So tonight I was trying a new thumb release. Arrow nocked and everything. I squeezed the release heard the click but nothing happend. Then my arrow just fell to the ground. Guess what what happens next.. dry fire.. looking over the bow it looks ok. Put in on the scale and didn’t hear any cracking. But still scared to shoot it. Just bought this bow also. Bowtech sr6. Freak accident. 9 years of shooting bows first dry fire.
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depending on what kind of nocks you are using it is possible for the release to shove the nock off of the string at full draw... more pronounced with a short bow and longer draw length, as the string will push the nock off of the string when at full draw because of the extreme angle of the string vs the nock.
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Originally posted by stickerpatch59 View Postdepending on what kind of nocks you are using it is possible for the release to shove the nock off of the string at full draw... more pronounced with a short bow and longer draw length, as the string will push the nock off of the string when at full draw because of the extreme angle of the string vs the nock.
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I dry fired the S**T outta my bow once at the range. Broke the string. Had em re string it, sighted it in and kept shooting that day. Got a nice little scar on my hand from the string popping me.
They dry fire these bows when testing the durability of them so I'm sure your bow is fine.
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uobdhZ28U4"]The Hoyt Standard - 1,500 Dry-Fire Test - YouTube[/ame]
(I know its Hoyt, just the first video that came up. I shoot Obsession btw!)
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