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crossbow scope?????
hillbille
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been looking at crossbows and have a question about scopes, I know the regular crosshair type have different horizontal lines for different distances, 20,30,40 yards. saw a barnett today that had a reddot, does it have different dots or do you just set dot for one distance and kentucky windage it for farther or shorter distance? also does any scope work or should say, will ordanary scope take the "recoil" of a crossbow? or do you need a scope designed just for crossbow?
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I think you need a crossbow scope, because of the reverse recoil? I have an old Horten but I shoot a ten point scope.
crossbow scopes are different than regular rifle scopes
Mine has the multi lines but, it’s not a 20, 30, 40 yard thing with mine.
I plan on putting on one of these before next year.
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Mine came with an el cheapo scope with yardage lines, it's killed many deer and never lost zero. I don't really think you need to spend big bucks for a crossbow scope, you aren't shooting very far.
then how much yardage difference is each line??
What the heck do you need a scope for a crossbow for? Are you going to varmint hunt with it?
The scope that came with my Barnett had 4 lines but none matched the trajectory of the bolts I used. I changed to a different scope brand that happens to be a closer match.
The scope on my Excalibur crossbow has 20,30,40,50,and 60 lines. Using the bolt weight that they recommended the lines are exactly on. The scope is meant for a crossbow as the recoil ( lack of a better word) is totally different than a gun.
If it is reverse recoil then an air rifle scope would work.
bad eyes........ can't see/focus on open sights anymore
"What the heck do you need a scope for a crossbow for? Are you going to varmint hunt with it?"
Many of the new(er) crossbows don't even have the option of use w/o an optic. My Barnett is over 10 years old and even it has scope mount only. Front sights on a crossbow are problematic at best.
Them apples are getting hard to see.
I have a 10 point scope that came with the bow. Works well, main horizontal line is right on at 15 yds and I’ve taken deer at 20. Buts that’s about all I’m confident to try. I get through and throughs there and don’t want to chase anything.
Now if I can just get retired before deer season!
This description of low light conditions is precisely why I use a compact rifle scope, and have for years. Had a red dot and hated it for reasons above.
My current setup is a 1.5-10 power that I keep on 4 for all situations unless I want to glass something at a long distance.
If you are shooting at leaves for targets, its tough to see if you hit them without a scope!