me had a noticeable change in sound whenI drew it. This one did cause me to look it over the other day due to a difference in sound, but nothing like the other.

It was a Beman ICS Hunter elite 340 with 4" vanes and a 100grn tip coming out of a 70 +/- bow. Nothing unusual.

newman1

sounds like you got lucky that you didn't get hurtYou did dispose of that arrow ????

nodog

sure.