Crazy dry fire test

[hawkeye n pa]

I've seen quite a few bows survive a dry fire or two, but then I've seen a few that didn't survive the first attempt....

[Nativestranger]

Originally posted by slim_grim:
It does look like the black piece holding the bow is absorbing some energy, and the editing made it difficult to see if they actually dry fired it more than a few times, but.... It's a pretty sweet promotional video.

I got a kick out of it.

I think the test is valid. Your hand holding the bow isn't rigid either. Granted the bow was 45# and the energy storage isn't very high for this type of mild rd longbow with 58" length. But 100 dry fires is still pretty amazing.

[TonyW]

Checked out the info connected with the video. It looks like this video is a work in progress about a new model bow that is being torture tested before production.

With that in mind, the arty slow motion scene could be for capturing the final fatal dry fire. Curious to see how many dry fires this bow survives. The caption says they stopped at 72, but the guy running the test must be dying to see how far it goes.

I mean, nobody will sell this bow after 72 dry fires, right?

[Flying Dutchman]

I remember a video from Bodnik, shooting with a 50 lbs bow at a concrete wall with carbon arrows at full draw and at short distance. According to this video, his carbon shafts stayed unharmed, shot after shot.
When I do so, my shaft is ruined after just one shot.....the part where the point is, looks like an opened umbrella after just one shot....
Since then I watch the videos of mr. Bodnik with mixed feelings...  

[adamgti]

These bows are brutally strong and ugly as sin.

They come with a 30 year warranty.

They're as fast an as efficient as any bow I have ever handled.

I don't own one, but have shot every model but the Hawk recurve.

I trust the test

I think Bearpaw losses some of my votes because they focus purely on function with their products and little towards the form.

For that reason I tend to lean my personal purchases towards custome and unique bowyers.