Just for fun

[Troubleshooter]

A question, just for fun...(totally no use at all)

Sometimes i wonder how far my bolt will reach, shooting it as far as possible - without a target. I don't have the field this size to use, so i can't try it myself.

I shoot a 380 and 400 grain 20 inch....i think it will travelling (just a guess) 1000 yards before it lands on the ground.

Someone an idea?

[Czy_Horse]

You caught my interest so I did the Google thing and found:

"The furthest distance shot with any bow is 2,047 yards (1,871.84m). (*Note- 1 mile = 1760 yds*) This was shot by the late Harry Drake in 1988 using a crossbow. The furthest with a hand-held — and pulled — bow is 1,336 yds 1' 3" (1,222.01m) , shot by Don Brown with an unlimited conventional Flight bow in 1987."

I was unable to find any more info on what crossbow he used but I think attempting to breaking the record sounds like a fun BooFest activity

Czy_Horse

[Troubleshooter]

Wow, that's much more than i aspected. Thank you for finding this information and sharing it!

1988...it must have been a very fast crossbow for that time, but nowadays crossbows are much faster.

So, maybe my 380 can also reach more than a mile(?)

Also thinking about crossbows like the Skorpyd 175 now...these bolts must reach a very large distance than.

Thank you for your info - very interesting to hear this!

[Troubleshooter]

I just found some information on a old piece of forum from the year 2009:

Person 1: 377 yds. Shooting a DXT, 63#, 283 fps with a 360 grain arrow

and:

Person 2: Elite GT500, 30 inch draw, 70 lbs, 2 inch blazers, a field tip and 360 grain arrow. Optimum angle is 38 degrees and I get around 500 yards.

...that's way less than the world records offcourse, but i aspected more. Even from the 283 fps bow, which is not a fast bow ...377 yards is not a long distance.

[j.krug]

Over a mile?? WOW...I would never expected the distance to be anywhere near that long!

[nchunterkw]

I did this exact thing after a bison hunt in Neb. The outfitter is also a long range Sharps shooter and he had us out shooting his Sharps rifles....what a blast. Anyway, we were about 380yds from the target (life sized buffalo made of 1/4" steel) and we all wanted to see if I could reach the target with my crossbow. I was pretty confident...my buddy and the outfitter less so. Arrow was a Easton FMJ with blazers and 100gr tip with brass insert. Total wt was around 525gr. I lined up with the buffalo and raised up to about 45 degrees or so and let 'er fly! We could not find the arrow due to the weeds. The Outfitter found it 2 weeks later about 30 yards past the target. So it went around 400 or 410yds....and that was 525gr.

Oh yeah...shooting my Vortex so the launch speed was probably around 290or 295fps

[Troubleshooter]

I did this exact thing after a bison hunt in Neb. The outfitter is also a long range Sharps shooter and he had us out shooting his Sharps rifles....what a blast. Anyway, we were about 380yds from the target (life sized buffalo made of 1/4" steel) and we all wanted to see if I could reach the target with my crossbow. I was pretty confident...my buddy and the outfitter less so. Arrow was a Easton FMJ with blazers and 100gr tip with brass insert. Total wt was around 525gr. I lined up with the buffalo and raised up to about 45 degrees or so and let 'er fly! We could not find the arrow due to the weeds. The Outfitter found it 2 weeks later about 30 yards past the target. So it went around 400 or 410yds....and that was 525gr.

Oh yeah...shooting my Vortex so the launch speed was probably around 290or 295fps

290 fps / 525 grain arrow and 400(+) yards. That's impressive. Thank you for telling this nice story. It was fun reading it.

[Minnow]

I bet atmospheric conditions play a big part too. Like I think you could get a lot more distance if you were at a higher elevation with thinner air, humidity may even play a factor.
Real cool thread!

[hankenhunter]

My brother and I shot for distance on a field with my Equinox using firebolts and 150 gr. field points.The results were about the same as nchunterkws. It was a bit worrysome watching the first one disappear let me tell you.
Hank