(12 September 2012, 09:50)NorthernRaider Wrote: I just dont know why compound bows are not supposed to fire ordinary arrows?
From Wikipedia:
Quote:Due to the greater forces that a compound bow places on an arrow than a recurve bow, wooden arrows may break when shot from a compound bow, possibly driving a broken arrow shaft into an archer's arm, or the arrow may shatter because of the higher acceleration forces applied to it during release. Hence, wooden arrows, that would be entirely safe with a recurve bow, are inherently dangerous to use with a compound bow. Likewise, lighter weight arrows of aluminum or carbon composite materials, that would be safe to use with a compound bow, are unsafe to use with a recurve bow.
Although to be honest that sounds more like an issue with bow power rather than compound/'normal' per-se.
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