Excal Cocking
 

1.Do any Excal shooters use the Crankaroo, and if so what is the ratio or ease of usein your opinion?
2.Also does anyone use the Dissipator Bars?
3.What type of sights do you use?
4. Ecal recommends Wasp Boss broadheads, do you use these?
5. Ecalrecommends#2219 arrows, do you use these?

RE: Excal Cocking
 

I use the rope cocker.
The dissipator bars are on all the Excals.
I've got scopes on them.
I'm shooting Rocket Steelheads on mine in ground blinds through the mesh and NAP Spitfires from tree stands or in the open.
I'm using carbon arrows.

RE: Excal Cocking
 

Good moring. I use a rope cocker and have a crankeroo. The later is bulky, slow and but is the easiest to cock, easier to align the string.
I have disiapator bars (and a dacron flemish string to reduce noise)
I use thunder heads and wasp expandables. There are many that work well
I use the old 2117 and just got some 2216s...apparently is a wide variety of shafts available to you as an Excal user.

RE: Excal Cocking
 

Bigg, I have seen many Excals in the last month and can't remember seeingthem on the display models. I know Excal sells them as an accessory.

RE: Excel Cocking
 

DnK, Excal recommends double banding them, do you?

RE: Excel Cocking
 

Well, I have an old Excalibur at 165 I think, might be a 175, donno. But yes I do. Apparently you need to when your speeds are 300 or higher, mine is slower but I do it because of Murphy's Law. If everything is normal it will not open but then again getting an opportunity at a gagger isn't so why take a chance?

RE: Excel Cocking
 

I think the dissapator bars come on everything but the Vixen and point blanc. On the other hand I went for ten years without any and didn't miss them until I saw them.

RE: Excel Cocking
 

Its a wonderfull day when someone buys an xbow! Rebel did you buy an Excal or are you still thinking about it?
If you see an excal with no string you can guarrantee that the bars will not be on it. The pads will get ruined/squashed so when storing you remove them or don't install them on a display model. The DBs make a big difference.

RE: Excel Cocking
 

Guys the reason I'm asking so many questions on cocking is because I have two small Aneurysms. One is 2cm on the stomach aorta and one is on the artery 3-1/2cmgoing to the right kidney. Vascular doctors will not do surgery until they reach 7cm's. I have to be very carefulwhen straining.
I know, most will say to go to a compound:D,but I have done a lot of research and handling in the last month and Iam liking the recurves more. On the Excals,one single string, no wheels to worry about, I like the quiver arrangement better and the manuel safety also.
I havecalled Excal a bunch of times confirming what the salesmen have toldme and confirmed right. They have been very helpful. On the other X-Bows, I can't get the same answer from any salesmen and half don't know the answers to my questions, Sooooo, I think I know which way I'm going!:)

RE: Excel Cocking
 

Hey Reb, there are a few xbows that have crank units, some even built in. The Excal requires no effort at all and lines up the string perfectly. Some xbows can be cranked with an electric screw driver....... I can just imagine myself this summer with a beer, lawn chair, target and my wife fetching the bolts out of the taget butt...lol................ NOT!!!
I am sure that horton and tenpoint have their versions of crank units that work well.