Excalibur Crossbow Forum

Has anyone here had a problem with their Lumizone holding zero? I was out today, had the bow hitting plastic bottle caps at 30, all was good. I went in, grabbed some lunch, came back out and resumed shooting...now I'm shooting 8" high! Same arrows, same shooting technique, same distance....I th...

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Equinox, Burt Coyote Luminok Eastons, 100 gr. Grim Reaper 1 3/8". Shot at 33 yards, double lung, went 35 yards.

Again, it's fully explained in the rangefinder thread, but in a nutshell: The distance from the tree/stand makes very little difference , this is as you demonstrated with your figures comparison. *However*, the pythagorean theorem which you are applying only takes into account distances, where A.R.C...

Height has nothing to do with trajectory! It's the horizontal distance from the ground level base of the stand to the target that matters. Gravity acts on the arrow over that distance no matter how high you are up. This is not to say that height doesn't affect the angle at which the arrow penetrate...

1.Take a field point in a pair of vice grips and heat it with a torch until its good and hot...really hot is fine....red is fine. It won't be in there long enough to hurt anything, so hotter is better. 2. Screw your arrow on to the hot field point (the rear insert is threaded) as fast as you can, an...

I'd climb over a swimming pool full of moose tenderloins to get at a big, berry fed, Georgian Bay fall black bear steak....mmmmmmm

You guys are funny :D Seriously though, referring to hunting arms as "weapons" just makes the anti's job easier.....look at the press today Cooey 22 = "Weapon" A cooey 22, a 12 ga pump and a 303 = "Cache" A cooey 22, a 12 ga pump, a 303 and a pistol = "Arsenal"...

Ummm....wiki is HARDLY a credible source. Definitions by user....no thanks. Let's try Websters, or Mirriams, or one of the other actual dictionaries. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language,: weap·on (wpn) n. 1. An instrument of attack or defense in combat, as a gun, missile, or sw...

"bolts" were used in crossbows medevil times, and were a short iron spike designed to defeat armour, definitely not what we use today, and definitely not the same purpose. On that note, I have my own beef: People that refer to their X-Bow as their "weapon" A weapon is an implemen...

quote "You are correct that an arrow shot perfectly level will hit the ground as one dropped from the same height, but your above statement contradicts itself. The arrows time of flight can't be "a little longer", yet still hit the ground at the same time." I know it's not going...

^^^^That method is commonly called "The rifleman's rule", and is a quick and dirty way to get a range estimate that has been used by rifle shooters shooting up/down hill. Not 100% accurate as it doesn't take the trajectory into account though, and with 300FPS arrows, trajectory plays a hug...

when im in the stand at 30 yards with my rangefinder on the angle mode i just use the 20 yard pin and it hits dead on. That's pretty much what Ive found as well. 10 yards, aim low 20 yards: 10 yard pin, aim slightly low 30 yards: use 20 yard pin 40 yards: use 30 yard pin, but aim like 35 yards 50 y...

Again, everone is focusing on the distance.....distance from the tree, lazered distances, etc. etc.......distance has very little to do with the discussion....in fact, for the purpose of this discussion and in attempt to keep things exactly clear, lets speak of only one distance: 30 yards. A target ...

Well....it's pretty much as I laid it out, but I'll give it another shot :D You are focusing on distance, but in truth it's not the distance that makes a bow shoot differently on a sharp angle, it's the change in how gravity affects your projectile while on an incline that you need to compensate for...

Guys, keep in mind that gravity affects an arrow VERY differently when it is shot on an incline or decline, and it is very easy to overshoot your target when shooting from an elevated position. It is for this very reason that my final sight-in before hunting is done from a 20' elevated position shoo...