Crossbow storage

[maple]

Mine stays strung from the end of Sept. 'till January 31, the whole bow season. After that I remove the dissipator bars and take off the string to relax the limbs. Come fall it's easy to reinstall. I feel it's better for the limbs, but who knows.

Maple

[Danny Boy]

Mine stays strung from the end of Sept. 'till January 31, the whole bow season. After that I remove the dissipator bars and take off the string to relax the limbs. Come fall it's easy to reinstall. I feel it's better for the limbs, but who knows.

Maple

2X

Excalibur recommends removing the string and relaxing the limbs when not in use over a long period.

[toytruck]

1st year of storing my Ibex, but I just took the string an dissapator pads off. If it extends the life of the limbs, can't hurt but help!!

[ltague]

1st year of storing my Ibex, but I just took the string an dissapator pads off. If it extends the life of the limbs, can't hurt but help!!

I agree, and as a new xbow user, I intend to unstring my bow as well. However, I go one step further. I remove the bow assembly, I wrap the unstrung bow assembly in a light blanket making sure that every bit of the bow assembly is covered, and I then use an old compound soft bow case that I was no longer using to store both the bow assembly and the rail/stock assembly with scope attached. With this configuration it takes much less space to store and will go into a relatively small space. I think a hard case could be built with this configuration in mind for those who would like to travel via air, etc., with their Excalibur xbows.

Larry
Axiom since Sept 2011
Two bucks down and out (17yds and 35yds) Nov. 2011

[Ont_Excal]

I leave mine strung all year long as I could be out shooting it any day of the year.
I have a big country yard so I don't have to go to a shooting club.