HELLO FELLOWS,

KENTUCKY HAS GOT NEW SEASONS'S THIS YEAR FOR CROSSBOW HUNTERS AND I WANT TO GET INVOLVED, IVE BEEEN A BOW HUNTER FOR 10 YEARS NOW BUT THIS X-BOW STUFF IS NEW TO ME. FIRST MY RIG IS A HORTON LEGEND 175LB HORTON MATCH WEIGTH BOLTS 20IN WITH VANES, BSA 30 MM RED DOT OPTIC , THE TROUBLE IM HAVING IS GETTING BROADHEADS TO FLY RIGHT BOTH FIXED AND MAC. IM LOOKING FOR SUGGESTIONS ON WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE TRIED AND LIKE OR DONT LIKE, ALSO I WANT TO TRY TO MAKE MY STRING BONG MORE QUIET BUT EVERONE HAS TOLD ME THAT THE STRING LEEACH AND CATWHISKERS WONT WORK DUE TO THEM FLYING OFF THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR ANYHELP..

CHRIS

To start Chris, take the caps locks off if you want us to take you seriously.
Cat whiskers will stay on but keep them closer to the ends and learn to serve them on. Cat whiskers are probably the only good idea for silencers on your string(cheap and easy to put on). There are other ways but lets get your bow shooting well first!
Just like a compound bow if there is something wrong with your set up or release the broadheads will show it. With the string at rest, mark the string at the edges of the rail so that when the string is back you will know if the string is offset or not. On an excal you can use a rope cocker which makes it almost impossible to offset the string. If you can use one then do so and your problem are probably gone. Another source of problems is also too light of an arrow or broadhead,
Try the string alignment first and get back to us.
Don

BTW, what the heck are match weight bolts? Do you mean they are the same weight or really light? What is a match weight FOC?

You didn't say if your arrows were grouping ok w/ field points. Knowing that would help. There are alot of different opinions on what is best. I have 3 xbows and shoot the same setup outta all three, GT LII's w/ 100 gr Slick Tricks, 1 1/8" diameter. You might want to buy/build an arrow spinner to check your b-head alignment. You can make one by epoxying 4 marbles to a piece of 2x4. Some guys have real good results w/ mechanicals. The field point groups are the starting point, be sure to check them at 30 yds, which is where real problems start to show up. Fwiw, the arrows I'm using have brass inserts and weigh at 431 gr, w/ a FOC of about 20%. I "adjusted" them down to 15% FOC and could see no difference in group size. 10 pt sells basically the same arrow w/ choice of nocks, [flat or moon] at Cabelas or you can order these from Danny Miller at 740 483-2312 at $5.75 ea. Don's advice about centering the string was right on, make sure of that 1st. Good luck!

What the last two have said is all good advice and can't add much to what they said. I used muzzys for a long time and they were always a good head never had any problems with them. This year the mech bug bit hard and have been shooting the G5 Tekan two's and they are flying great. Give a little more info like they asked and maybe we could get a little more info for ya. The other thing you asked about, sound is a lost cause. You will never get that thing to be quite enough to ever be able to have an advantage with it so my only advice is give up and learn to accept the noise. Alot of people try to quite there CB's and the best advice I have ever heard is a good set of ear plugs! If you are comparing it to your compound you will never even come remotely close to getting it that quite. Anything you do put on may help a little but will also only help slow your CB down at the same time. Make one good shot and it won'yt matter. Also, I am shooting a Horton supermax 175.

Thanks Everyone,

Ill try some of these ideas, but i think string placement has been my problem. Back to Don when i mark the string at rest and then pull it back and cock it it should line up on both sides i assume.... Thanks agin fellows..
chris

i had the exact same problem with my legend 175. I switched to spitfire 100gr and problem was solved very easily.

Your right Chris. Mark it in the rest and when you pull it back it should be nice and even on both sides. May be at an angle when cocked but should be even. Keep us up to date on your progress.

Have the two marks on my string,but dnks knots sound a little bit better
am putting mine on with dental floss,will try it in the morning,am off for
nine days will ml hunt for four days then xbow the rest of the season!

Dental floss works but you have to tie tons of knots. Get something thicker like serving material of .02' diameter or so. Make sure its made of one type of material. Nylon serving is ok as is #62XS(made by BYC). Either way it is all one colour as opposed to the serving material that is two colours, usually black and white.