Check your nocks

portlylawman · 2025-09-20T16:42:05-0400

I was out shooting one of my recurves earlier today. Nocked an Easton 2016 and let it fly.

I heard an unnatural sound and the arrow flew about ten feet, corkscrewing as it went.

I retrieved the arrow and saw it had half a nock. I then quickly realized I had partially dry fired my bow.

I examined my bow and string carefully and saw and felt no damage, so I dodged a huge bullet.

I am very lucky and thankful. Learn from my mistakes.

I got careless talking to a buddy while shooting and it nearly cost me one of my beloved recurves.

Grizz67 · 2025-09-20T16:49:36-0400

Push in or glue on?

portlylawman · 2025-09-20T17:20:29-0400

Glue on. Probably damaged from shooting groups. 100 percent my fault and I know better….

Grizz67 · 2025-09-20T17:23:19-0400

One arrow at a time ,no hits...im always breaking nocks,only got 3 left, Lol gotta buy some more soon.

portlylawman · 2025-09-20T17:42:51-0400

Yes I am done shooting groups. Glue on swaged nocks are getting harder to find.

McDave · 2025-09-20T18:11:22-0400

This happens rarely to me, and when it has happened, the arrow has stayed on the string long enough to absorb most of the shock so it didn’t seem like a real dry fire. However, that's just dumb luck, and the next time it happens it could be worse. So it does worry me, and I would like to prevent it. But in order to do anything about it, do I have to check each nock each time I shoot the arrow? And how should I check it? There are some times I got some warning, like a nock fitting too loose, and I could discard the nock before it happened. But other times it's just Wham!

I had a bad run of pin nocks breaking way more often than usual several years ago, so I stopped using them. Odd, I thought pin nocks were supposed to be a step up from regular push-in nocks.

Grizz67 · 2025-09-20T20:18:47-0400

If ya try to spread the nock you can see any cracks in throat

Check your nocks

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