Notice in this video produced by Ravin how many hold down screws are shown.
Two

 

Some actual feedback from Ravin Jackplate guru at Ravin.
They assure me the pics posted on the various dealer's sites are indeed in error. (Showing 3 hold down screws).

They assure me there are only Jackplate models made by ravin for Ravin bows with only 2 screw hold downs.
They want to to send mine in and evaluate.

 

Look at the pics on this Ravin site.
Look at sniper setup.
Looks like pic(s) show 3 hold down screws/bolts on jack plate to me.
https://ravincrossbows.com

 

I do not own a Ravin crossbow, but viewing the picture on the link you submitted, it looks like there are three hold down screws for the jack plate in front of the jack plate wheel. Possibly this is an upgrade for the 2018 models as at the top of that page it says something to the effect "New For 2018".
Thanks for sharing.
All the best.

 

interested in seeing how this is gonna work for you.... I was contemplating buying the jackplate

 

I have 3 of these and they all have 2 bolts. I don't see room for 3.

 

I think what you are seeing is the pivot bolt for the selector switch on the other side.

 

Anyway the way it is set up (2 screws holding) won't last IMO.
Too much weight vs recoil.
There is not much flange extending underneath rail to grip to rial when tightening screws.

Ever see some of those scope mounts for the spring piston air guns? They have 3 or 4 hold downs. For good reason.
I will not use mine when it comes back. Even if they send me a new one.
May offer up here at reasonable price.
The entire strip where the bolts exist should have been a little longer, and a third securing bolt added.

 

For gee whiz.
The first person I talked to at Ravin today told me they only made the jack plates with 3 hold down screws. They never made one with 2.

The second person I talked to told me vice versa.

 

Look at this a pic.
I don't think I am seeing things.
Looks like 3 hold down screws to me.

You can look at other pics at other dealers.
Even some of the pics on Ravin site.
https://www.opticsplanet.com/ravin-jack-plate-elevation-scope-mount.html

 

That must be an old prototype pic or something. That middle bolt is right where the selector switch is on production models.

 

You can see similar pics on several ravin dealer's sites.

And also on actual Ravin site.
Take a look.
Question is where did these pics come from?

 

Look at the two pictures of jack plates I found on ebay.....I am wondering if one is a new version and an old one.....

 

Per conversation I had with Ravin (Brock) I think his name was, there is and has been only one versions of jack plate. One that has 2 hold down screws/ nuts.

I sent my Jackplate to Ravin to be looked at.
It would not sit still in the back with both fasteners to rule. When I would lift up on scope I could see Jackplate raise on the bow's rail.

We'll see what they say.
And I probably even had my scews over torqued a bit (purposely) and still couldn't get my plate not to move in the rear when installed on rail.

 

I picked up a jack plate this weekend and it only has two screws. I think that's how they come. I am interested in what Ravin tells you

 

Hey Brian,
when you get a chance, how about weighing your jackplate and let us know how much that sucker weighs.
Would be interesting to compare it to the weight of the HHA.

 

the Ravin jack plate is a very small, almost meaningless amount lighter. I forgot the numbers

 

Hey Bird, the Ravin jack plate weighted 7.2 oz.. and my HHA was 7.5 oz. It was lighter but not by much. Tomorrow I will start sighting it in with your string serving.

 

Any updates on how the Ravin jack plates are performing or if people are still having problems with them not staying firmly mounted to the crossbow rail as mentioned in the earlier posts.

 

I will say the Jackplate fitment could be better, but once torqued to the required in/lbs everything holds tight and true with no movement. PS only two bolts * make sure you have a torque wrench that reads inch pounds not foot pounds, some don't know the difference, foot pounds would over tighten the bolts.

 

There sure is a big difference . I don’t know how many inch lbs it takes to make a ft lb . But the difference would strip your bolts

 

12 inch pounds equals 1 foot pound

 

I purchased a new Tenpoint Stealth NXT bow back in Sept. and was not very impressed with the scope that it came with. I really liked the idea of the Ravin jackplate design along with the HHA Optimizer and using a scope with a single crosshair. I was a little concerned about the HHA side knob possibly getting in the way with accudraw pro so I bought the Ravin jackplate and a Leupold VXR 1x4 firedot scope. When I began mounting the jackplate it slid on the scope rail and lined up with the slots perfect, I then installed the rings and scope leaving all screws snug. After getting everything right where I wanted it, I started to lock the jackplate screws down and found the base of the plate was so solid or strong that the screws would not squeeze the mount down to the base rail mount. I decided that I could tighten the jackplate up if I used some shim material. I wound up using .008" shim material to tighten it up and get it shooting. I soon found the bow did not group as well as it did with the stock scope and rings, so I pulled the jackplate off and measured the scope rail width and it was pretty damn close to even after measuring the jackplate I found it was wider at one end. Both front and back were a loose fit but one end was larger. After thinking about it, I carefully put the base of the jackplate in my vise and started squeezing the rail lips together a couple of .001's at a time until I got it real snug, so snug I had to tap it on the scope rail with a small plastic hammer. Then I re-installed the everything again on the jackplate and now my bow shoots dead nuts! and I love my set-up.

 

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I purchased a new Tenpoint Stealth NXT bow back in Sept. and was not very impressed with the scope that it came with. I really liked the idea of the Ravin jackplate design along with the HHA Optimizer and using a scope with a single crosshair. I was a little concerned about the HHA side knob possibly getting in the way with accudraw pro so I bought the Ravin jackplate and a Leupold VXR 1x4 firedot scope. When I began mounting the jackplate it slid on the scope rail and lined up with the slots perfect, I then installed the rings and scope leaving all screws snug. After getting everything right where I wanted it, I started to lock the jackplate screws down and found the base of the plate was so solid or strong that the screws would not squeeze the mount down to the base rail mount. I decided that I could tighten the jackplate up if I used some shim material. I wound up using .008" shim material to tighten it up and get it shooting. I soon found the bow did not group as well as it did with the stock scope and rings, so I pulled the jackplate off and measured the scope rail width and it was pretty damn close to even after measuring the jackplate I found it was wider at one end. Both front and back were a loose fit but one end was larger. After thinking about it, I carefully put the base of the jackplate in my vise and started squeezing the rail lips together a couple of .001's at a time until I got it real snug, so snug I had to tap it on the scope rail with a small plastic hammer. Then I re-installed the everything again on the jackplate and now my bow shoots dead nuts! and I love my set-up.

 

May you shouldn’t have had to do that to your new optimizer to make it work . I’m glad that you got it figured out and fixed though . You ought to tell Ravin what you had to do to it to get it to work . They are a good company and might send you a new one .

 

So-called Weaver rails on crossbows are not all the same dimensions:-( I discovered that 10 years ago.

 

What was the outcome on this issue? What did Ravin conclude?
Did you get the jack plate to hold zero correctly? If so, what did you do?


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I just would like to share my experience with the Ravin Jack Plate, so others can benefit before purchasing it.
I have a Tenpoint Nitro XRT which has an original Weaver Rail from Tenpoint (no modifications here).

I decided to buy the Ravin Jack Plate due to its capabilities of extending your shots up to 200 yards (as claimed somewhere in their website/sellers online, etc..). I am not sure though if it says 200 MoA or 250 MoA of elevation adjustment, it might have some contradictions in different sites I had a look before.

Well, I looked a lot through YouTube videos, Forums, websites, but there is not a lot of information on these Jack Plates, to be honest almost none (does it suit a Tenpoint Nitro XRT or other brands? how do you mount in different rails? dimensions? weight, etc...), so I decided to buy anyway and figure out a way how to fit it in case it did not fit my Crossbow rail, the design looks pretty slick, the adjustment on a horizontal wheel looks better and less clunky in my opinion, and the extended range when removing the lever from the wheel made me choose this one instead of the HHA Optimiser.
Once again, in my opinion it does not make much sense to use an HHA optimiser to shoot out to 100 yards in my case, considering my scope has cross hairs up to 80 yards, for some people it might make more sense if they are using a red dot for example. For target shooting, I wanted the capability to shoot up to 200 yards (we are not allowed to hunt where I live anyway).

I put together a mosaic of pictures and notes here, for easy of explanation, but summarising you cannot fit the Jackplate straight to the Nitro XRT rail, you have to use an adapter, I believe someone here used a vice to squeeze his jack plate to fit on a Tenpoint Stealth NXT (I think he might not have realised Tenpoint uses Weaver 20mm and the Ravin Jack Plate seems to be for Picatinny rail system 21mm, please see picture attached).

I still have to get some low height scope mount to replace my current ones, because my scope is obscenely high on my crossbow. I will possibly put another update here once I try and shoot with it for a few dozen shots.

By the way, pay attention that my Ravin Jack Plate does not look with the one on Ravin Website, neither Wyvern Website which I bought it from (is it an old version? new version? is it fake, is it chinese? no idea....)

Please guys leave some comments about your experiences with these pates on Tenpoint crossbows, I would like to hear if more people got similar Jack Plates like mine.

 

DO the Jack Plates work for any Cross bow or is it RAV specific?

 

I had one on my Scorpyd Deathstalker and the either my rail was narrow or the Jack Plate was a bit wide.

I had to tighten it to about 60 inch pounds with my Wheeler Fat Wrench to get it to hold.

I had thought about removing the cross screws and giving it a squeeze in my wood vice but chickened out.

 

YEP...with the correct screws and a shim. Lifes real good with jack plate.