A question about crossbows

[Tartar Horde]

(26 January 2012, 14:52)NorthernRaider Wrote: Obviously its designed to a price and over the years I've read of the little circlips that hold the cocking rods to the pistol grip coming adrift, but it has not stop the bow from functioning, I've heard that at times leaving the bow string causes prods to weaken or take a set, but what I do know that does happen to bloody often is the nock end caps break alarmingly often, thats why I keep loads of em.

Accuracy has always been remarkedly consistant but i only have em for close range use not more than sort of 15 to 20 yards.

Some string suppliers provide the strings the way Barnett intended with a nylon tube over the center section as a wear guide, but many of the after market suppliers sell strings without the wear guide.

The Mk two now has a P rail instead of the Mk 1s 11 mm rail, and the Mk2 is also drilled and tapped under the forgrip to accept more p rail to carry forgrips or lasers etc.

Inexpensive, reasonable quality, deadly silent, piss easy to cock, easy for novices and smaller folk to use. Wet & Cold before he buggered off did a good post on tarting up the bolts for the Cobra.

Good point on the bolts issue, I'm thinking about trying some of my wooden shafts on it 5/16 Port Orford Cedar, when it comes. I think the shafts will handle the power surge and not bend due to them only being 6 half inches long. If you could use wooden shafts I reckon you could make quite cache of bolts. What ya think