Let's have a humble old crossbow thread. These things are

I don't own one but I'm thinking of taking up a bow or crossbow. In my state I could use a bow during both bow and rifle season excluding the 10 day season exclusively for muzzleloading rifles. The downside is you "technically" have to be disabled ( aspie/autistic/tard/physically impaired ) to use them for hunting and I really don't understand why.

>>29479946
So I'm going to guess you have experience with crossbows. Could you tell me about how to get started, some good first brands, etc? I'm thankful I don't need a permit for them in my state.

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>>29480188
I would recommend Barnett for quality. I have owned then and absolutely loved my old Wildcat C5. Compounds are best but I wanted a recurve due to simplicity and ease of changing the string.

You guys have access to a wide range of cool xbows. Pic is the old C5. I used to shoot seagulls with broadheads as a youth (= explosion of blood guts and feathers). Ah, good times.

>>29480566
>You guys have access...
Where do you live that you lack access? Do you also have any recommendations as far as which models to buy? I could ( comfortably ) spend up to $800 but would go up to $900. So far I've found my Walmart ( oddly enough ) carries a huge selection which is good for me given I don't have a local archery shop.

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>>29479946
a jennings devastator and a barnett commando.
i got them for $10 or $20 apiece at garage sales and just fuck around being a man-child with them.

>>29479946
YFW Im old enough that they used to let us make crossbows in 9th grade shop class and put the best ones on display in a trophy case.

as long as you're not making bongs, dugouts, pipes etc.

>>29481011
Neato. :)

>>29480881
I mean the USA has a wide selection of brands at reasonable prices. In Europe we can't walk into a mainstream store and leave with a 400fps crossbow.

Have a look at the Barnett Ghost or the Horton Fury. Both around the price range with top performance. However something cheaper say, the Barnett Brotherhood for $350 will kill anything the others would at half the cost.

>>29480957
That's what they are best for. Fucking around

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Is there any downside to having a "backwards" crossbow like in pic?

>>29481298
Nah, they both do the same thing.

Doesn't really matter.

>>29480566
The Jackel gets good reviews. Thinking it would make a good dicking around crossbow. Any experience with it?

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These are awesome if you can stand the extra width

>>29481871
That website may not be the most pleasing to the eye but DAMN! It makes selecting a crossbow easy with the ( slightly outdated ) article ( @ http://www.excaliburcrossbow.com/content/display/select ) on how to do so!

I wish they had a website like this for regular bows too. I see things on the bottom of the page so maybe when I have more time I'll check them out but based on Excalibur's website I think I know which Crossbow I want.