need help in crossbow daca hornet

[93gavinmoran93]

Hi I was given a daco crossbow but the string and the arrow are not with it I think it might have been disabled as the owner didn't want to pay the liscience fee..... I was just asking if anybody knows what kind of string and arrow I need to fit it what website I can get it off and I need shipping to western europe... I no very little about crossbows so I would be great full for your help and maby a video if possible on how to get it working....




This is the information I found on the side of the crossbow
Daco Crossbow arbalete. Hornet. Newmarket ont Canada. L3Y 1R1

[Pydpiper]

The string has to be Dacron, but the exact length I am unsure of. There are guys here who have and use that bow, so the information is coming..

[jamtarthunter]

From what I'm reading tailor made bow strings website should be able to help you out.
Cheers

[Tom]

Hi I was given a daco crossbow but the string and the arrow are not with it I think it might have been disabled as the owner didn't want to pay the liscience fee..... I was just asking if anybody knows what kind of string and arrow I need to fit it what website I can get it off and I need shipping to western europe... I no very little about crossbows so I would be great full for your help and maby a video if possible on how to get it working....




This is the information I found on the side of the crossbow
Daco Crossbow arbalete. Hornet. Newmarket ont Canada. L3Y 1R1

The astro daco company went out of business in 1985. As Pydpiper stated, you need to have an older style DACRON STRING for that limb (DO NOT USE ANY OF THE NEWER, FASTER STRINGS AS THEY WILL DESTROY YOUR LIMB.. I am not sure what the length is required for the Hornet model, but for the Scorpion version, it was the same length as the older version Excaliburs (Relayer, Vixen ect.)

Sometimes Astro Daco was not that good in production and mismatched parts. If you could measure the limb, tip to tip, I would check with a Scorpion and see what the difference is, if any. IF it is a shorter size, you might need to get a custom string, many (string builders) on here could do that for you.

Tom

[MCA]

Call "the bow shop" in Ontario, they know this crossbow well

[93gavinmoran93]

Thanks for all the comments I have purchased a string off ebay for only 16 euro delivered so I hope it will work. ... would any off ye know the types off arrows you Can get a cheap one if possible... thanks...
Ill up load pictures of it when it arrives!

[93gavinmoran93]

got the string its working brilliantly i wasnt too sure if it would work because i got it off ebay, but it did.... do any of ye know names of cheap arrows???

[Significent]

got the string its working brilliantly i wasnt too sure if it would work because i got it off ebay, but it did.... do any of ye know names of cheap arrows???

What do you plan to shoot with your new bow? In general, it's probably best to buy the best arrows you can afford, assuming you're interested in accuracy and being able to use the arrows over and over again. Were you able to determine the draw weight of the bow?

[Tom]

got the string its working brilliantly i wasnt too sure if it would work because i got it off ebay, but it did.... do any of ye know names of cheap arrows???

What do you plan to shoot with your new bow? In general, it's probably best to buy the best arrows you can afford, assuming you're interested in accuracy and being able to use the arrows over and over again. Were you able to determine the draw weight of the bow?

As for accuracy you will not get anything close to what you get with an Excalibur. At 20 yards expect to get a group of 6-8" (15-20cm). The safety on these bows as well as the 12lb trigger pull made it almost impossible to get tighter groups.

As for arrows, I would get Easton aluminum in 2216 range (20-21"). These are the arrows which usually came with this bow. Use a target point of 100 grain and you should be good for many years. Remember that with this bow, a cheap arrow might break and cause a partial dryfire. A dryfire or partial dryfire with these limbs could cause complete limb failure and then the bow is ruined as there are very few of these limbs left as they were stopped being made back in 1985 or so.

Tom

[93gavinmoran93]

thanks for all your comments but i only had the string a very short while i bought it off ebay and the string started tearing.... are you suppost to put some sort of material as in leather or something between the string and the trigger to stop the trigger tearing the string??
thanks for your help, i just know very little about crossbows!!

[strum]

thanks for all your comments but i only had the string a very short while i bought it off ebay and the string started tearing.... are you suppost to put some sort of material as in leather or something between the string and the trigger to stop the trigger tearing the string??
thanks for your help, i just know very little about crossbows!!

if you can post a pic of the string im sure we can help ..are you saying there is no serving on the string?

[Pydpiper]

Measure your string. Boo made me 2 strings for my Daco, you are welcome to one.

[fredd]

pm sent.

[93gavinmoran93]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/32-Astro-Daco-H ... OC:US:1120

this was the product that i bought off ebay.
got no answer when i messaged about it breaking