So I was out stumping with my nephew this weekend and sent one bouncing between some small holly trees. Footed the point end- no damage there, but it blew out the nock.
On a closer look, I found a smudge of bark on the shaft between the feathers, and about a 3/4" crack in the shaft at the nock end.
Can this be SAFELY repaired? Superglue and thread wrap or epoxy and aluminum? Cutting it shorter is not really an option, but I'd rather toss the arrow than risk it blowing up and injecting some carbon into my arm. Or dry-firing.
And how come my nephew never breaks any of his arrows? Little booger....