fractured riser
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These pipes don't do a sudden shatter, no catastrophic failures..they can fold but are then recoverable by reheating...funny stuff it goes back to its original round pipe shape, so heat it , reshape it , cool it , and you start again...(snipped)
...Promoted by archery stores is unlikely...lol .. they want to sell bows at 100's of $ not about 5$ each..
If stores are willing to promote kids archery sets, sundry novice bow/crossbow items as well as 'hunting' catapults etc then they'll basically sell anything that uses string or elastic to propel a missile if it's likely to bring some bacon home. Curiously, however, I don't see them offering plastic pipe 'bows' anywhere though, do you?
Use your head pal...if they were as safe as you're suggesting then archery shops wouldn't be slow in getting them on their shelves, make no mistake about that. As a consequence of this minor detail, I find them conspicuous by their absence, don't you?
At the end of the day and like I previously stated, you pays your money and you takes your chances....and if it comes down to concerns about the $ involved in archery, then its possibly the wrong sport to engage with in the first place.