The few guys I know, who aren't crossbow hunters & know very little about them, would tell you Ravin crossbows are the best ones out there. They're expensive. Thus, they must be good in their mind.
Amen ... you guys are spot-on. I started talking crossbows with a street-smart wildlife biologist with his PhD, who has probably shot 10,000 animals over the last ¼ century with custom built .223 rifles, because he's thinking of buying a crossbow next spring to play with. A guy who shot stickbows in his youth. First crossbow he mentioned was a Ravin. The "uninformed" are honest people from all walks of life and all income levels. They all should know they're going to have to take the unprecedented burden of spending $200.00 a year replacing cables & string at their dealer every season or risk exploding Ravins. $200.00 a year Ravin insurance to cover their unconscionable string engineering and/or quality. Existing Ravin owners should be reminded they best do the same.
True A buddy of mine that don't hunt or shoot bows ever. Was telling me the Buzz at the local dinner the other day. He informed me Ravin is the best bow ever made. According to the guys there that day.
I definitely agree with that. It will catch up to them. Reminds me of Sprint, the phone company, when about 15 years ago their horrible CS caught up to them so they fired the CEO and the new CEO made an apology video asking customers to come back and spent tons of money airing it on TV everyday. Sprint never really recovered from all of that and eventually faded into oblivion after multiple mergers and buyouts. Most of their customers never came back, me included.
!! You pull the trigger on your more then anyone. Do you trade off using your crossbows or just giving the 505 a rest? Wish I had a job like yours .
The R10 ... is not an R29 or R29X. You're comparing a proven everyday driver to a race car that has design weaknesses. As for requiring a 10ga to kill squirrels? I've probably killed hundreds of deer with just a 40gr to 55gr .22 caliber bullet. Dozens with a diminutive 36gr .22 rimfire.Duke,
Folks like you go in the woods with a 10 gauge shotgun to kill squirrels. I've been traveling out to the midwest to deer hunt for years and there's about 6 of us who have all been using Ravins for a long time. As you know, 300 pound whitetails are not uncommon out there.
Some of these guys haven't changed out their strings for several years. In fact, I changed out the strings on my hunting buddy brother's R10 for the very first time after he's been using it for at least 3 years if not more.
As I recall the year before last, he arrived and shot an awesome 8 pointer on his first trip into the woods and then shot a big fat doe the very next day and was tagged out.
Heck, I know of folks who elk hunt out west with their R10 and are very successful.
You and Mark even admit you don't take long shots so why use a cannon to shoot ducks??? I know Mark likes to hog hunt so he has justification.
Kind of reminds me of my one and only hog hunting experience. I had a 50 pound compound and some folks though I was nuts but my one and only hog I was allowed to kill took 1 step and dropped dead as a doornail.
BTW, I fine it kind of comical with all the negative talk about Ravin on CBN lately, you'd think they are losing customers.
Well that might be true but I can assure you of one thing from a whole, whole lot of first hand experience.
There's a hellofva lot of Ravin owners out there and my printers often remind me of this poor hunting dog.
That said ...lol Almost every DMP shooter I know is shooting 20ga bolt action slug-guns. I still carry a 12ga semi for the knock down energy, range and firepower. 😂 I want the odds stacked in my favor as far as possible. My "challenge" is minimizing wounding and maximizing efficiency. Like Vince Lombardi once said: "A good big man will beat a good small man every time." A big 450 or 500fps will do everything a small 350fps will and do it better. (If the crossbow stays together that is...lol) 
Well said young man.Duke,
Folks like you go in the woods with a 10 gauge shotgun to kill squirrels. I've been traveling out to the midwest to deer hunt for years and there's about 6 of us who have all been using Ravins for a long time. As you know, 300 pound whitetails are not uncommon out there.
Some of these guys haven't changed out their strings for several years. In fact, I changed out the strings on my hunting buddy brother's R10 for the very first time after he's been using it for at least 3 years if not more.
As I recall the year before last, he arrived and shot an awesome 8 pointer on his first trip into the woods and then shot a big fat doe the very next day and was tagged out.
Heck, I know of folks who elk hunt out west with their R10 and are very successful.
You and Mark even admit you don't take long shots so why use a cannon to shoot ducks??? I know Mark likes to hog hunt so he has justification.
Kind of reminds me of my one and only hog hunting experience. I had a 50 pound compound and some folks though I was nuts but my one and only hog I was allowed to kill took 1 step and dropped dead as a doornail.
BTW, I fine it kind of comical with all the negative talk about Ravin on CBN lately, you'd think they are losing customers.
Well that might be true but I can assure you of one thing from a whole, whole lot of first hand experience.
There's a hellofva lot of Ravin owners out there and my printers often remind me of this poor hunting dog.
I post ... a glam photo of my recently successful R29X while Ravin is under indictment in this thread and I get abuse? And here I thought I was throwing youz Ravin bro's a bone.
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