Excalibur Crossbow Forum

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Was only just talking to a mate about spearfishing forums.Theres alot of old spearos who,d rather discourage new guys from the sport, especially the free diving aspect. Scared they will be shown up. Though this forum is just amazing how friendly, helpful and forgiving (poor gramer and lack of any id...

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Only fired string around 50 times but one of the fibres between end of limb bindings and centre bindings is loose even when loaded, still dead accurate after the help i got on forum about optic site (thanks again). I can allmost fit a finger between it and the rest of the fibres (left side). Is this...

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Is it ok to get the string wet, Had a bow hunter tell me its not a good idea.

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thanks for the help.

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i havent got a telescopic sight yet , but basic sight that comes with crossbow seems to shoot a little high and to the right 19 yards, site set to top ,changed string ,no diferance ,equinox . sand bag to shoot of to make sure it wasnt me will a site help or do i have a problem with bow bought second...

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New to crossbow hunting blackjack travelled one and a half hours to check out my cross bow, showed me what was wrong(string,bolts etc) and then fixed the problems. Absolute champion thanks mate.

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skamaniac wrote:Re-stringing is very easy if you have a stringer. They can be mail ordered through Excal and any of there dealers, OR you can make one from some 1/4" rope in just a few minutes that will work.

Thanks for the help .

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Thanks every one for being so helpfull going out tomorrow for pig, goats and possible deer . If your in the neighbourhood (perth western australia) come round for a barby and beers. What a bitch restringing though.

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wabi wrote:I like to keep my string 1 1/8" from the line formed where the riser meets the rail.

Here's a pic Pydpiper posted showing how to measure.
(Thanks for the pic Pyd - hope you don't mind me using it!)

Thanks mate

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there should be 2 lines on top of rail down close to the riser joint. twist string to shorten it and bring it back above the lowest line. if below the string slaps the dovetail ramp and will ruin the string quickly. welcome to forum x's 2 Also,check the srting,every inch for damage.If it has been h...

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smokepolehall wrote:there should be 2 lines on top of rail down close to the riser joint. twist string to shorten it and bring it back above the lowest line. if below the string slaps the dovetail ramp and will ruin the string quickly. welcome to forum

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Welcome to the forum. I will let some of the other guys on here with more experience give you an answer. Justed wanted to say WELCOME aboard :D Thanks mate we do alot of spearfishing here and some of the guys are bow hunters but crossbows are hard to find, unless you want to buy a 150lb chinese bra...

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Bought a second hand equinox (very hard to find a new crossbow in perth western australia no suppliers) looks brand new ,but string rests hard up against steel below optic sight, not between etching on barrel do i need to shorten it some how string is green colour.

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Can not agree more.

1 fibre on string loose

hunting in the rain

sights

shooting with basic sights (optic)

Absolute champion top bloke blackjack.

Short string

Thanks mate

Thanks mate

crossbow strings new to sport