Crossbow danger

[bullhead44]

alot of the newer barnets ie. jackal, m4 xbow have a finger rail but still ive seen people ignore it and try to shoot their xbow like a riffle.

the only part is the fail to picture that the string is coming out at 300fps hahaha

ive seen it happen twice

Hope it wasn't the same person

[SAGEBRUSH ASSASSIN]

My Barnett has thumb guards. Just like any other weapon. Gotta pay attention

[1riot1ranger]

yep. mine has the guards too but I saw plenty of videos on where not to put your thumbs.

[Jmh05]

If guns kill people, then matches cause arson....

The fault is with the operator.

[DFWPI]

Thumb

There was another thread about this issue a couple of weeks ago. I equated it to.putting your finger in front of the barrel of a firearm before pulling trigger. Ten point is only manufacturer that I am aware of that makes a forearm guard to prevent people from allowing that to happen. Accidents happen though.

Its hard for me to put my thumb above the rail on the Excalibur Matrix.

[Bisch]

It is not just Barnett! Any crossbow will cut your finger off if you get it in the way of the string. It's user error, and I'll bet you a paycheck there is a warning about hand placement in the owners manual somewhere!

And btw, they are really crossguns. The only reason they are called crossbows is because guns were not invented when they were, and they had to call them something!

Bisch

[xman59]

There was another thread about this issue a couple of weeks ago. I equated it to.putting your finger in front of the barrel of a firearm before pulling trigger. Ten point is only manufacturer that I am aware of that makes a forearm guard to prevent people from allowing that to happen. Accidents happen though.

pse and darton have had a guard in place for at least 2 years

[12ring]

The fore/front grip on my strykezone is well under the rail. Keep all fingers on it and your safe.

[jaybird1]

You have to be smarter than your equipment.

[Backwoods101]

You have to be smarter than your equipment.

Lol so true

[Lassiter]

There seems to be no shortage of people that want to blame someone else when they do something stupid..............jes sayin'