Baoemmmm....

[V-Archer]

Three weeks ago a club member bought a new Samick Spikeman 40# @28" one-piece recurve. I have pulled that bow, just after he bought it, and found it quite stiff and the pull was not as smooth as would be expected from a 40# bow (compared to the bows I'm familiar with)
Well, yesterday afternoon during our weekly shooting session it happened; he pulled his bow and then a very loud... baoemmmm.
His bow went into Smithereens. He came out well, apart from a few handscratches but that was the physical part however as for his mental part he was quite over the edge, to say the least. I'm not sure if he ever wants to buy a bow of that make again.
For me, I have never seen a bow come apart like that.
The pictures show the mess after the blow-up.

V-Archer    

[Blackhawk7204]

Your friend is lucky he didn't get hurt. A friend of mine had the same thing happen to a new Samick except his snapped in the glue line in the middle of the riser. Samick replaced the bow and he has had no further problems yet. My friend does have an unusual draw length, 32in.
The bow he had break was too short for that long of a draw.

[hera]

Just my opinion.
The breakage surface is the key.

BTW,I never see that before.

[Bill Carlsen]

Back when Bighorn was just getting started I had five (5) of their limbs blow up or come apart on me. Never had any other bow do that to me in over 50 years of shooting.

[Pat B]

Right at the fades like that is pretty intense stresses. If the handle riser doesn't fade easily and line up perfectly there you can have serious problems. I only made one glass bow(Bingham)and didn't do a good enough job at the fades and it did the same thing. Glad no one was physically hurt but the mental damage can be hard to overcome.   Pat

[Bert Frelink]

I know of other Bowyers that have had trouble keeping bows with either Purple heart limbs or risers from coming apart.      

[deadpool]

hmm another samick in the breaks