[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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it basically stresses everything in ways its not entirely designed to handle one probably wont do anything but doing it all the time will start to cause unnecessary fatigue of parts overtime.