I thought I would start a thread on crossbows since it seems many are getting into shooting and want to pass on what I have learned. I have have owned almost every brand and multiple models by each manufacturer. I also build my own arrows and spine index and match them as well.
First start off with the bow, you don't always get what you pay for, some bows I have owned are upwards of $1500 ( bow only ) and others just a few hounded dollars. I believe a crossbow should have the following things,
1st a machined rail / trigger box which will be the most repeatable.
2nd Some bows allow you to decock them without shooting after a hunt which is a great feature it saves on serving wear as well.
3rd is a feature only a few own that allow you to change strings without a bow press
4th don't get caught up in speed or super narrow axle to axle length as these become a little more picky as to your arrows and can eat center serving.
Next let's talk arrows and since there is no tuning so to speak like a verticle where you can micro tune your nocking point, arrow rest etc arrows are the most important key to your accuracy. each manufacturer has their own weight, length, and nocks that they recommend, I have built and tried many but the most hard hitting accurate I have found are black eagle executioners that have been spine indexed and matched. With factory arrows you will spend more from a local box store and get sub par accuracy, at the end of the day if your not shooting 1" groups out to your max hunting range then get some custom bees built.
Now let's talk scopes, most come as a package and are simply junk, the two I have found to be very repeatable and usable is a HHA dial with a vortex rim fire scope that will give you a 50 yard parallex. The draw back to the Hha like their vertical bow sight is seeing the sight tapes in low light. I now prefer the Excalibur brand vari zone scope with illuminated reticle or a Hawke xb30 which also allows you to dial your yardage aim points in to the exact yardage instead of having odd yardages like that in a factory multi crosshair style scope .
At the end of the day they are all accurate and will all hunt, but like anything else are you happy with pie plate accuracy or arrow splitting accuracy out to all yardages. They are louder than a verticle but some are getting it right and are getting close to that of a modern compound. They do require normal maintenance and since the string and serving are running across the rail it creates a lot of friction so this area of serving must be paid close attention to. Heck you guys get the point if y'all need any help feel free to pm, I'm sure I'm missing a lot but will update this evening when I get in the stand
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First start off with the bow, you don't always get what you pay for, some bows I have owned are upwards of $1500 ( bow only ) and others just a few hounded dollars. I believe a crossbow should have the following things,
1st a machined rail / trigger box which will be the most repeatable.
2nd Some bows allow you to decock them without shooting after a hunt which is a great feature it saves on serving wear as well.
3rd is a feature only a few own that allow you to change strings without a bow press
4th don't get caught up in speed or super narrow axle to axle length as these become a little more picky as to your arrows and can eat center serving.
Next let's talk arrows and since there is no tuning so to speak like a verticle where you can micro tune your nocking point, arrow rest etc arrows are the most important key to your accuracy. each manufacturer has their own weight, length, and nocks that they recommend, I have built and tried many but the most hard hitting accurate I have found are black eagle executioners that have been spine indexed and matched. With factory arrows you will spend more from a local box store and get sub par accuracy, at the end of the day if your not shooting 1" groups out to your max hunting range then get some custom bees built.
Now let's talk scopes, most come as a package and are simply junk, the two I have found to be very repeatable and usable is a HHA dial with a vortex rim fire scope that will give you a 50 yard parallex. The draw back to the Hha like their vertical bow sight is seeing the sight tapes in low light. I now prefer the Excalibur brand vari zone scope with illuminated reticle or a Hawke xb30 which also allows you to dial your yardage aim points in to the exact yardage instead of having odd yardages like that in a factory multi crosshair style scope .
At the end of the day they are all accurate and will all hunt, but like anything else are you happy with pie plate accuracy or arrow splitting accuracy out to all yardages. They are louder than a verticle but some are getting it right and are getting close to that of a modern compound. They do require normal maintenance and since the string and serving are running across the rail it creates a lot of friction so this area of serving must be paid close attention to. Heck you guys get the point if y'all need any help feel free to pm, I'm sure I'm missing a lot but will update this evening when I get in the stand
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