[ELI5] why is dry firing a bow so bad for it? Does the arrow really make that much of a difference in that regard?

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[ELI5] why is dry firing a bow so bad for it? Does the arrow really make that much of a difference in that regard?

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YouTube “dry firing bow” and you’ll see some awesome videos of bows exploding from being dry fired.