ORIGINAL: Arthur P
We had 12 year olds hitting paper plates at 100 yards with an X Bow with a scope on it the first time they ever seen one, and that was 20 years ago.
I ain't saying whether I believe or disbelieve that one, though after a couple of years of messing with crossbows I know I couldn't do it without having a good benchrest and having the crossbow sandbagged into place.
Also, the trajectory would have me shimming the scope mount way up to get anywhere close to being able to sight in at 100 yards. The longest yardage mark in the scope on my best crossbow - Excalibur Vixen - is on target at around 43 yards but nearly 2 feet under the spot at 50 yards.
Even if I could shim up the scope enough to get a 100 yard zero, I think the crossbow would be elevated so high the end of the arrow deck would block the view of the target.
I'm just saying I don't know how this shooting was accomplished at 100 yards... but I'm keeping my can of BS repellent close at hand.
I would lie about such a thing? You need to spray yourself with the repelent since your post is based on speculation. Oh, and they were shooting it off of standard bails of straw, you must have assumed they were shooting it free hand? Also the arrow was elevated off of a Y rest like what was on the old SABO, you can look it up on Archery history if you dont remember what one looked like, not the rail.
I'm just saying, when I dont know something to be a fact, I usually dont say nothing at all.