Dry fire who's had one and did the bow survive.

[S.C. Hunter]

I was at the range today and the guy in the lane next to me had a dry fire. The sound was horrible, I have not heard that sound since my dry fire. My bow survived and his bow did not seem to suffer any damage. He shot it about 15 more times and the bow seemed to shoot the same. Do the new bows hold up better?

[Brently]

I have had several dry  fires over the years, the bows all were fine, didn't hurt them a bit, even had a 56 Kodiak a buddy borrowed to use and had a dry fire and it was not damaged either.

[saumensch]

You were luckier than me! Had a Dryfire due to an exploding nock and .....Well, loock below.

[mrjsl]

I've had a couple and no problem with the bow. Has to be a worse problem with a FF string. I use B50 strings.

[SteveL]

I had a dry fire a few years back due to a broken nock I didn't notice. Split the upper limb from the tip down to about mid limb. It was horrible. I check my nocks religiously now. Oh yeah, it was a newer bow and a fast flight string. Not sure if it would have faired any better with b50 though.

[LongStick64]

Had a nock break off while shooting my Super sexy Rose Oak bow, put a crack in the riser. Needless to say I'm bummed about it.

[cbCrow]

I had several dry fires over the years on a few bows due to nock problems. The most memorable was a Martin Hatfield I had just bought off a fellow from the club. When I let go of the string it sounded like allgetout. The upper limb cracked and one side pulled up right at the bolt. The bow shot a B50 string. I have for years closely examined my nocks and still it happens from time to time.

[longarrow]

I've had a few in the past! Most bows substained no damage. Seems bows using the "Hard" strings suffer more often.

[Zmonster]

Didnt have a issue with a static tipped modern curve I used to own.

[L. Bullington]

My bow had a FF string and no issues after the dry fire.

[Frank Warnke]

Several years ago, a long bow with FF string, one was nock failure the other was user error.  No problems to this day.

[ksbowman]

I've had a few over time due to cracked nocks that weren't noticed. Never damaged a bow but the sound and thought make your heart beat fast.

[Croatoan]

Yes.

Had an arrow break about three inches in front of the nock, awful noise and really ugly string slap on the bicep. Over all the bow was not damaged at all, though the incident did cause some problems with my shooting until I had worked through it mentally. Every time I drew and went to release I would lock momentarily with the thought of it happening again. I got over it after a few hundred arrows down range.

The bow is a 3 piece Leon Stewart longbow. No damage of any kind that I can find.

   

[Cyclic-Rivers]

I had one once. I had the speed nocks that fit on the string loosely. The nock fell off the string and I was sickened for a while. I inspected the bow and have not had any issues since. Nock on wood.

[Dave Lay]

i have had a couple on a 60lb widow recurve with ff string..   no damage..

[yaderehey]

Originally posted by Croatoan:
Yes.


   

OUCHHH!!!

[RAU]

Ive had atleast 2, there may be a 3rd with my Great Plains recurve. The 2nd time the bow jumped out of my hand and hit the ground unsrung. No dammage tho.

[Randy Koleno]

I had one with a Howatt Bushmaster, no damage, I shot the bow for years afterwards. The owner of our company had a misfire with his compound, what a mess.

[chopx2]

Twice, same bow no damage and the same day i got it. 2pc LB.

Loose nocks. I reserved the bow and now use a different nock and make sure they fit correctly.

i now shoot 3 under and if an arrow comes off the string it falls instead of staying pinched beyween my fingers so I've not had any yet due to falling off the string before release.

[Hill Hunter]

It has happenend to my BW a couple of times over the years with no problem, i was even shooting from the ground this year and the bottom limb hit a root and the string rolled off of the bow in shot, no problem.