Does a “dry release” actually hurt your bow? If so, why?
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Yeah I learned this lesson the hard way. I bought a compound bow from a pawn shop on a whim not knowing anything other than I wanted to get into archery. Brought it home and “dry fired” it one time. The thing basically disintegrated in my hands. I feel so grateful I wasn’t injured. The string snapped off and one of the limbs cracked. I brought it to a legit shop to get it repaired and without talking to me they knew exactly what happened so probably not the first time they had seen it. Fortunately they took good care of me and I have loved archery ever since but yeah it only takes one time.
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