Excalibur Crossbow Forum

Boo's recent thread on what helped the most for success prompted this thread. We are all aware of the debates that take place over fixed vs expandible broadheads. Fact is, that in general, expandable broadheads have significantly improved over the decades since the introduction of the Puckett expand...

I've owned xbows for 31 years but Excals only a little over 1 year( M380/405 ). On my "inferior" wheeled xbows I waxed the string, lubbed the rail, and sometimes used serving lub. Strings and servings would last at least 2000-2500 shots. I did highly polish the string holding latches. I'm ...

On my M380, the string seems centered on the left limb (uncocked, at brace height) but on the right limb it seems to be 40/60 above and below the limb. I think I may change strings to see if changes occur; however, I'm in the middle of varmint hunting and don't want to rock the boat any. 405 riser i...

I shot 3 deer over 50 yds just this year. 1 with 380, others 405. 52,54,56 yds. 2 mature bucks, doe. No sign of flinch, duck, whatsoever. Another doe 31 yds, alert , no ducking. A buck 32 yds, best I remember 1/2 step forward but recovered. I admit, I hunt deer out to longer ranges than average. I h...

Yes - I'm in Piggott, Vixenmaster - Near West Plains, Mo, Bigredadobe (sp) in boothel of MO, others near also. This is deer hunting heaven. Almost no gun(shotgun/MLer) season but 5 months and 4 days of bow. Large deer! No dogs allowed. Life is good for the bow hunter here. Bono is 45 mi S of here. D...

Agree totally. Fires can't burn w/o fuel.

Today should be a great day to shoot, temp -wise in LR, WPs, and Piggott . The wind will be up but we NEED to practice in the wind. I'm going after coyotes today.

I realize antis love to jump on perceived advantages of xbows vs xbows but a well set up vbow with a person who can use it well can hit targets well out to 80-100 yds. In the late 80s, here in Arkansas, during an extreme, extended snowy, icy, zero degree temp 2 weeks, predators became rather aggress...

I've owned xbows for the past 31 years. I use benchrest technics to sight in my xbows(in order to remove my own errors from the sighting in). No other xbow, including 3 Parkers, 10-Pts, SZ 380s, Strykeforce, etc... came close to the accuracy of my M380 or M405. I routinely keep 1 1/2" 100 yd 3-...

Michiganhunter, those are consoling words. I, too, have read that this particular, earlier quoted individual , made that statement. I truely hope that the M380 and particularly M405 continue to be relatively trouble free.

Back to the statement: "a flame that burns twice as brightly burns half as long" is good for linear comparisons. However, crossbow limb deflections are likely likely more along the squared or cubed progression. Jet engines are a classic example of how a little additional stress greatly red...

I still think that crossbow failures that are not related to any abuse will have a higher occurance the more stress there is, with all else equal. With the limbs on M310-M405, all else is equal. So which will more likely have failures, the ones with more stress. This is common sense. I'm willing to ...

I wholeheartedly agree with all the accolades given here. First, I read his entire website, then got 2 of his strings, and then help thru pvt msgs and emails. Thanks, Don!

coolhl wrote:


the flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long....(Lao Tzu)

norm

Oregon Black Knight

220 Swift

Optical quality is as expected, excellent. When I looked at the images of the reticle I didn't like it. After looking at it in real life, it's really nice. And this is what I've been saying I'd expect. Not meaning to be critical, but in the 2-3 years I've been reading crossbow forums my biggest dis...