Excalibur Crossbow Forum

Hi5, my thought is to keep the spare in my bow case. That way, if something happens to the one I carry with the bow to my treestand, I'll only have to trek back to my truck rather than all the way home. BTW, even though I like my pack to be as light as possible, I always carry a small backup flashli...

This looks like it would be almost perfect for lugging my Matrix 380 on a plane trip: http://www.cabelas.com/product/Cabelas-Armor-Xtreme-Lite-Tactical-Case/1788371.uts?Ntk=AllProducts&searchPath=%2Fcatalog%2Fsearch.cmd%3Fform_state%3DsearchForm%26N%3D0%26fsch%3Dtrue%26Ntk%3DAllProducts%26Ntt%3D...

Thanks everyone. I'm convinced. I've ordered a spare.

I was thinking I'd be out of action for a while if my cocking rope broke, was lost, or was damaged in some way. Is it common practice to have a spare? I have a spare string if I need it. Seems like a spare cocking rope would be good insurance. Do they wear out eventually? What parts are most likely ...

I bought mine from Gander Mountain a few weeks ago. It had this description: SPORTSMANS OUTDOOR PRODUCTS TARANTULA DELUXE CROSSBOW CASE WITH TACKLE BOX The one I received has lots of green camo and medium-brown canvas. It looks exactly like the one on their webpage: http://www.gandermountain.com/sea...

OK, so I received the 100 ea, 1/8th", 8-32 set screws I ordered. When I plopped them down on the scale, they all weighed 2.3gr, pretty consistently. My first dozen bolts are a little more consistent in weight than my second dozen, so I've started with the the first. After a little figuring, I r...

I'd be curious to see exactly what the difference is in trajectory for say 25% FOC vs 10% FOC. With the same arrow speed, they should be identical except for aerodynamics. Aerodynamics shouldn't be dramatically different for arrows that are identical except for FOC.

When I bought my Matrix 380 a couple months ago, Danny Miller told me not to put anything on the rail or string. I shot it that way for a while but then found me some Dalton 2000 High Speed String Conditioner and put a tiny amount on the string servings only. The endless loop string that Danny provi...

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Kegbelly, I went back and looked a the first post in the thread again and you're right. The only thing that makes any sense is parallax. I'll be interested to see what Paulaboutform sees while moving his eye around behind the scope set at 9x for close distances.

Parallax shouldn't make that much difference. Try putting the bow in your sled so it's stationary, crank up the scope to 9x and center on the bulls eye and then move your eye around to see how far the cross-hairs travel across the center of the bull. If it's the same amount you're seeing with the bi...

Even if you were aiming in the wrong place, as long as you did so consistently the groups might be at a different POI but they would be smaller at closer distances. If everything is tight, it's has to be the reticle moving around inside the scope at 9x. I'd ask Leupold if that's possible.

It's gotta be something to do with stability of the scope or the reticle. Does the magnification ring touch the mounting rings when you move from 3x to 9x? Have you contacted Leupold to see if they've had any problems with your model?

I could be mistaken, but it sounds like the answers so far don't address the question. I could understand if the POI changes, but the groups size shouldn't as long as you're not changing magnification while shooting at a static distance. It almost sounds to me like something is loose and the slight ...

nchunterkw, good article. It seems to reinforce most everything I theorized. The point about penetration makes good sense. I'd never considered that a higher FOC might allow for better penetration due to less shaft-flex at impact.