it looks like the rope cocker is to blame for the exterior, and an arrow nock on the rail. Check both. i imagine the cocker may have some indication on it if its causing that wear
I am thinking normal on the rail for a 1000 plus grain arrow. More so are you running saftey slides or rings on the AMS arrow. Arrow maybe flexing massively and screw is scrapping side. Wrap some electrical tape around arrow and screw. I run 22/64ths arrows out of crossbow not 5/16ths. Just an idea as not enought information to know for sure. Definately from fish arrows and not hunting arrows. I would not shoot normal 5/16ths white arrows out of that high poundage bow. One day they will get weak and explode on takeoff. Yellow jackets have a thicker spine and be better if you are shooting whites. My opinion only as I speak for nobody else.
i am using the yellow crossbow arrows from AMS. what is confusing for me is that the damage is only on one side and also on the sides of the barrel close to the latch (probably caused by the plastik hooks of the cocking rope).
i wrote an email to the excalibur support, let' see what they'll say.
I would not call that damage but only cosmetic wear. Anytime something rubs against a painted or coated finish cosmetic wear will result and that is normal. I would not worry about it, your crossbow is a hunting/shooting tool and after time it will not look like the day you removed it from the factory box.
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enormous wrote:I would not call that damage but only cosmetic wear. Anytime something rubs against a painted or coated finish cosmetic wear will result and that is normal. I would not worry about it, your crossbow is a hunting/shooting tool and after time it will not look like the day you removed it from the factory box.
thank you for your help.
i checked the crossbow and the damages don't seem to harm the accuracy.
i sand down the moonnocks of the AMS fishbolts and now i let the stopper screw run inside the rail. after a few testshots it seems to be a good solution.
i'll be back from holydays in a few weeks with some good hunting memories or very slim.
I've seen that before in exactly the same place Its not normal wear, its a scratch.
It can happen when your decocking, but more likely using the stringer as the hooks are raised higher towards the rail surface. If you don't watch the angle of the cocking rope hooks carefully, the hooks can ride the rail on the wrong angle and do that. It looks like a twin to my equinox
It's no issue as the scratch isn't on the top of the rail.
Its not normal wear, its a scratch. 