For Awshucks & Smokepolehall
 

Hey guys. Well I did it this afternoon (Friday). At the end of the day I put the cocking rope on the Exocet 200, pulled back with one arm,pulled the trigger and waited for my arm to be jerked out of its socket. But to my surprise, it went down smooth and easy just like y'all said it would. I never would have believed it with all the force it takes to cock it and watching and hearing itfling a bolt over 300 fps. I never understood physics in school and I sure do not understand this either. It is truly amazing. Thanks for all of your help.

RE: For Awshucks & Smokepolehall
 

Yep! Once you do it you will never waste another arrow again!

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Well were glad to have helped and hope to help all who need it. Just like we did when we started years ago.:)

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Are you guys saying I don't have to shoot an arrow into the dirt or hold back the string with both hands and pull the trigger with my thumb?? Learn something new everyday

PS... What is the ONEpiece of tubing on the string changing rope for??

RE: For Awshucks & Smokepolehall
 

:DDang thing is there to get in yer way![:o]Let it slide down one side or the other out of the way. Better yet do like i did and take the thing off!:)

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Planter, never sure about you, pal!! I can not tell if you are joking or serious most of the time [love it] but you can uncock bow easy w/ rope cocker and also use it w/ stringing aid to change/adj strings. Just slide the pos plastic sleeve outta the way to put hooks from rope cocker on stringing aid. The uncocking is simple, let hook and handle tight to rail on weak arm side, put hook on string on other side, pull up on the one handle w/ strong arm, opposite foot than normal in stirrup and pull trigger while pulling hard on the one handle. It will ease the string down alot easier than you will believe. It took me close to 6 months to work up the nerve to try it on my Emax.

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To get an idea of what it feels like (decocking with the rope)without the worry of potential injury you can try it on the stringing aid, with a string on, that way it only drops a few inches..

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A pulley divides the work/force in half. You baiscally have three pulleys, one of which acts as a brake as well.

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Thanks for the tip guys,uncocked my Vortex with the rope cocker...Man is that nice to do...

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I'll admit I have not tried this because everytime I get outhunting I forget what I am suppose to do. So I end up having to fire an arrow into the ground. Luckily I never hit anything to damage the arrow, but my brother did ruin one of his doing it this way.

Anyway, if you are one of these people who need a visual aid, you can watch the video on how to uncock your crossbow here (2:55 mark):

http://www.summerfield.ca/excalibur/ropeaid_256k.wmv


I think I'll have to try it out, looks pretty simple and alot easier.

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I might try to uncock mine tonite. I have been taking an old aluminum bolt with a field point and shoot it into the ground. The thing only has 2 vanes on it and is all beat up!!!! lol

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Is there any reason why this wouldnt work on say a Horton crossbow? My brother has an Horton HD 175 and figured I might pass this info along so he wont ruin another arrow unless for some reason one shouldnt do it with a compound.

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I did try it once on my HD175 with help. Because I was kinda afraid what would happen. I had my mother pull the trigger while I pulled back on the harness cocker. I'm going to try it alone tonite to see how it goes holding the harness one handed. It's may be a little tricky for me because of how the safety works. When you pull back too far, I believe it will reingage the safety on you. (I'm not 100% sure.) But I believe it did that when we uncocked it that one time. Let us know how it went. I will do the same after I try it.

chris

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Hell I thought this was the way everybody did it. I did it without thinking the first time. I never really thought shooting one of my bolts into the ground was a good idea. even though I do carry a kind of junk one in my quiver........

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You'd be surprised. Just about anything you read about crossbow safety tells you the proper way to uncock your crossbow is to discharge an arrow into the ground. But after seeing my brother ruin one that way I'll definitely be doing it like this from now on.

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Iy you Horton guys are using an Excal style rope cocker, put the hooks on upside down. That way, they will clear the safety whether you are cocking or uncocking the bow. Also, if you have a thumb hole stock put the rope and one handle/hook thru it. Some have partial trigger guards, same difference. i like the Excal style because it allows the rope to slip some which is how it cocks the bow so even. Believe Horton sells one that has loops and is flat nylon material, don't see how it will slip. Have fun!!

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I have learned something new myself and it is smart and simple. Why shouldn't
the cocking system that is supposed to help us to armour bowalso help us disarm
it with the same ease!
THANKS FOR THE TIP. WILL TRY IT THIS WEEKEND!
Eric

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I tried uncocking the Horton last night. I got it after a couple tries. You have to barely pull back then pull the trigger to release the string. If you pull back too far on the Hortons it automatically engages the safety. It is in the triigger assembly itself. But with a little practice most people should be able to do it. It was a little hard to do for me because of 2 reasons.
1. I have a modified cocking strap with the added j hooks.
2. The strap tended to want to slip somewhat and the hooks where catching on the scope base assembly.

It can be done on the HD175, but I personally believe it is much easier just shooting an old bolt and field point into the ground. That is mostly because of the way I have my Horton cocking strap set up. I even had to put some cloth medical tape on the modified hooks to keep them from gouging into the sides of the scope mount assembly. Theyalso tended to want tograb worse when decocking. I guess it does depend on what type / design of cocking rope / strap you have. When it says in the manual not to try to decock the bow with a strap, it says that for a reason. (I'm talking about theHortons). I guess some CB's you are able to do this quite easily and they even tell you how.....

chris