Excalibur Crossbow Forum

Ditto on the Nikon bolt.

Ditto on Weaver.

I shoot an Equinox which has the S5s. Just a note on sound. Sound travels about 1125'/sec & your Equinox shoots about 330/340'/sec. This means that the deer would have about 1/4 sec to react sound to arrow impact at 25/35 yards. I would not be concerned about the noise.

Nikon Bolt Xr is light, short, rugged, accurate, lifetime warranty with 3" to 4" eye relief. Great in low light conditions.

X2 what papabear1 said for the Equinox.

Morrell for field points & 18-1 for BHs.

Make sure that your cocking rope hooks/handles are short enough. I have to pull up on my string 6" to 8" to set my 2nd hook before I cock the CB. Ensure that the safety is OFF on the CB before you start. If it cocks with a small screw driver when the shaft is pulled back it must cock with ...

Ready from the tree stand.

I find that the Nikon Bolt Xr is light, short, rugged, accurate & reliable. Nikon has one of the best warranties and excellent CS if ever needed.

Nikon Bolt Xr, light, short, rugged, accurate, great in low light conditions.

My ladder stands have 2 pull ropes, one for my pack & one for my weapon. I also use a lifeline with a Pursik knot loop and I am always secured anytime I am off the ground. I had to learn the hard way that it is NOT IF BUT WHEN you will fall as I fell from a 16' stand. I cock my Equinox before I ...

The "normal" scope mount that came on my Excalibur CBs has 5 slots for mounting scopes and there is a gap at the rear end. The one shown in the above pictures has 9 slots and there is a smaller gap at the rear end. I don't believe that this mount came with the CB.

It looks as it the scope mount is the ADF model with the ADF removed. I don't believe that the Axiom came with this style of mount but used this one.

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X2 on the Nikon Bolt.

What vixenmaster said.