Has anybody tried recoil pads?
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Has anybody tried recoil pads?
I'm just wondering if anybody has tried the recoil pads on their Excals? That picture of the Y25 has got me thinkin
Something like this.. http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templ ... &noImage=0
Something like this.. http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templ ... &noImage=0
I thought about putting one on to increse the LOP.
I like the thumbhole of the Equinox but the LOP of the ExoMax.
I like the thumbhole of the Equinox but the LOP of the ExoMax.
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Adding a recoil pad will do a couple of things.
First off, it will reduce the felt vibration some (x-bows don't have recoil like a shotgun but they do vibrate), second, the rubber will grip your shoulder and lock in your stock better, third it will balance the x-bow a little better (but not much, it depends on your hand placement). X-bows in general tend to be a little nose heavy...
However, if you're just adding a pad to the butt plate it'll lengthen your stock.... That may or may not be a bad thing.....If you have long arms that may make it feel better to shoulder, but if your arms aren't that long it may make it feel very uncomfortable... And if you're hunting with heavy clothing on it may get in the way of shouldering the bow...If you don't need the extra "length of pull" and you still want the recoil pad on then you'll have to cut the stock and that may be a problem....
I like them but my arms aren't that long, so I had to take off the recoil pad the Mark put on the wooden stock on my Exomax and make a thinner wooden version...
Recoil pads are nice, but not needed.. but if you find one that wasn't so bulky and add too much to the length of pull then you might try to add one for yourself....
Nothing wrong with a little customizing.....
First off, it will reduce the felt vibration some (x-bows don't have recoil like a shotgun but they do vibrate), second, the rubber will grip your shoulder and lock in your stock better, third it will balance the x-bow a little better (but not much, it depends on your hand placement). X-bows in general tend to be a little nose heavy...
However, if you're just adding a pad to the butt plate it'll lengthen your stock.... That may or may not be a bad thing.....If you have long arms that may make it feel better to shoulder, but if your arms aren't that long it may make it feel very uncomfortable... And if you're hunting with heavy clothing on it may get in the way of shouldering the bow...If you don't need the extra "length of pull" and you still want the recoil pad on then you'll have to cut the stock and that may be a problem....
I like them but my arms aren't that long, so I had to take off the recoil pad the Mark put on the wooden stock on my Exomax and make a thinner wooden version...
Recoil pads are nice, but not needed.. but if you find one that wasn't so bulky and add too much to the length of pull then you might try to add one for yourself....
Nothing wrong with a little customizing.....
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Umm, no it doesn't. The limbs and the arrow move forward, so the bow moves back. And an air rifle doesn't have forward recoil either.bstout wrote:Yes, a crossbow has forward recoil same as an air rifle.bait pile willie wrote:I thought any recoil in a crossbow was forward jump and not back against the shoulder,maybe i am wrong.
We've had at least 2 first-timers trying crossbows in the store who didn't know enough to keep their eyes well back of the scope and needed minor first aid to stop the bleeding.