Excalibur Crossbow Forum

I got some bolts made up yesterday at the local bow shop. When I came back to get them I noticed that the vanes (2 inch Blazers) were pretty close to the nocks. I guess they are about 3/4 inch away from the nocks. Will this have any effect on the flight of the bolts?

I guess no one sells them without the nock and insert already installed. Do I buy the ones with the inserts already installed? How do I go about removing them without damaging the bolts?

Does anyone know of an online store where I could purchase Raw Gold Tip laser II bolts? I am looking for shafts only. No inserts, nocks, or fletching.

Thanks Bill T

I am trying to sell some Easton Firebolts on ebay. I had a question from a customer. He asked what size they were 2219? I know they are carbon bolts, so I am assuming he wants to know the diameter of the bolts. Does anyone know the diameter of the Easton Firebolts?

thanks Pydpiper, thats what I was thinking

I have one last thing to ask you guys before I order these arrow parts. I emailed GT and the knocks weigh in at 20.2 grains. They also said the brass inserts are 110 grains. I found another store that says they have the 90 grain brass inserts. Total grain with the 110 grain brass insert = 406.2 gr F...

thanks for the info guys

So what FOC do yall recommend? Is it the higher the better? What is the 8-15 range for? With regular aluminum inserts that are 31 grains I am getting a FOC of 14 With the brass inserts I am getting around 19. According to the following site http://www.goldtip.com/calculators/foc.asp I added 10 grain...

nevermind, I did a search and found a bunch of info

While I am on here I might as well ask if anybody knows where I can find bowfishing bolts already made? I been searching on the net, but looks like I gonna have to custom make some bowfishing bolts. I bought an old Barn..... (wont say the whole name on here) crossbow off of ebay for cheap just to tu...

Sorry for so many questions. Yall are gonna get sick of me on this forum ha ha. I have wanted a crossbow for some time and now I finally have one. I am goin crossbow crazy. So here is my final setup for arrows before I get them made. Can you check the FOC without actually having the arrow? There are...

thanks for all the replies guys. I see where for hunting purposes you want the FOC to be between 8 and 15. If I used to the brass inserts and also used arrow wraps, do you think my FOC would still be in the hunting range? I think a wrap would only weigh around 10 grains.

Its me again with another arrow question. Apparently this stuff is way over my head. I have been reading a lot on this forum and this crossbow stuff is complicated. I expected to just get some factory bolts and they would shoot fine, but it seems you really have to do your homework. So if anybody ha...

thanks for the info guys. Rich, I hope you didnt make one up just to answer my question. You didnt have to do that, but I thank you for answering my question. Do you happen to know what the difference in the brass insert and standard insert?