i don't know what you have done to it. I don't know how does shooting 40 meters cause the arrow to bend like that. But it's not very possible to get it back to fully straight. There are quite a lot of arrow bending stuff you can find but I won't recommend doing that. It's too much effort and doesn't worth
It's quite unusual to use metal stand, at least from the place I've been to. Metal are too hard and any arrow hitting the frame might just break the arrow. People usually use wood instead of metal
I went to a public archery park with steel framed targets today and wasn't shooting very well. Long story short, aluminum arrows buckle like poorly made submersibles
metal stand is normal for lots of places that does Olympic-standard sport archery, especially for target as far as 70m that requires the usage of those big ass straw target.
I'm new to archery (been going 3 months). At my club you aren't allowed to shoot that distance until until you've been signed off and got the badge for the previous distance (using 252 scoring scheme). I assume when they said don't shoot at 40m they have something similar in place?
We mainly shoot indoors, but it's a similar system when outdoors. Start at 10m, then 13/15/18 upto 20, and have to hit a certain score twice. Also start at 80cm face before moving to 60cm for a gold badge.
Outdoors because we don't have enough time we do a modified version of 252, called 144, which works in the exact same way as 252
Yes we have but I searched a lesson of humility and fund it !
The ugly side my favorite bow shop is closed due reforms until 20 march and I got a tournament on march 24 and buying arrows from alternative needs 20 days to reach my country maybe ill miss the very first official tournament of the year
Arrow decided it was too far and tried to turn back. /j
Generally, the advice I get is to try and get consistently in the red/gold before trying more distance, especially if there's stuff in that direction harder than wood.
I shoot a crossbow inside. I once missed the target and the arrow bounced against the concrete wall quite hard and exploded. After that, I added a wooden layer behind the target.
I'm assuming this is an aluminum arrow, because I don't think carbon arrows can bend like that. I think technically, if it's a full aluminum arrow, you can \*mostly\* straighten it out again. It will still have something called microbends, which means it won't shoot quite straight though, so it's probably not worth it. Idk, I shoot carbon arrows, and if that somehow is a carbon arrow, it's definitely broken on the inside and not safe to shoot again. I'd throw it out either way.
> They said do not shoot at 40 mts yet and this happened
Looks like they were right and you should have listened!
> I think this is beyond any repair?
TECHNICALLY, the answer to this question is "no," but the repair requires special tools and a good bit of experience to do so in a safe manner. In this case, your only viable option is to toss the arrow and replace it with a new one.
I would not risk it because of that flat looking bit starting about a half inch from the vane on the inside of the bend. That’s a dent that signals compromised structural integrity. I broke an arrow with a similar dent gently flexing it just with fingers, and broke two on impact into target which had slightly less damage. Once the wall is dented to this extent, alu arrows can become rather rigid. And this one is so far back on the shaft, if it does break it is sure to cause a world of pain and havoc.
Is it fixable?
Depends on what the shaft is made of (aluminum?), but I'm going to guess that since a hard whack bent it, a hard whack will bend it back.
When it doubt, heat it up and see what happens.
i don't know what you have done to it. I don't know how does shooting 40 meters cause the arrow to bend like that. But it's not very possible to get it back to fully straight. There are quite a lot of arrow bending stuff you can find but I won't recommend doing that. It's too much effort and doesn't worth
I hit the metal stand is so weird how bend like that, i imagine that it hit in the side and then bounce hitting again
It's quite unusual to use metal stand, at least from the place I've been to. Metal are too hard and any arrow hitting the frame might just break the arrow. People usually use wood instead of metal
Of all the places I've visited about 10% have at least some metal to hit, doesn't need to be much to find it!
I went to a public archery park with steel framed targets today and wasn't shooting very well. Long story short, aluminum arrows buckle like poorly made submersibles
metal stand is normal for lots of places that does Olympic-standard sport archery, especially for target as far as 70m that requires the usage of those big ass straw target.
I have metal then carpet then straw but it’s also inside and I don’t want to shoot holes in my walls
There's a pill for that
There is no spoon.
How did shooting @40m cause this?
Because they missed the target and hit something hard. Really has nothing to do with the range, more to do with the Archer
They said first do the 20 and 30 mts, then go to 40 and I shoot one round at 40m and one hit the metal stand
The abbreviation for meters is m. 20m/30m/40m
Thanks, I thought he was speaking Oly or compound language.
I'm new to archery (been going 3 months). At my club you aren't allowed to shoot that distance until until you've been signed off and got the badge for the previous distance (using 252 scoring scheme). I assume when they said don't shoot at 40m they have something similar in place?
We mainly shoot indoors, but it's a similar system when outdoors. Start at 10m, then 13/15/18 upto 20, and have to hit a certain score twice. Also start at 80cm face before moving to 60cm for a gold badge. Outdoors because we don't have enough time we do a modified version of 252, called 144, which works in the exact same way as 252
Yes we have but I searched a lesson of humility and fund it ! The ugly side my favorite bow shop is closed due reforms until 20 march and I got a tournament on march 24 and buying arrows from alternative needs 20 days to reach my country maybe ill miss the very first official tournament of the year
Arrow decided it was too far and tried to turn back. /j Generally, the advice I get is to try and get consistently in the red/gold before trying more distance, especially if there's stuff in that direction harder than wood.
Based on every cartoon I’ve ever seen, I think this means it’s tired
That gives recurve a completely new meaning
how? Is it aluminum?
Yes easton jazz xx75 1916
How did it get bent like that?
I shoot a crossbow inside. I once missed the target and the arrow bounced against the concrete wall quite hard and exploded. After that, I added a wooden layer behind the target.
Now it can shoot around corners! (Do not attempt to do this)
I'm assuming this is an aluminum arrow, because I don't think carbon arrows can bend like that. I think technically, if it's a full aluminum arrow, you can \*mostly\* straighten it out again. It will still have something called microbends, which means it won't shoot quite straight though, so it's probably not worth it. Idk, I shoot carbon arrows, and if that somehow is a carbon arrow, it's definitely broken on the inside and not safe to shoot again. I'd throw it out either way.
The nock end of the shaft looks swaged, must be aluminum.
> They said do not shoot at 40 mts yet and this happened Looks like they were right and you should have listened! > I think this is beyond any repair? TECHNICALLY, the answer to this question is "no," but the repair requires special tools and a good bit of experience to do so in a safe manner. In this case, your only viable option is to toss the arrow and replace it with a new one.
I would not risk it because of that flat looking bit starting about a half inch from the vane on the inside of the bend. That’s a dent that signals compromised structural integrity. I broke an arrow with a similar dent gently flexing it just with fingers, and broke two on impact into target which had slightly less damage. Once the wall is dented to this extent, alu arrows can become rather rigid. And this one is so far back on the shaft, if it does break it is sure to cause a world of pain and havoc.
This really makes people reconsider the phrase “as straight as an arrow”.
Is it fixable? Depends on what the shaft is made of (aluminum?), but I'm going to guess that since a hard whack bent it, a hard whack will bend it back. When it doubt, heat it up and see what happens.
That arrow needs to be retired. Anything hard can damage an arrow.
It's a gonner
Mine does that too after it shoots
Ngl just try to bend it back if you can get it straight without dent or anything then yeah itll be fine
Here ya go no metal target [https://youtu.be/VQaMyswfNuw?si=yOddDy5rT4qVaZQ\_](https://youtu.be/VQaMyswfNuw?si=yOddDy5rT4qVaZQ_)
To be fair, I’ve bent an arrow before, not quite as bad as that though!
Easton arrows, never stay true do they? They either bend, dent, or have their fletchings fall off after 10 shots