Hello everyone,
I am totally new in the world of crossbows. Just picked up a Wrath 430 on sale and have been doing oodles of research. I read quite a bit of negative opinions about the Wrath online but honestly it's a very impressive and well built piece of kit, especially for the 800 CAD I paid. The one gripe I have is with the accessories. There are some minor annoyances, such as the arrow inserts being permanently glued in (although the arrows are of exceptional quality compared to some others!) and the crank unlocking mechanism jamming if it is accidentally overcranked. Yeah, I learned that the hard way. However the only thing that seems to be of noticeably lower quality is the scope. The scope image seems narrow and dim.
I've looked into crossbow scopes a bit and it may be that I don't know what I'm talking about, but I get the feeling that manufacturers do not take crossbow optics as seriously as rifle optics. I was able to get a scope for my pellet gun, a $100 Tasco World-class, which is beautiful for the price. 40mm optics, wide field of view, variable magnification, and a bright and clear image. Yet the same money in the crossbow world seems to only get dinky little scopes with darker 32mm optics and no extra features. It looks like there's no significant increase in quality over a stock scope until the $200+ range, and then there's a jump from there to the pro stuff which is way beyond my budget. Am I missing something? I'm almost tempted to just switch my scopes around; only the differing reticles are holding me back.
I am totally new in the world of crossbows. Just picked up a Wrath 430 on sale and have been doing oodles of research. I read quite a bit of negative opinions about the Wrath online but honestly it's a very impressive and well built piece of kit, especially for the 800 CAD I paid. The one gripe I have is with the accessories. There are some minor annoyances, such as the arrow inserts being permanently glued in (although the arrows are of exceptional quality compared to some others!) and the crank unlocking mechanism jamming if it is accidentally overcranked. Yeah, I learned that the hard way. However the only thing that seems to be of noticeably lower quality is the scope. The scope image seems narrow and dim.
I've looked into crossbow scopes a bit and it may be that I don't know what I'm talking about, but I get the feeling that manufacturers do not take crossbow optics as seriously as rifle optics. I was able to get a scope for my pellet gun, a $100 Tasco World-class, which is beautiful for the price. 40mm optics, wide field of view, variable magnification, and a bright and clear image. Yet the same money in the crossbow world seems to only get dinky little scopes with darker 32mm optics and no extra features. It looks like there's no significant increase in quality over a stock scope until the $200+ range, and then there's a jump from there to the pro stuff which is way beyond my budget. Am I missing something? I'm almost tempted to just switch my scopes around; only the differing reticles are holding me back.
