Stryker Crossbow
08-26-2006, 09:19 AM
#21
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: arkansas
Posts: 3,147
RE: Stryker Crossbow
Dnk: lol, I think we just got dinged! how's your grain of a brain today?
Jay: Be sure and let us know when you finally can shoot a pencil thru a
telephone pole!! hope you are feeling better!
Jay: Be sure and let us know when you finally can shoot a pencil thru a
telephone pole!! hope you are feeling better!
08-26-2006, 09:34 AM
#22
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Newtonville, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 3,896
RE: Stryker Crossbow
Dan, I'm so accustomed to being dinged by that lunie that I thought it was a compliment! LOL! If thats the best he can do, he's real sick! I'll have to re-phrase that. You can tell how well Jay's feeling by how big of a bite he took out of our butts. Is that all you have? I am expecting more!
08-28-2006, 03:01 PM
#23
Fork Horn
Join Date: Mar 2006
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Posts: 466
RE: Stryker Crossbow
ORIGINAL: jaygail7
Forgot to mention,,,no mention of maker of Stryker-xbow(in Archery Business Mag), if it is Bowtech I would not buy one...Remember Bowtech, if I am not mistaken, was a company named Oregon which left the Archery industry with quite a few people upset with them including myself....
Forgot to mention,,,no mention of maker of Stryker-xbow(in Archery Business Mag), if it is Bowtech I would not buy one...Remember Bowtech, if I am not mistaken, was a company named Oregon which left the Archery industry with quite a few people upset with them including myself....
09-04-2006, 12:06 PM
#24
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: NW Ohio USA
Posts: 1,532
RE: Stryker Crossbow
Oregon Bows and BowTech are two very different companies that share no ties.
Please see the link below for the truth about the history of BowTech and how/where it got it's start.
http://www.fastestbows.com/articles/guest/taking_aim_bowtech.htm
Please see the link below for the truth about the history of BowTech and how/where it got it's start.
http://www.fastestbows.com/articles/guest/taking_aim_bowtech.htm
09-04-2006, 06:42 PM
#25
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: arkansas
Posts: 3,147
RE: Stryker Crossbow
Bow Tech Shooter: Thanks for the info, that was a very informative post. I'm still not sure if the "Stryker" xbow is a Bow-Tech product or not, but have some thoughts to share. They will no doubt appeal to the newer xbowers and the speed freaks. I doubt very seriously if any of the long time xbowers are going to buy their bow. For one thing, there is no need for that much speed and k.e. They may flatten the trajectory a bit, but will not increase the effective range much, if any. Bill Troubridge, co-owner and co-developer of Excal xbows shot an elephant not too long ago w/ a 900 gr arrow at about 250 fps w/ about 250 ft lbs of ke and dang near got a pass thru, except for hitting off side leg bone. This was w/ a stock "Emax" which is one of the bows I own. Granted, it is a tack driving monster,but is not at all nearly as pleasant to shoot as other Excals.
Another down side to all of this speed and k.e. will be the inevitable claims that it is an unfair advantage over a vert compound, which it may or may not be, but since it's performance is totally un-needed IMHO, a moot point. We have followers of every major brand on this forum, one of the main players is Horton, which has been around forever and has done much to further the xbow movement, and I seriously doubt if any of those guys will get off of $6-700 bucks for the difference. I do understand progress and better ideas, but have to think when is enough enough. Regards to all, and staight arrows to ya, this is just my view from the cheap seats.
Another down side to all of this speed and k.e. will be the inevitable claims that it is an unfair advantage over a vert compound, which it may or may not be, but since it's performance is totally un-needed IMHO, a moot point. We have followers of every major brand on this forum, one of the main players is Horton, which has been around forever and has done much to further the xbow movement, and I seriously doubt if any of those guys will get off of $6-700 bucks for the difference. I do understand progress and better ideas, but have to think when is enough enough. Regards to all, and staight arrows to ya, this is just my view from the cheap seats.
09-04-2006, 07:42 PM
#27
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Findlay, Ohio
Posts: 3,286
RE: Stryker Crossbow
ORIGINAL: awshucks
We have followers of every major brand on this forum, one of the main players is Horton, which has been around forever and has done much to further the xbow movement, and I seriously doubt if any of those guys will get off of $6-700 bucks for the difference. I do understand progress and better ideas, but have to think when is enough enough. Regards to all, and staight arrows to ya, this is just my view from the cheap seats.
We have followers of every major brand on this forum, one of the main players is Horton, which has been around forever and has done much to further the xbow movement, and I seriously doubt if any of those guys will get off of $6-700 bucks for the difference. I do understand progress and better ideas, but have to think when is enough enough. Regards to all, and staight arrows to ya, this is just my view from the cheap seats.
