Excalibur Crossbow Forum

Haven't seen carnage like that since I shot a pheasant in the head with a .22 WMR hp

Will they be legal for deer in Ont?

9.5" power stroke being the issue

William Biggs wrote:Imagine the headaches Dawn and Peter get everyday!

Meh, excal's are a high quality fairly simple bow can you imagine the issues that makers of more complicated and somewhat more questionable quality wheel bows have to deal with (or not)

If you mark the bolt heads with a dab of paint it makes it easy to tell if it has loosened
Some of the members here do the same with the scope mount FWIW

The way some folks respond to the word bolt on crossbow forums is like you said something rude about their mother

Perhaps there should be a sticky "only use the word bolt when referring to a male threaded fastener or else"

While we are on the subject, where u guys been ordering your quality sets of socket head Allen tools from. ? I think I'd rather have a set of those for all those loc tight screws Wiha,apex bondhus or ekland all make high quality hex keys any decent tool vendor should have at least one of these brands

#242 aka blue has a minimum thread size recommendation of 6mm js

An old mechanics trick is to heat up an allen key with a torch or flame then insert it into the stuck fastener to heat it enough to soften up the locktite Keep in mind that the allen key will likely loose its hardness and be junk after this Might just be a matter of putting the spring back in its pr...

If you need another shooter with an equinox I would be game
need to give a new TT trigger a good workout

Farmer wrote:Could not get windsor star link to work . was this the one
http://blogs.windsorstar.com/news/couga ... chio-trail

No this one was in the Amherstburg area
try "essex county ont cougar" for links to the story
No reported sightings of late tho

Perhaps related to this one
http://www.windsorstar.com/reader+photo ... story.html

Have one on my nox
makes decocking a bit more of a chore but not a big deal
cheap insurance well worthwhile IMHO