Post by SW on Dec 13, 2008 12:24:45 GMT -5
Early in Jan the new x-bows/bows will be at a trade fair for dealers. Expect serious new offerings to make you discontent with what you have. The New Strykeforce by Bowteck shoots 385'/sec and appears very similiar to the very user- friendly Desert Stryker which shot 350. Both these are with realistic 425g bolts. The larger, bulker,pricier Stryker remains at 405'/sec but I read on a forum that it was 426 but the Bowteck page still has 405'/sec. $899 for Strykeforce alone or $999 with kit. Appx $1500 for Stryker.
Barnet has a 375'/sec API Terminator that actually shoots closer to 385'/sec and is much improved over previous Barnett offerings(needed to be!!). Parker has the 350'/sec Cyclone(only 165# but 15" draw vs 13" on the Saf Mag 175 like a # of us have). The Cyclone has a reverse cam and is louder than the Saf Mag.
No telling what else will be introduced in Jan,2009. More states are allowing x-bows. Here where I live, bow/x-bow is the primary hunting weapon.
I now am sighted in to 80 yds with 1 1/2" gps staying the norm to 70 and 80 is about 2-2 1/2" for 3 shots. I use a Siteron scope with MDs. 1 1/2 dots hi is 20yds,1 dot hi 30yds, 1/2 dot low 40 yds,2 dots low 50 , 3 2/3 dots low 60 , top of post 72 yds. This is all set on 4X on the 3X12 42 MM Siteron 2 scope. Would like a Zeiss Conquest 3X9 with custom reticles on a Strykeforce. All these were with 22" Thunderbolt bolts with 4" slightly rt off-set vanes and 3-blade rage (100g). Broadheads are indexed at 10-2 and 6 o'clock. 80 yds works out at the equavelent of 2 dots down the thick part of x-hair - not ideal but works. Must stay on same power to shoot because of 2nd plane reticle.
Please don't consider this as an endorsement for routine hunting @ 80 yds. Accurate measurement of range, ability to hold steady, wind effects, and the time of flight all complicate long distance hunting. I've never shot a bedded deer yet, even though I've had the opportunities, but this might be the exception for long distance shooting. An arrow leaving the x-bow @ 341'/sec is down to appx 300'/sec @ 80 yds and the time of flight is appx 0.7sec. A deer walking 4 mph has traveled 4.7' during just the arrow flight. All that said, I do want to be able to accurately shoot my x-bow at it's limit which is beyond 80 yds for sure. A x-bow shooting 40-45'/sec faster(Strykeforce) or even 64'/sec faster(Stryker) will have an arrow arriving at 100 yds faster than most x-bows will shoot at arrow launch. Let's face it, modern guns shoot considerably farther than in the past, MLers(both BP/subs and smokeless) shoot times farther than my 50 cal RB shooter, compounds shoot times farther than most of us could shoot our flat bows in the 50s and 60s, and x-bows have advanced also.
Barnet has a 375'/sec API Terminator that actually shoots closer to 385'/sec and is much improved over previous Barnett offerings(needed to be!!). Parker has the 350'/sec Cyclone(only 165# but 15" draw vs 13" on the Saf Mag 175 like a # of us have). The Cyclone has a reverse cam and is louder than the Saf Mag.
No telling what else will be introduced in Jan,2009. More states are allowing x-bows. Here where I live, bow/x-bow is the primary hunting weapon.
I now am sighted in to 80 yds with 1 1/2" gps staying the norm to 70 and 80 is about 2-2 1/2" for 3 shots. I use a Siteron scope with MDs. 1 1/2 dots hi is 20yds,1 dot hi 30yds, 1/2 dot low 40 yds,2 dots low 50 , 3 2/3 dots low 60 , top of post 72 yds. This is all set on 4X on the 3X12 42 MM Siteron 2 scope. Would like a Zeiss Conquest 3X9 with custom reticles on a Strykeforce. All these were with 22" Thunderbolt bolts with 4" slightly rt off-set vanes and 3-blade rage (100g). Broadheads are indexed at 10-2 and 6 o'clock. 80 yds works out at the equavelent of 2 dots down the thick part of x-hair - not ideal but works. Must stay on same power to shoot because of 2nd plane reticle.
Please don't consider this as an endorsement for routine hunting @ 80 yds. Accurate measurement of range, ability to hold steady, wind effects, and the time of flight all complicate long distance hunting. I've never shot a bedded deer yet, even though I've had the opportunities, but this might be the exception for long distance shooting. An arrow leaving the x-bow @ 341'/sec is down to appx 300'/sec @ 80 yds and the time of flight is appx 0.7sec. A deer walking 4 mph has traveled 4.7' during just the arrow flight. All that said, I do want to be able to accurately shoot my x-bow at it's limit which is beyond 80 yds for sure. A x-bow shooting 40-45'/sec faster(Strykeforce) or even 64'/sec faster(Stryker) will have an arrow arriving at 100 yds faster than most x-bows will shoot at arrow launch. Let's face it, modern guns shoot considerably farther than in the past, MLers(both BP/subs and smokeless) shoot times farther than my 50 cal RB shooter, compounds shoot times farther than most of us could shoot our flat bows in the 50s and 60s, and x-bows have advanced also.