Excalibur Crossbow Forum

With all the different weight bolts and heads and the many combintaions, Am wondering if my setup could be better? 175lb Exocet Mag limbs/FFF String 20 inch Gold tip laser II's @ 265 grains average (aluminum inserts) 130 grain wasp camlocks So thats 395 grains average What would the kenetic energy b...

One more thing on the .223. (forgot all about it on previous post) The only manufacturer that sells a 1 in 12 twist barrel is Remington I beleive. You need this twist to stabelize the lighter bullets(40 to 55gr or so) Every one else is a 1in 9 twist with Tikka being a 1 in 8 I beleive. This twist ra...

there are many fine factory loads readily available for the 22-250 aswell as the .223.
Reloading is just a way to go one step farther and refine to your specific rifle, it is addictive but very rewarding.


Dogger

From a handloaders perspective go with the .22-250, you can always load a .250 down but you can only go so hot with a .223. I shoot both and they have there place but if I only had one varmint gun I would go .22-250.
Now if you want a real varmint rifle buy you a .220 swift!!


Dogger

I hunt with a fella who has a daco that he may part with. I dont know what model it is (wasp, scorpion, hornet). But it looks to be in good order, he hunted with it up till a few years ago. What I would like to know is what would be an appropriate price for these models? Also how close are thes to t...

Exactly. The only paint removed was where the pads were touching. Funny how two bows of probably much the same year and same camo pattern reacted the same eh?
Well I guess its in that particular paint or something like it eh?



Anyhow Thanks for the help

Dogger

The pads were only touching near the riser not the outer 2/3's. As for the age of the pads I got them in the summer so maybe 6 months. I am particular when it comes to my stuff so this bothers me, i know the oil never got near the pads or limbs. But am stumped. Thanks for the help so far dogger

They are mag tips with the old house 3 colour camo. I use gun oil on the bolts etc. but nothing on the non metal parts.

Taking my older 175lbs (?) Exocet apart for the rest of the year, and when I got to taking the pads off noticed that they had actually at the paint on the limbs. The paint was stringy and tacky, stuck to the pads and came off the limbs. This is the first year with the bars and pads but have had the ...

Sorry guys should have given more info. I will be hunting whitetails with these heads, my bow is a 185lb exocet?(it has mag tip limbs). As for arrows I shoot Gold Tip laser II's with aluminum inserts. Like I said I use wasp cam locks now 125gr and am thinking of switching, due to all the hype on the...

Hello all thinking of switching the slick trick heads. But dont know enough about them to choose which style. Currnetly I shoot 125 gr Wasps fixed heads. Any help would be Appreciated.

Thanks Houndogger

If I want to hunt in the local Controlled Hunt, as well as get a tag for my bow how does that work? Do I enter the controlled hunt draw to get my validation tag, then enter the additional tag draw for my area to get a bow tag? Then just go and buy my deer licsence after. Please enlighten me confused...

Wow, no snow. We got 2-3 feet here in Perth County. Wish our area looked like that. Maybe I could get out and find a few aswell. Nice find.

Dogger

Just a question on shed antler hunting. When is the ideal time to start looking for sheds? I would like to do a little looking for them and just need to be pointed in the right direction.
thanks dogger

I was out for an evening sit in the circle feild stand, was watching the blue jays and squirrels for most of the night. At around 7pm I heard something coming to the corn feild. A three legged doe and her twin fawns. Her one front leg was gone at the knee, looked real good though, and raisen twins s...