Excalibur Crossbow Forum

Wonder what KE is pushin those NAP 170gr 3" cut BH's ? I was pushin almost 70KE wid a 400gr total usin swhacker 2" barely gotstid a pass-through on oa Doe i killed My opinion is that momentum and not KE will affect penetration more. I think a heavier arrow like maybe 450 or 500 would have...

Bullseye You are right in your assessment of BC. At least that is how I understand it. And while BC affects trajectory due to drag as you point out, it is not the only thing. FOC does as well. As I understand it a higher FOC results in more trajectory meaning more drop at distance. Two arrows with t...

Nice article. I have some recovery data but I'm not sure how good it is. It shows a recovery rate of over 96%, so this does not line up with rifle data or the data from the article. The data I have will be useful for recovery distance. My initial thought on the article as to why mechs have a very sl...

I've been busy as heck as my company got sold, but I am crunching through over 500 data points of deer kill data looking at kind of BH, and where the deer was hit etc, versus how far it travelled after the shot. I hope to somehow get it out to people when it's done but basically it will show that BH...

As I said, drag was my first thought too. But as a test engineer I'd like to run an experiment to kind of prove that. My thought is to have 2 points that weigh the same, with pretty similar ballistic coefficients, but with different lengths. That should change only the FOC ever so slightly. I'd like...

I hesitated to post this but figured what the heck, a lot of us aren't hunting right now and need some excitement. :mrgreen: Did some shooting yesterday getting ready for an upcoming pig hunt. Bow: 2011 Vortex Trigger: TT 2 stage Scope: Hawke XB1 String: Excal FFF Arrow: Easton FMJ, brass insert, Bl...

My thoughts exactly. I had a Horton come apart on me while I was cocking it on the ground during target practice and that was exciting enough.

Went to the Dixie deer classic yesterday here in Raleigh. There was a booth by Parker so I walked up and checked them out and played dumb with the sales guy. I asked him what he thought about Excaliburs and at what arrow weight the rated speeds were calculated for Parker. He told me Excaliburs were ...

Didn't notice this earlier....I'm from Windber, but live in North Carolina now. One Sister and Brother In Law live in Newry and another set lives near Gallitzin. He just got a Vortex. Still workin' on convertin' the first one though :mrgreen:[/quote] I was born in NC at Camp Lejeune Marine Corps. B...

Didn't notice this earlier....I'm from Windber, but live in North Carolina now. One Sister and Brother In Law live in Newry and another set lives near Gallitzin. He just got a Vortex. Still workin' on convertin' the first one though :mrgreen:[/quote] I was born in NC at Camp Lejeune Marine Corps. B...

Wow that really stinks. Glad you are OK. FWIW Chrony says in the instructions on the F1 to try to have the projectile pass through a window about 4" to 6" above the sensors. I actually assembled mine and then measured up from the sensor about 4" and translated that to the rods and mar...

I received the new trigger very easy to install. no more trigger excuses lol. very nice feel.. Altoona? Heck,we're neighbors,lol!! Have you shot it with the TT? I'm gonna order one,I hate the stock trigger...it's annoying. :twisted: Hey we are neighbors. If you want to try mine you can. i love it. ...

I have no problem with the 2 stage and think it is much safer for hunting. The trigger only moves about 1/8" before it hits the wall so to me it's no big deal. 2.5 lbs is not much. You could easily trip it (with a glove on or not) when you didn't mean to. Also, I've been hunting plenty of times...

I put an XB-1 on my Vortex last year. (same as XB-30 but 1" tube/rings) I like it and have had no issues. As a nerd, I also like the Hawke app you can download for your phone. It helps with setting up the multiple crosshairs.

I think these ranges would be more correctly called "possible maximum theoretic range in a vacuum". :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: Now that made me laugh. But what I was trying to go after was this.... If you have a certain bow and have been hunting with it for some time and know...