Excalibur Crossbow Forum

Excal's boo boo is our boon! The 350 is a GREAT crossbow. I sold my 380, missed not having a recurve (after Middleton debacle), and purchased the 350 from Al's early oil 2016 (about $500 US delivered) Danny supplied the baby bumpers and the rest is history. I even bought a Flemish string, but like t...

I'm looking forward to getting mine next week. I thought the 380 was a tad too violent, even with the REDS and Flemish string (which really helped). It could smash mere mortal nocks, and even misshape the Lumenock' s flat surface. Had a few off line arrows and a few slightly partial dry fires becaus...

Take a look at Pete Ward's ballistic calculator.http://peteward.com/ballistic.calc.htm

When you adjust your stringing aid, lengthen it to where you can slip the loop off the tip comfortably. After a couple of twists, the loop should be a bit difficult to wrap about the limb tip. Shortening the stringing aid more than you need to can place unnecessary stress on your limbs. Also, releas...

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Naaah guys, I called him in the phone and he admitted it only works out to 19 yards. But paulaboutforum, I'll give you 50 bucks for it anyway just to take it off your hands.

And one final thought. I reshot the 421 gn on the Flemish string and picked up 3 FPS. No diff in arrow drop or KE over the 413 gn arrow. However I did note that the 400 gn arrow drops 2 inches less at 50 yards yet retains 116 KE of the heavier weight arrows. So for you experienced guys with Matrix 3...

The data on the stock string is very interesting. I have not seen arrow speeds increase as wt also increases. Your initial measurements at 350gr and 375gr correlate well with many other tests I've seen posted on here for the Matrix, where for every 3 gr arrow wt. increase you lose 1 fps. Your data ...

Holy smoke Catter. What did you do, develop a crossbow suppressor in your spare time? My MICRO nightmare sounded like a 22 rifle going off.

Thanks for comparisons Catter. I'll look forward to your postings re. silencing the bow. The Excals are a blast to shoot. Still not giving up on the Orion or the Rebel, but the Matrix 380 is quickly gaining favor with me!!

I would think something is amiss in the chrony results. I've shot a multitude of arrows at 350, 375, and 400 grains with the stock string and many flemish, and I have never gained speed with a heavier arrow. My 380 also shoots well above rated speed, and the heavier the arrow, the slower it shoots,...

What material is the Jack Pine string? B55? Cal tells me his strings are made from, "36 strands of Brownell XS-2 [stands for extreme speed & extreme stability]. This is a fast, no creep material. I have not put the serving on yet, so I can serve to your custom length [5" is the usual]...

Yep, I noticed the anomaly also. I was shooting three shots per arrow thru the chronograph, but after about 10 "dup" indications, I just went to one shot. Its my first Matrix and I can believe how consistent it is. None of my other bows shoot as many duplicate readings thru the chrony. I'l...

Gents, Spent some time looking at speeds and the comparison between the stock Excalibur string and a Jack Pine handmade Flemish string. I'm shooting the Zombies and the Diablos with different nocks and field points to achieve the weight variation. The Flemish string definitely imparts less energy in...

Strong as Kong, (I like that). I just talked to Dave at Wyverns and Danny. Both had good deals on 380 and 405, just different stuff. Dave offered to throw in a case with the extras he was already providing. Danny's bare bow was a bit cheaper.They are both great guys to deal with. I want to weigh in ...