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    Crossbow

    Well finally its here and apparently I am one of the first in NZ to receive one

    Mangkung MK-XB65BK Chester Bullpup Crossbow, 200lb draw weight firing bolts at a blazing 425fps. Mungkung make this for CenterPoint which they call the Wraith which sell for 1K more (CenterPoint version comes with a silent crank for cocking) Gun city sell Centrepoint xbows... I was going to get the Wrath when I found out that Hunting and Fishing were getting these in. I upgraded the scope to a full ballistic reticle scope for 20yd out to 100yrd so will be great for big game.

    Firing so fast that it blew through two hay bales at 20yrd, through and just holding by the fletching at 50 and through by 6 inches at 80. Trigger is very crisp, and shot is surprisingly very quiet and virtually no vibration. Foot stirrup has 3 positions for cocking, using as a bipod when shooting prone and right back underneath.

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    impressive but remember x bows and spring air rifles kill scopes really fast as scopes are usually meant to tolerate rear recoil, with a bow you get forward recoil as the prods (leaf springs) go forewords then they whiplash and cause a secondary rear facing recoil

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    Very impressive, a lot of x bow for the money. Be interesting to see what the accuracy is like.
    Love the scope and the range markings .

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    Will post some accuracy results once my target arrives.
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    Wow haha, it’ll shoot deer two at a time if you can line them up right.
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    glad you didn't get a crossbow with the inbuilt crank, wet weather would play havoc with the internal workings and rust up ,rendering it useless ,are replacement limbs available in case of breakage

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    That is a nice looking bit of kit.
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    It takes 43 muscle's to frown and 17 to smile, but only 3 for proper trigger pull.
    What more do we need? If we are above ground and breathing the rest is up to us!
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    Rule 3: Load a firearm only when ready to fire
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    Quote Originally Posted by pope2506 View Post
    glad you didn't get a crossbow with the inbuilt crank, wet weather would play havoc with the internal workings and rust up ,rendering it useless ,are replacement limbs available in case of breakage
    Yep I don't need a crank. They are great if you have a disability though so they have their place.

    I understand that parts will be available. Hopefully I don't have any severe failures.

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    20m, 40m and 60m it is hitting dead on. Wind got too gusty to stretch it further out on Thursday afternoon. Will post photos once I get my computer from work
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    My son has a Ravin R29X with the crank arming mechanism. He regularly hunts in South Westland with it and has never had any issues with it getting wet. I would be very surprised if the mechanism had any parts made from an iron based alloy that were able to “rust up”.

    In practice it is a simple method for silently cocking and un-cocking a very powerful crossbow.

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    Those Ravin xbows are amazing. Just had a good look in mine, all is aluminium but there will be Steel bits in the trigger assembly. Keeping up with maintenance like any gun will keep it from rusting.

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    Seeing my son shoot a deer with his crossbow was just spectacular - right up there with watching him shoot his first one with a rifle when he was 9.

    I’m sure you will really enjoy hunting with your bow. They are amazingly accurate, but I think might lack enough energy past around 60m. The R29X will fire a 400 grain arrow at 450fps so similar performance to yours.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sauer View Post
    Seeing my son shoot a deer with his crossbow was just spectacular - right up there with watching him shoot his first one with a rifle when he was 9.

    I’m sure you will really enjoy hunting with your bow. They are amazingly accurate, but I think might lack enough energy past around 60m. The R29X will fire a 400 grain arrow at 450fps so similar performance to yours.
    Yes I've been very impressed with the accuracy. I think 60 is most likely the best comfortable distance.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sauer View Post
    My son has a Ravin R29X with the crank arming mechanism. He regularly hunts in South Westland with it and has never had any issues with it getting wet. I would be very surprised if the mechanism had any parts made from an iron based alloy that were able to “rust up”.

    In practice it is a simple method for silently cocking and un-cocking a very powerful crossbow.
    sauer I watched a American video last year where this chap had it happen with his crossbow, can't remember the brand now but he showed stripping it down and where the problem was, it was from memory something to do with the cranking system which had rusted and jammed it, not saying it happens with all crossbows, but I do wonder how much water gets into the internal workings especially with the ribbon type

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    here is the video for those that are interested I remembered that I had saved it. cheers
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVXZf3PDAyw
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