Excalibur Crossbow Forum

My S5's are three years old, have easily over 2000 shots and the face of the rubber, while a little roughed up, is nowhere near failing and I can only remember rotating them (maybe) twice.

I do keep my string "minimally" 1/4" off of them at rest (and probably a little more).

Yes, more bowhunters are killed in car accidents going to their hunting sites.

So, should we ban cars?

Shafts (bare) are 7.3 grains per inch = 146 grains (20") Insert 110 grain = 256 grains Nock 8.4 grains = 264.4 grains 4" Vmax vanes @ 9.6 grains/vane - 28.8 grains = 293.2 100 grain broadhead - 393.2 grains How do you come up with 243 grains? 146 grain bare shaft, 20.2 grain flat aluminum ...

Excalibur Vixen II 20" Gold Tip Laser II's 110 grain brass insert 4" VMax vanes Moon nocks (YES - moon nocks - no string jumping) 100 grain G5 Tekan II's (but testing others) 22.5% FOC with 394 grains total 272 fps at the (muzzle) retaining 57 ft/lbs KE @ 25 yards Slower and Heavier = slug...

Agree - put her up on the "trophy wall".

If you weren't a Hunter, this is what your wall might look like

Nothing like sitting in the dry. Agree - and I'm a "whimp" - love my comforts. This is "my idea" of a TREE STAND - none of those wimpy metal contraptions that they sell at the sports store :lol: http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/xx243/galamb2/TreeStand1_zps65581aca.jpg 14 feet ...

I have used them off and on. I have never found a smaller (read manageable by yourself) portable that would readily accommodate the limb width on an Excalibur, which has made the few I have tried a little tough to use (they really are more suited to rifles/vertical bows. It has also been my experien...

I have used these guys for years - shipping is reasonable, have most everything you could want and if they don't have it listed, you can give them a call and they will find it for you. http://www.archersnook.com/ Now, if you don't mind dealing with a US supplier, I get all my arrows and bolts from L...

There is no reason "not" to use them, particularly if they came as part of the package. I like shooting extreme FOC bolts and these put (typically) 50 more grains out front than what most guys/gals shoots. But they weren't extreme enough for me so I swapped arrows/bolts, and in doing so mo...

Did it "fly away" simply as a result of it deploying upon firing or did one of the blades catch the foot stirrup? I ask because I just went through a situation such as I describe with some NAP BloodRunner II's. Upon firing they deployed (no keepers in this case - hybrid type head) and beca...

Don't think you can use them on a Matrix.

Here's the blurb on them from Excalibur...

"Dissipator Bar
Our Dissipator Bar uses an ultra modern energy absorbing compound to tame recoil energy and noise on any Excalibur crossbow except Matrix Series crossbows. "

There is two mineral products that I regularly use. The first is Deer Cane (from Evolved) - the powder - comes in a 5lb bag (now has an apple scent). The second is called Deer Crack (from Buck Expert, a Canadian Company so don't know if there is US distribution or not) - basically the same thing as ...

I do use minerals, just have never used Lucky Buck.

If you want some observations of minerals in general I will give a rundown of what I have experienced...

Used Rage KE 40's (2 blade) with my recurve bow when I first went to mechanicals. When I started shooting the x-bow, picked up some Rage II's (100 grain). They group great and go in the same hole as the field tip - BUT, despite the positive reviews of many (and the millions spent on marketing) I was...

Either a good sign or an indication that you have some really big beavers that can stand on their hind legs