Non TD Excaliber Question?? Please Advise

smong2000 said:

I bought a plastic knurled nut at Lowe's for under $3 and now have a TD Micro355 and BD400. Return to zero perfectly. After playing with it last summer I don't see much advantage over the single Allen screw, especially if you only need it for occasional travel so it's now in my junk drawer. I had the idea that it would be nice to take the bows apart to carry in my pack on long hikes in or drags out but it wasn't practical, especially when my Badlands Pack has a rifle/bow carrier.

Personally, I would avoid the 'real' TD models just because the extra mechanism is another potential fail point but that's the Failure Analysis Engineer in me...

Click to expand...

wheelsquad said:

I tried a single thumb screw in my Micro, one with a big head even, and I could get the riser to rotate ever so slightly when pulling back on one limb end and then the other, so I decided against it. Did you try that with yours? Maybe that wouldn't affect POI anyway since it's pulling back with 250+ lbs to the same anchor point when cocked? Compared to a person holding a compound bow riser, the holding is still far more consistent.

Click to expand...

smong2000 said:

Mine are very tight when I try that. There is a 'locating bump' that matches with a hole near the bolt that locks out the movement. I can see that if the bump was worn it would allow the movement you describe but it isn't a problem with my 2 crossbows.
Regardless, I am not using the thumb screw because it protrudes enough to make resting the bow on the rail less secure and doesn't save much over the Allen bolt.
The whole 'quick release takedown' seems like a solution in search of a problem. ...

Click to expand...

David Whipple said:

Guys,

I've been looking at the Excaliber's, and I particularly like the look of the Micro's, the Axe's and/or the 335 Raids. I do plan to travel with the Crossbow to hunt with a few times a year. It seems like just looking at them that even the non Takedown versions (for example an Axe), would be very easy to takedown with a single screw and therefore very easy to travel with. So while the Takedown versions definitely seem slightly more convenient to takedown, I would think it's nearly as easy to travel with a non-Takedown bow. Am I missing anything about the non Takedown that would be an issue? Also, couldn't you still use the Excaliber takedown soft case to carry the non takedown version after it was taken apart?

Thanks.
David Whipple.

Click to expand...

smong2000 said:

I bought a plastic knurled nut at Lowe's for under $3 and now have a TD Micro355 and BD400. Return to zero perfectly. After playing with it last summer I don't see much advantage over the single Allen screw, especially if you only need it for occasional travel so it's now in my junk drawer. I had the idea that it would be nice to take the bows apart to carry in my pack on long hikes in or drags out but it wasn't practical, especially when my Badlands Pack has a rifle/bow carrier.

Personally, I would avoid the 'real' TD models just because the extra mechanism is another potential fail point but that's the Failure Analysis Engineer in me...

Click to expand...