Excalibur Crossbow Forum

Man! Before last season, I installed a flemish twist string (Excalibur brand) on my Axiom. Shot it a bunch. Adjusted. Shot some more. Adjusted. Repeated several times. Hunted opening weekend - shot a deer. Awesome! Happy. Right before the next weekend, I look and it needs adjusting again. Adjusted, ...

Congrats! Did you find the bolt yet? Any pics of the deer?
All the best,
Glenn

My first buck (ever) - Opening Day, October 3rd - Crooked Rack 7 pointer :mrgreen: : http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v111/cajuntec/Hunting/My%20first%20buck_zpswahdecyq.jpg My second buck - Yesterday, October 11th - Slightly larger 7 pointer: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v111/cajuntec/Hunting...

I've been hunting since 2002, but have never shot an antlered buck. I've shot a few does in the past, but since moving to TX, I hadn't shot a thing (Sept 2008). This year... that changed. I've got an awesome new hunting spot, and plenty of deer, pigs and turkeys. This is the first year I've hunted w...

Thank you wabi and j.krug! Greatly appreciated!
All the best,
Glenn

I realized today that I hadn't come back to update this post. The 150 grain Slick Trick's did the job! I was smacking bullseyes with them in no time, consistently. Today, I took them out for the real test - Opening Day, TX Whitetail Deer season. I shot my (first ever) buck today with one! Not a huge...

Wow. Just checked on it - The string stretched quite a bit overnight. Moved 1/2" in brace height. I used the cocking rope with the stringer just now - MUCH easier. Put 4 whole twists in it and it's back at 1.5" as the pamphlet said to do. Going to shoot it tonight and see where it's laying...

but I have to admit - I didn't realize how hard it was to cock one of these by hand with no cocking device. I had to put more muscle into it than I expected! In the dvd it shows them using the rope cocker to change a string. Hopefully that might make it easier on you. Ed Thanks! But what DVD? All t...

Got some new Slick Trick XBow Tricks, spare blades, a Flemish Twist String, and a bow stringer today. It is SO much faster and easier to use this stringer than what I was doing before (disassembling the bow and using my bow press), but I have to admit - I didn't realize how hard it was to cock one o...

Thanks for everyone's help. Greatly appreciated.
All the best,
Glenn

I don't buy into the "speed kills" theory so I would rather shoot "heavy" than "fast" - besides, even shooting heavy I'm making 272 fps which is "blistering" compared to my sub-150 fps recurve... Thank you again for your continued assistance. I really appreci...

Graham, No problem. Thank you for the continued help. I've never really been a fan of Easton arrows, and I wish I had my reading glasses on to see the Easton logo in the lower right hand corner of the shaft label before I purchased a half-dozen more with the bow package. So now I have 10 of these. G...

razorbacks don't spin the shaft spins.i shot vintage 150gr (5) blade razorbacks this afternoon out of a maga 405 .shaft was a diablo total weight was 390.4..arrow flew perfict at 40-50 yards off hand..years back we used 125 gr 3 blade razorbacks with the vertical bows with no problems..you do have ...

Glen it sounds like it is the heads. If I understand what you did with your head correctly, that is probably the problem. It sounds like there is not a perfect mating surface with the new ferrules causing the tip of the head be "off axis" with the center axis of the arrow. Here is an easy...

galamb, I'm using what came with the bow - Excalibur Firebolt bolts. I've been an archer for a great number of years - both traditional (longbow and recurve) and modern compound. This is my first crossbow. I thought it would be easier. That was a mistake in thinking, as I've never had any of my othe...