Is there a dry fire mechanism available? I know dry firing is a no no on a compound bow,assume the sme is true lfor a cross bow. I was wonder ing if there was a devise such as a shock absorber arrow(hydraulic) that could lbe anchored some way to the stock for testing and practice?
The only dry fire accessory for the excals, that I am aware of, is being careful
Having said that I am guilty of dryfires, and assume that others on here are also
IMO, the excal bows are built well enough to withstand a certain amount of dryfires, but .... YOU MUST ... check your limbs ... VERY CAREFULLY ... after a misfire, IMO, to insure no damage has occurred
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I think most of us have had the misfortune of dryfiring our Excals at one time or another. I know the Parker has a safety that prevents the x-bow from firing unless a bolt is in place. Could that be added to the Excal's design or does it add another complicated mechanism that could fail at the wrong time? Just curious, since the dryfiring question comes up about once a month.Striper
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In addition to the above, the greater(higher) pounds on the limbs(Exomax), then the greater chance for damage, and in lesser amounts of repeated times its dry fired, vs the lesser the limbs pounds(Vixen), then this one stands a much better chance of recieving much less damage, even after several dryfires. This is not an exact quote, but a fairly accurate description from the best of my memory from a very experienced indavidual. "Knock on wood", I've not dry fired mine YET.
After the dryfire on my older exomag the damage to the limb was not apparent. Three shots later it the split in the tip severed the string which took off over my right shoulder and dug a chunk out of my friend's arm. Not serious but it hurt and bled a bit.
Is there a dry fire mechanism available? I know dry firing is a no no on a compound bow,assume the sme is true lfor a cross bow. I was wonder ing if there was a devise such as a shock absorber arrow(hydraulic) that could lbe anchored some way to the stock for testing and practice? 
