Thread: Crossbow

20m


40m


60m after the wind got up

nice accurate shooting shooting ,how loud would you say the sound is, some crossbow shooters say its similar to a 22 going off, hopefully it wont be long before we see some photos of the deer you shoot

Not sure about the Mankung bows, but the Ravin is not as loud as a 22 as the arrow is subsonic and the noise is all bowstring related - more of a twang than a bang. What surprised me the most was how loud the sound of the arrow hitting a deer was, much louder than a bullet hitting.

Billbob, I’m a bit surprised at the lack of penetration into the target. We have a Morrell target that is meant to stop a 450fps plus arrow and most of ours are buried right up to the fletches. In a lot of cases the fletches are buried which is a bit of a bugger with a $60 arrow. Perhaps your target has a better stuffing than ours as we couldn’t have a tree behind our target, it would shatter the carbon fibre arrows.

This was the third target I got. I destroyed the first set of bolts ripping the fletching off. This target is filled with 20kg of rags ($70 for the target bag from H&F) and yes it stops them dead. Looked at a lot of reviews and this target kept coming up as one of the best. I brought the rags from that truck repair place half way between Yaldhurst and west melton

Originally Posted by pope2506

nice accurate shooting shooting ,how loud would you say the sound is, some crossbow shooters say its similar to a 22 going off, hopefully it wont be long before we see some photos of the deer you shoot

Nope no way near the sound of a 22. It surprised me how quiet it is when I first started shooting it. As @Sauer says the noise of the bolt hitting the target makes more noise that the xbow shooting it. Will certainly be posting once an animal is on the ground.

Nice shooting and helpful thread for sure. I’m wondering what your 40, 60, 80m groups would be. Plans to send multiple bolts downrange at those distances?

Originally Posted by Joe Schmo

Nice shooting and helpful thread for sure. I’m wondering what your 40, 60, 80m groups would be. Plans to send multiple bolts downrange at those distances?

Yes will do that for you

How's the crossbow preforming billbob?

Perfectly, haven't done the group for those distances I promised. Bolts all fitted with broadheads ready to harvest some venison

Watching with interest on the hunting front and how it performs. Keep us all up to date.

Hopefully better luck than last year, and I'm also planning more time out this year. Last year if I went un-armed deer where close and when I had my bow they where km's away!

Hard work paid off. First for the Xbow

Took this fawn this morning after I couldn't get a clear shot on its mother and the roaring stags further up the ridge weren't coming down. Made around 13m from where I shot it.

Time to enjoy fresh sweet venison

Tidy entrance wound.
Cut the hair nicely.

Did you get good pass through of the bolt?

Identify your target beyond all doubt because you never miss (right?) and I'll be missed.

Originally Posted by Eat Meater

Did you get good pass through of the bolt?

Identify your target beyond all doubt because you never miss (right?) and I'll be missed.

Yes clean pass through, never found the bolt as must have buried itself into the scrub behind.