[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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Absolutely. You know the power behind an arrow? Imagine that power going into your bow instead. It’s essentially the same thing as shooting your bow with an arrow (as in you take two similar bows and have one of them shoot an arrow at the other bow).