OUCH! It broke, more like, blew the heck up. It hit me in the chest hard enough to bruise me. I had it back at 25.5 inches and BOOM, like a 22 pistol going off, it let loose in a strange manner. Went out in 4 pieces. One break in the back, one large and one small piece on the belly came off, and of course, the tip let go. It broke mid limb, and the belly split all the way to the handle. No chrysels, no set, just carnage. I'm still smarting from that and it was about 10 minutes ago...I need bow making armor. The lower limb broke, I have tiller pics on my cell of the second before it went. Lower limb was a touch weaker than the upper. That I believe was the problem. Cherry, touchy stuff.