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Post by redspinner3 on Mar 31, 2016 11:09:53 GMT -5
I'm going to get a new M405 x-bow only need to set it up to be a tack driver.
I shoot year around with my Mathews now.
this is from the ground up string silencers. Trigger 2,5lbs , add wood stock also.
any good ideas want to do it right the first time thanks.
Geo,
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Post by sw on Apr 1, 2016 22:39:36 GMT -5
A new M405? Have you considered the Bulldog400?. I have a M405 and a M380. No regrets.  Dr Stirrup kit, Air Brakes, 18" Zombie, Blazers helical, flat plastic nock, , 26g insert, FOC(170g). 398.3g. TT trigger, HHA Optimizer, Zeiss Duralyt 2-8 lighted. |
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Post by redspinner3 on Apr 2, 2016 8:11:39 GMT -5
OMG THATS IT! looking stuff now want to be ready for dear season thank you so much for showing SW I need every detail I can get.
Geo.
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Post by thunder53 on Apr 4, 2016 9:56:42 GMT -5
Steve's the man on Xbows!
He helped me a lot when it came to setting up my new Bulldog 400.
You might want to get on the Excalibur factory forum site.
Lots of good information there as well.
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Post by sw on Apr 5, 2016 7:09:41 GMT -5
My thoughts. The Bulldog 400 and the M405 are very long range xbows and have unbelievable accuracy. My 380 & 405 will get 1 1/2" 3-shot 100 yd groups using benchrest techniques. My findings: 18" Zombies best, best vanes likely SK200 or 300s. 26g g AL inserts(26g), helical on Blazers or SK200s and offset if use SK300, FOC broadheads best , IMO (170g). Vixenmaster (smokepolehall) makes great strings, Southshore archery (Jerry) makes great arrows. I have and like the HHA Optimizer with a good rifle scope. Best for accurate, long range hunting. I'd get a lighted reticle scope or a great scope with a reticle that shows up in low light. Dr Stirrup kit is great. I think the Excal Air Brakes help reduce bow stress and hand shock. I have a wooden stock but it normally isn't used. If you use 100 or 125g fixed or expandible broadheads , get 90 or 110g inserts. TT trigger is a big step up. Get a spare set of blemished limbs($80) from Excal. Have 2-3 strings that you've used and stretched out. Read all of the info on the Boo Stringss site. Hope this helps.
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Post by rossman40 on Apr 19, 2016 22:41:00 GMT -5
I know where I'm going for crossbow school! He has it dialed in.
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Post by sw on Apr 21, 2016 18:10:34 GMT -5
Thoughts. Can't use C-2 cocker if use wooden stock. Bulldog 400 is likely a better Xbow in a # of ways. What I'd get now . However my Matrix xbows may well be the xbows for the duration. I might go to using SK300 vanes in offset, Lumenocks, 55g brass inserts and stay with the FOCs(170g) and have an arrow weight of 440-445g. TT trigger is a major step up. Consider a Smokepolehall Force 10 string/Angel Majesty. Consider Southshore Archery (Jerry) for your arrows. I've always done my own, but his are spine indexed, extremely wt matched, beautifully made for not a lot above the components. I'm a really good arrow maker but don't come close to Jerry (or Big John , or Dorge - Firenock).
Thanks Rossman. In all honesty, I didn't think there is anything I know that you truly know better. Maybe dentistry, flying F111s or flight instruction, but maybe not. I try to read every post of yours, just to learn.
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Post by thunder53 on Apr 21, 2016 22:38:44 GMT -5
I'm going to get a new M405 x-bow only need to set it up to be a tack driver. I shoot year around with my Mathews now. this is from the ground up string silencers. Trigger 2,5lbs , add wood stock also. any good ideas want to do it right the first time thanks. For what it's worth, there is a used Excal 405 for sale on the Crossbow Talk section of Archery Talk. includes scope, spynal tapp arrows, etc. Seller is down to $725 from original $900 asking price. www.archerytalk.com/vb/showthread.php?t=3716130 |
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Post by sw on Apr 24, 2016 7:43:52 GMT -5
M405 is lifetime guaranteed , and shoots about 390'/sec with my 398g arrows w/o all my sound deadening stuff including a heavy string/silencers. The sound deadening stuff reduces the speed to 383'/sec.
The Bulldog 400, though speed rated only 5'/sec slower, has been reported as much more than 5'/sec slower. I'm being sent one to test and compare against the M380 & M405. We'll see. I use classic bench rest procedures , including wind flags, Hart Adj rest/Protector #13, but no free recoil :-). I think the Bulldog 400, even though it is a little slower, will likely be a more user friendly Xbow.
If a person is wanting a very fast, very accurate, light weight, life time warranted Xbow , that M405 appears to be a steal.
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