I Think I Am Ready

[airedale]

With this nice weather and no snow on the ground I finally got to mess around a little bit with the Excalibur crossbow a little bit. Dialed the scope for a quick sight in and had it hitting where I was aiming at 30 yards with no problem. The "Power Stop" target block worked well and stopped the bolts nicely. 

I will say this thing is not what I call easy to cock especially for a long shooting session with a lot of shots taken, I will have arms like a "Java Man" by the end of the summer LOL!

I will give it a good wringing out when the weather gets nice, so far so good.

Al

[First-light]

1 hour ago, airedale said:

With this nice weather and no snow on the ground I finally got to mess around a little bit with the Excalibur crossbow a little bit. Dialed the scope for a quick sight in and had it hitting where I was aiming at 30 yards with no problem. The "Power Stop" target block worked well and stopped the bolts nicely. 

I will say this thing is not what I call easy to cock especially for a long shooting session with a lot of shots taken, I will have arms like a "Java Man" by the end of the summer LOL!

I will give it a good wringing out when the weather gets nice, so far so good.

Al

I was cocking my crossbow during season with wet boots on. It slipped from my feet half cocked. Hit me right in the jewels. ouch!

[New York Hillbilly]

3 minutes ago, First-light said:

I was cocking my crossbow during season with wet boots on. It slipped from my feet half cocked. Hit me right in the jewels. ouch!

Yikes! :  O

[New York Hillbilly]

With my right shoulder giving me fits making drawing back my bow really painful, and wanting to try something new, I I bought my crossbow 2 seasons ago last minute, from Walmart. I discovered very quickly there was no way I was going to be able to cock the bow using the string puller. Thankfully it came with a mechanical cocking device. The mechanical cocking thing once you get used to it is great! Without it, the crossbow would just sit in my closet. 

 

[Untwisted Pretzel logic]

3 hours ago, airedale said:

 

I will say this thing is not what I call easy to cock especially for a long shooting session with a lot of shots taken, I will have arms like a "Java Man" by the end of the summer LOL!

I will give it a good wringing out when the weather gets nice, so far so good.

Al

I think that you will find the crank string cocking device to be money well spent. I found that it not only made life easier when target practicing, but also for making string adjustments.

When I got a new string, I was constantly making adjustments to get it where it needed to be until it was broken in. With the string adjustment rig (basically 2 pieces of plastic to go over each tip end, connected by a rope) and the cranking device, it was easy to add twists to the string.

Good luck with you Excalibur, you made a good choice.

[airedale]

19 hours ago, Untwisted Pretzel logic said:

23 hours ago, airedale said:

 

I think that you will find the crank string cocking device to be money well spent

I am going to hold off for now on the crank cocking device until I see how I do cocking the crossbow over a period several shooting sessions. I watched the online videos of the device in operation and there is no doubt that it works well. I may be wrong but I think the more I manually cock the bow and start gaining technique the process should become somewhat easier, if not I will get a crank.

Al 

[Four Seasons]

1 hour ago, airedale said:

I am going to hold off for now on the crank cocking device until I see how I do cocking the crossbow over a period several shooting sessions. I watched the online videos of the device in operation and there is no doubt that it works well. I may be wrong but I think the more I manually cock the bow and start gaining technique the process should become somewhat easier, if not I will get a crank.

Al 

Just remember to check out the process in a tree stand if that’s where you will be hunting at all. 

[airedale]

9 hours ago, Four Seasons said:

Just remember to check out the process in a tree stand if that’s where you will be hunting at all. 

I hear you but there are no tree stands for me, I am strictly a ground hunter.

Al