Excalibur Crossbow Forum

cool thanks guys but i wanted to craft the arrows myself and not buy anything. i would like to do things the bushcraft /survival way.

any ideas?

ha man thats a fair bit of kick back lol

I have made a homemade crossbow and now i want to make some propper bolts fot it.

could you guys give me some tips on making bolts?

How many fins do i put on a bolt , and what knid of wood should i use?

thanks but i cant read french

i tryed that website Arbalest, but thats an American site and i live in England. do you know of any English sites

you might think im stupid but i dont know a lot about crossbows and the names for different parts but is a prod the same as just the bow

i have made a couple of crossbows using wood for the bow but i want a metal bow on one. does anyone know where you can buy a single metalbow

ok i got some pictures, but remember that this is only the second one i have ever made and i'm still a beginner

go ahead and take a look!

OH hang on how do i attatch an image? can someone help?

ok my problem is that my crossbow has tons of tension and power and i made some pretty good arrows aswell but it doesnt shoot far. What could be the problem? i made everything including the trigger which is a kind of barrel which holds the cord back with two teeth and is released using a trigger on ...

does anyone here make crossbows?

well i do, and one i made doesnt work propperly
if you do make crossbows then reply and i can tell you my problem