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bought a horton huntermax 200 brand new from gander mtn last week. the thing is shooting high and low every time you shoot. 8 to 10 inch diff in shots. right and left never change.just up and down.they put a new scope on thinking it was that.still doing the same thing. the scope moves a 1/2 down and up everytime you shoot it.just wondering if that is normal with thedial system that they use. there sending it back to horton to see what is wrong. anybody have any ideas.

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Yup its the infamousDial a range at work! If you like the CB and are going to keep it. Either pin it or take out those parts![:o]

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Yep had the same problem with mine. I took mine apart and tightened everything up nice and snug and now it don't do it anymore. Only thing I can figure out was there being to much freeplay before.

Had me almost pulling my hair out after every shot it seemed.

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yeah we tried everything. ireally like the cb just hope they can get it fixed. just got off the phone with gander mtn they still havent sent it to horton yet. i called horton last thur after i dropped it off at gander they said they would fix it and have it back to me with in 7 days. how true that is i dont know but will see. i just need to get gander to get it on its way. after this evenings hunt im going up there and get the manger involved hate to be a jerk but i would like to hunt the last week of bow season with it.

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I have heard Gander Mtn. service is the pits! Its a wonder they're still in business![:o]

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yeah i about turned that place into a carwash last wed. they wouldnt give me my money back and didint have another cb like that one to switch it out with. so i told them to send it back and get it right. they have a policy on bows no returns. i told them they should have sold me a good one. you pay that kind of money for somethingit should be ready to go.so im back to stick and string which is fine with me but they dont need to know that.

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just got off the phone with gander mtn there sending it out in the morning looks like nocb for this season.smoke poll comes in nov 3for 2 weeks ill be putting the bows up for the season.

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I went in Gander Mtn to buy broadheads , saw the price and left. The SAME exact pack of broadheads I bought from wal-mart for 6.49 was 12.99 in Gander MTN, I had to look at it and check the UPC just to be sure, I wonder what else they jack the prices up on like that.

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So you will be getting out the ML shortly to hunt with.[:o]I hunt thru ML season with my CB this year. I switch every other year, this year i got my rifle lic. next year will ML's turn.

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Horton has great customer service, as you know gander mountain will be your problem. Most of the time people get there stuff back within a week when they deal with Horton, but going through GM I do not know how long it will take. It was a D-A-R thing, we see it alot in here. Your spring was off in it letting it move, or it was way to tight letting it not move and get stuck floating when shoot. You are also one of many who say GM customer service sucks! Sorry you are having trouble at this time!

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The HunterMax 200 is a great CB.... Now let me state this, me and a buddy purchased ours, summer of 2006. Mine worked out super. Can hit with mine perfect all the time at any distance. BUT, his acted just like you stated about your arrows foating everywhere. He contacted Horton, and they were the best of folks. They worked with him and to find out, it was the scope & mount somehow. But they did do him right. And if you have anymore dealing with your crossbow, please go directly to Horton. They will make EVERYTHING right.
Are you using a Horton EZ-Winder to pull yours back? or as you know, the Winder pulls the strings back perfectly straight, which makes you shaft fly good.
When you sight in your bow, put the dial on the number 2, and go from there.
They told me to leave it at that number, and use the different lines on the scope to go from there >>>>>

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I agree with, Hotburn76 Horton surely has great customer service I purchased a bow awhile back and the limbs were cracked. I got this off an individual for 75 bucks well he didnt know it was under warranty and I called em sent it back and got the whole bow back fast. lol he wasnt to happy about it but he came to me wanting to sell it.......Shaun
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yeah i calledthem lastthur the day after i dropped itoff at gander.horton wasreal helpful. they said i would have it back with in 7 days of them rec it. horton said that bow has a lifetime warranty on everything but the string and cable. i think they will take care of me. its just getting gander to get it to them. there suppose to send it to them this morning. im going by there when i get off work today to make sure they sent it. first time on this board thanks for the input. been real helpful. first cb didnt really have a clue if i got a decent one or not.

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yea, your problem can be fixed. GM wont do it, nor will they try. gave up on them a wile ago. were i live i had to travel about an hour to get the i dont care attitude. Horton is a good company dont let GM put there faults on sombody else. I dont belive they will be around long, not without customer service.[:@]

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I had a red dotscope problem and pulled a nut out of my quiver mounting plate (don't ask!) lol. Anyway, Horton replaced the scope (new one is great, I think they reworked it before they sent it out.) and they are sending me a new mounting plate. No questions asked. Pretty good customer service. They didn't even ask when I bought the bow for the mounting plate deal. I been to GM in Fort Wayne, IN and am not impressed with their bow service dept. I found a place where a guy makes all custom strings, cables, etc. for whatever you need. He made me a real nice string and serving for $30 total. And had it ready the next morningwith only oneday before season opened.

chris


chris

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I have a hortonTR 175that came with a red dot scope thatstopped working.Itook the spring out of the dail-a-range and replaced thetop rail screw with a 10 x 1 3/4 ss screw thourgh the scope mount (put dail on 0 and leave the pin in) put the vari-zone on and it will be the best thing you could ever do!This cb can hit quarters @ 30 yards now and shoots the same with any type of arrow carbon or alum. and field points or spitfires and slick tricks all hit the same.

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Hey moeskeeter, we need them pics of how you did that! I think you have the system down how to do this the best. Don't want to mess with dads bow until after season.

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Can not get my scanner to work, will try to get a friend at work to post them for me. The way I did it is the way to go. I was thinking I would get me a phoenix cb but not any more.

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"Wee Hah" as my 3 year old says as he is bailing off the couch. I say this everytime I see the word Pheonix now....I had a Horton once!!!!!

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I've never had a problem with my dial-a-range. Also my 3 dots on my scope are right on with the yardage. They where a little off with the alum. bolts. When I went to the carbons and 100gr Spitfires the scope is dead on. When I changed scopes and restarted the sight in procedure it did change from the #2 position to the #1 position......


chris

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just got off the phone with horton. they just got the bow this morning it took gander about 14 days to get it to them.horton said they would know something by thur.the girl im dealing with told me from now on to just call them and sendit in myself if there areany more probelms with it. they can give it a R A number. so ill get it back right when bows season ends in va. but i can use it some in maryland there season goes tell jan 31. the rut is on hot there anyway had 6 bucks come by me sat evening missed a 10 point but grunted a 9 in. stuck it a 16 yrds. the bucks there are going crazy right now. wentlast night seen over 20 deer 7 were bucks nothing big.

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moeskeeter...
I too would be very interested in howyou "pin" or disable the dail-a-range feature. Mine seems to be acting up between shots and the dial doesn't seem to positively click into the numbers... seems like there something wrong in there. If I leave it on '0" it seems OK, but if I try any of the higher numbers, you better have a good back-up plan behind your target!
Thanks! Jeff

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I will try to get this guy from work to post them for me, he said he will but still has not. Will ask him again in the morning.