Another Bow Blow Up

[tracker12]

A friend of mine sent me a pick of a longbow he had blow up on him this week.  Just over a year old with little use.   He has several bows and mixes it up quite a bit.  Just never can tell when you are going to get a bad one.    

[KyStickbow]

That sucks! Hopefully he wasn't injured.

[yaderehey]

That's a shame.  Man, that riser wood looked nice.

[ChuckC]

Wow...the way that broke it almost looks like a truck door was involved in the incident.

[nineworlds9]

full draw or upon release?

[Crittergetter]

Is that one really thick lam or several lams? I can't tell from the pic

[Shadowhnter]

Im sorry for anyone that happens to.. its a bum deal to have a nice bow one second and in an instant she's gone.

[slowbowjoe]

Ouch.

[Mike Mecredy]

weird place to break

[David McLendon]

Weird place and a weird break.

[Tajue17]

never seen a limb break in that spot wow first time  for me..  any bow can blow though I have a 27" draw and I had a 70" Jack Harrison Hill bow 45@27 let go at full draw and blew right at the fade out,, not a cheapo bow by any means.

the top limbs are scary I had another bow break at the top limb and then the limb tip came down and hit me in the eye brow cutting the skin,, it followed the string right down to my eye..

[Orion]

Looks like the glue on the back lamination gave out and when that happened, the rest of the limb just broke.

Inquisitive.  Are there just two core laminations with glass back and belly?  How long was the bow and what's your draw length?

[Sixby]

As a bowyer and very long time bow hunter and owning an archery shop I have seen a lot of broken bows over the years/ I have never see a break in that spot or a break that was straight across like that. Something happened you have not heard about. I am buying into the closed door theory ,. Perhaps without his knowledge. Kids do things./ Per the splinter we see on the back it looks like the bow broke straight across and when it broke it delaminated the back glass. Not the other way around./

God bless, Steve

Riding lawnmowers and beer do not mix.  I wonder if it was dry fired from a long draw.

[DanielB89]

Man,

that is a weird break!

[Orion]

Could be Sixby.  Difficult to say which occurred first. Almost thinking something else in play here, like a slammed car door/trunk, etc. Not that it directly caused it, but perhaps dented the glass in that area which subsequently gave way.

[RC]

I have never seen a bow break that "clean". It did not delaminate and break.

[dbd870]

Originally posted by Mike Mecredy:
weird place to break

That's what I thought immediately.

[mnbwhtr]

I've had a Bamboo longbow and set recurve limbs break just like that. When you get full draw they just go limp.

[JoLo]

Me too, same place on a recurve limb