Excalibur Crossbow Forum

Yeah..... but now you kill them better

Today I spun my arrow on the spinner and found that that all "settled" at a particular point. I am assuming (i know) that they are settling where the maximum amount of arrow material along its length pulls the arrow to the bottom. \i marked that bottom side as the spine and will place my ...

Since the summer I have been practicing with my Dad's old Blackhawk 53# recurve stick bow in hopes of taking a deer with it this year. As usual I over did it and hurt my rotator cuff by not warming up before some practice sessions. So I was thinking about getting something with a very light draw wei...

Well I had a chance to finally really shoot the new trigger and it is just great. I very big improvement over the stock trigger that was in my Vortex. Nice wall and clean break every time. The take up is short. I didn't know what I would think if it but I like it. This is a hunting bow so I like the...

I'll second what norm said. Just shot a bunch today with two new gifts. One was the Trigger Tech trigger which is awesome and the other is a set of shooting bags I bought at Wal Mart. They are pretty loose and filled with pellets not sand and I got nice groups. Rock solid but soft enough to deform a...

Is your hand absorbing more shock than when you shoot off the sand bags? Maybe the bow is jumping a little bit off the bags? Do you hold on to the front end when on the bags? Do you pull the bow in tight to your shoulder on the bench? I've noticed the same thing from time to time - especially when I...

I use a Rinehart 18:1 for broadheads. It works great. I use a Morrel yellow jacket CROSSBOW bag target for field points. I have 3 covers on it now, and took it apart once to repack it. Still going strong. It has a bunch of burlap in the center. And what happened to mine was it ended up getting wet a...

Always used borax - but that seems like it would work too. As for the tanning, my understanding is to soak the hide in water and ash (hickory I think) to remove the hair, but only water and brains to tan it. If you want the hair on then just salt it and dry it. Not an expert by any means - I just re...

What you described is what the new trigger does to the best of my understanding. It is set at the "Wall" and does not move until you exert 2.5 pounds of force on it. If you go on their website and check out some videos, they show how the trigger works and what the "travel" does. ...

Thanks Norm. Everything felt right so I thought I was ok but wanted to check with others Paul. I only shot it 3 times in the dark last night. I'll put it through the paces this weekend and report back. Comparing to the trigger in my Vortex it is great. I have another Vortex with a polished trigger t...

My awesome wife bought me a 2.5lb Trigger Tech trigger for my Vortex for my birthday. Talk about a great gift!! (OK so I gave her a detailed list and Danny's phone number...but still :mrgreen: ). Anyway, I installed it tonight and tested it out (in the pitch dark with her holding a flashlight on the...

I have been building my own arrows for only three years now and I have never worried about it. But generally one in six arrows that I make does not shoot well. I will try to determine spine when I make my next set and if I have consistency issues I will try different vanes as cock vanes but so far ...

If you can buy your arrows from someplace that they mark the spine that,s a good start. I do this when I can but not always an fine to get the best shooting arrows I can get because I have no spine detector I number each arrow an vane an I shoot each arrow over an over with every vane tryed for the...

Sorry to hear of your loss, wabi. Prayers sent your way.

Wow, not what I am seeing at all and I am hunting the very southern part of Granville Co. I have 4 bucks and 5 or 6 does on camera every night. The does come in around 5:00 but the bucks never show until much later. Two of the does are young - but I guess not in heat. It is about 1 month after the N...