Old Proline Crossbow
 

Just started into crossbowing ; acquired an old proline 150# ,15" power stroke with built in crank cocker. Need info on how to string cocker , what lenght bolts etc. can anybody help..Thank 64 and still learnin

RE: Old Proline Crossbow
 

Welcome to the forum. Great group of guys in here and lots to learn. What state are you from? Been some guys joining from IL new CB season, just curious. About your CB I am unable to help, mainly wanted to give you a welcome. Don't mean to discourage you, but not sure I have ever even heard of your CB being mentioned in here. Maybe some of the other guys will recognize it. Was Proline its only name or was it a PSE or Bear series of bow?

RE: Old Proline Crossbow
 

As far as I know Proline was acquired by Darton and now produces a very similar CB under the name of Great Lakes. The cannot supply any info. 64

RE: Old Proline Crossbow
 

64 years old (me too), I can't help you with your bow but WELCOME to the forum.

Martin

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PM this person, I think he knows about them. http://www.huntingnet.com/forum/show...px?memID=93526

RE: Old Proline Crossbow
 

Thank you...NRA Life also....64

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64yearsold welcome and i do remember Prolines and their CB. Yes they were bought out by Darton and Darton got whatever patents and dumped the little company a few years after that. I had a Point Blank one of the best hunting Bows around! Yer Bow hasn't been made in 20 years, unless you find one fer parts to help you out. Can't remember much about built in cocker. If you look good at it , see if the cords or strings hooks can be used off another brand and adapted. Shouldn't be real hard.

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Thank you...this one may be newer..its in realtree camo and bear a striking resembelence to the first addition Darton "great lakes" CB. Bullpup stock w/ 1911 shaped grip and ribs on only one side of grip, the cocking arrangement also uses similar bracketry. Anyone out there with a Great Lakes? 64
TCR ,Contender , Encore , TC Hawkens , White Mt. carbine.....

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Still need help...anybody out there with info on proline crossbow....64

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I cant help you out with any info but I've shot Darton bows for years and I'm a big fan of Darton

when I was looking to buy a crossbow Darton was right at the top of the list of brands I was looking at, one of the local shops here has a line of them and although Ididntshootany I did handle all of them, they were nice crossbows and seemed like a pretty high quality setup, I just couldnt justify the $700 plus price tag they wanted just for the bare bow

RE: Old Proline Crossbow
 

Your crossbow is probably the hybrid that was produced between the joint venture between Proline and Winchester(as in guns)..All of the real Proline crossbows were camo-wood-laminate, when Winchester signed on they produced a metal crossbow which is now the Darton-Great Lakes crossbow with minor changes..Darton bought Proline mostly because the Proline Mountain bow(compound)was credited with the largest non-typical whitetailkilled with a bow..Proline produced both compound and crossbows marketed under Proline and Winchester brands with minor changes between the lines..

To answer your question, call Great Lakes and ask to speak to their chief engineer, he should be able to answer all of your questions..

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Thank you for the support...64

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Tried "Great Lakes"..no help. This is a very compact unit , with a very nice trigger. Never having shot a Xbow and this one being old and used..I stripped off the crank-cocker , the quiver , added a 4X Simmons scope eyeballed the alignment and xbow freind and I went to a hay bale. At 20feet..hit the plate...moved to 15yds...hit the plate...20 yds...hit the plate...moved back to 30 yds..put second line on plate...hit the plate. This weekend will try 40yds line.
still need specs , Its labeled 150# and PROLINE....came with some 20" bolts..has 15" stroke..field points do not extend beyond riser. 64