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by bowmaker
Sat Apr 20, 2013 9:57 am
Forum: Crossbow Hunting
Topic: String replacement
Replies: 9
Views: 5651

String replacement

I wondering yesterday about compound crossbow users and how often they need to replace their strings, and since the cables and strings are all one unit that means replacing every thing. If the strings wear about the same, or even more than the string and servings on a recurve x-bow, how often and ho...
by bowmaker
Fri Apr 19, 2013 10:59 am
Forum: Crossbow Hunting
Topic: TruGlo Trajectory Compensating Dual Color
Replies: 4
Views: 1390

Re: TruGlo Trajectory Compensating Dual Color

While I have not tried this unit I do have 2 different red dot sights mounted on shotguns, one a Bushnel and one a Tasco. Both of these are very bad in really low light and unless the dot brightness is turned way down it tends to over power anything in the sight picture. I missed a doe on the last e...
by bowmaker
Fri Mar 15, 2013 3:08 pm
Forum: Crossbow Hunting
Topic: Bow Stringer
Replies: 7
Views: 2637

Re: Bow Stringer

I tried to get by on the cheap and make one from cord and just tie a couple of bowlin knots. When I tried it I just could not get it pulled back to the cock position. So then I got one of the Excalibur ones and guess what. First time I tried it I could not get it done either. I had spots floating in...
by bowmaker
Thu Mar 07, 2013 12:35 pm
Forum: Crossbow Hunting
Topic: Just getting started with Crossbow
Replies: 18
Views: 3317

Re: Just getting started with Crossbow

I have just joined, but I read almost every thing on here for 3 months before taking the jump. I purchased an Axiom SMF in mid February, but with our lousy weather since then I haven't shot it a dozen times. By reading here and watching all the Excalibur videos and with my past experience with recur...
by bowmaker
Tue Mar 05, 2013 3:59 pm
Forum: Crossbow Hunting
Topic: New Excalibur owner
Replies: 15
Views: 3230

Re: New Excalibur owner

Thank you for all the welcomes and advice. I just read about the difficulties of removing the screws for the scope mount so I will refrain from doing so until I need to for some valid reason. Those allen heads are very small. :D
by bowmaker
Sat Mar 02, 2013 12:09 pm
Forum: Crossbow Hunting
Topic: New Excalibur owner
Replies: 15
Views: 3230

New Excalibur owner

I have been reading this form for a couple of months now and because of a lot of good advice from here to others I made the decision to purchase a crossbow. I bought an Axiom from Bass Pro a couple of weeks ago and registered it and joined the form here then. I have been hunting for almost 60 years ...