A few years ago I helped a buddy of mine select a Crossbow. I chose the Parker Terminator 150. He bought it and it seemed to be a good bow. So, about a year later I found a deal on one in a Pawn Shop and bought it. My friend took his to Kansas, after getting a disabled permit, for a Whitetail Archery Hunt. While sitting in a stand with a big buck walking up to him, one of the limbs failed. I packaged my Crossbow and shipped it to him. He shot a deer with it later that week. The next year I go to Kansas, after getting a disabled permit, to claim my Whitetail. I had significant trouble getting the bow to sight in properly and hold a zero. I will admit that i purchased a holographic site that I later realized was the problem. I was 1/10 of a second from releasing an arrow on a big whitetail when he bolted. Later that day, while checking the zero on my scope, I found the barrel rail was loose. I had to go back to my compound even though it hurts my shoulder to shoot it. I did not get another shot that year. I took my Parker to a local bow shop to have the rail fixed and while it was there had the Red Hot strings put on. I also purchased the Red Hot Arrows and eventually the Red Hot Multi-reticle Scope. I was determined to fix my accuracy problem. Sure enough it worked. I was shooting two inch groups at 60 yards. The bow was shooting 335 FPS. I took the bow back to Kansas for a second year. Believe it or not, before I could shoot a deer with it, the barrel rails came off again. I epoxied the rails back on, got it sited in, and the next day killed a 10 point Kansas buck. As I was putting the crossbow into the case to bring home, the rails were loose again. Needless to say, I was very impressed with the accuracy and range I achieved and the deer that I killed. However, no one should have to go through what I went through with a Crossbow. I fixed the rail again and sold the bow. I just could not trust that bow on another hunting trip. So, beware of Crossbows that have barrel rails that are glued onto the bow. Buy one with an integrated rail or a bolted on rail.
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