Went out this morning with little man for some target practice. Had him going well on his target, so I paced off and loosed a few at my own. On our third round I noticed one of my arrows was broken. I sat it aside and continued with my remaining arrows. By the end of the fourth round I was down four arrows. One I pulled a little high, hit the fence, and shoved the field tip about three inches up the shaft. However I had three identical Beman Bowhunter ICS 400s that snapped in almost the exact same place, without hitting the fence. Has anyone else had a problem with them? Any ideas if there is something I am doing to cause this? All help and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

I shoot the exact same ones and haven't had any problems in the four years I have used them. Maybe a bad batch if that is possible??? Good luck with your investigation and I will definitely keep an eye on this topic.

What's your draw weight and length of the arrow? The arrow may not have enough spine.

Contact Beman and ask them. They are a quality company.

@ 45-70, My arrow shafts are either 28" or 29" I cant remember which. My draw weight is only 47#.

@ passthru, I'm working on that at this moment.

At 29 inches and 47# the spine should be okay. My concern was that you may be severely underspined.

My only other thought it that you may have hit these with a second arrow and caused them to snap off. I've seen this with aluminum arrows. It broke in almost the same place. I haven't had it happen with a carbon arrow so I'm not sure how clean of a break to expect.

That is strange! I shoot same arrows at 28dl and 60 dw with 100 gr insert and 125 head cut at 27.75 length! If anything they should have been fine for you! Flex test all you have remaining just to be safe,should do that before every outing.Maybe the way they were stored?

I have used Beman arrows for years. I ran across a bad batch once and reported it to them. I ended up having to send them the entire dozen I had bought, back to the company and was told to contact the dealer I had bought them from and get some batch or order number from them if possible. Beman sent me back two dozen arrow shafts and I was very happy with them. That was almost three years ago. I still used them and have had no problems with them.

I have shot Beman arrows for years and never have I had anytype of problem with them - unless it is user error/mistake.

Shot ICS for many years. Never a problem. Call Beman they will make it right.

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The 340's and 400's with Blazers went quick since mid-night.

I had one snap when I went to shoot a deer but it was -5 degrees. I just figured it had a bad spot in it.

I shoot beman ICS Hunter elite's and havent had a problem with them except for shooting up the the back end of eachother lol. That def ruins them quick! I actually had one ricochet off of a rock one time and I figured it was gonna be toast but Im still shooting it today with no problems. I bet they make it right for you