Odds of exploding arrows?

[paulsemp]

If you are shooting a 2" wide at the handle bow with a 3"brace height there is you answer for why your nocks are snapping. A nock is not made for side to side stress. And I am very curious as to how you can shoot a 3" brace. I am sure with those jute strings that they stretch enough to kill your hand after release. 

[Joec123able]

If you are shooting a 2" wide at the handle bow with a 3"brace height there is you answer for why your nocks are snapping. A nock is not made for side to side stress. And I am very curious as to how you can shoot a 3" brace. I am sure with those jute strings that they stretch enough to kill your hand after release.

+1

[sleek]

This thread got me thinking of packing a cane arrow up with black powder, inserting a primer cap, and putting a field point over the cap.... That really sounds like fun to me...

[Pappy]

  still at it.
   Pappy

[sleek]

For the heck of it, I will say the young kid has a point. Modern arrows are spined for center shot bows. They dont have to paradox around a wide handle like we shoot from. His bow he mentioned  has a 2 inch wide handle ( huge ) and an arrow that isnt supposed to paradox much is being forced around a corner on his bow. He does have an extreme situation, but I would believe he is correct in his extrema situation. He is making arrows do what they were not intended to do, so I think they could break on him.

Now, why and how the 2 inch wide handle you mention and 3 inch brace height?

[mullet]

Stuffing a Jutte string inside of a plastic nock probably doesen't help the stress situation, either.

[Thesquirrelslinger]

Stuffing a Jutte string inside of a plastic nock probably doesen't help the stress situation, either.

nope, it doesn't. but usually the nocks break on the alumnium, the shaft itself on carbons.
You should have seen my wrist after shooting with the 3" brace height... it was bumpy. didn't hurt a lot. 
Funny thing though, self nocks don't seem to break on that particular bow(my old string for the longbow, made it the length of the bow... could only twist so far)
Not even the willow ones.
Even with a 1.5" wide handle on a stiff-handle elm shortbow, with a 5" brace height(and 2" limbs.. I posted about its sister stave) I still break the modern arrows.
Now, with my longbow, it has a copper arrow plate, 5" or so brace height, etc. You know the specs. I still break carbon shafts right above vanes. Nocks are perfectly fine. I have only broken 1 plastic nock on the carbons. I have broken either shaft, nock, or both on almost every alumnium. 
All I had for a while was carbon arrows and that bow.