Stryker Crossbow info
09-25-2006, 02:27 PM
#1
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 6
Stryker Crossbow info
Anybody have any new information on the new Stryker Crossbow. Went to their website (www.strykerxbow.com) and all that was there was a static image and the countdown clock.
Thanks,
Bill
Thanks,
Bill
09-25-2006, 03:07 PM
#3
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: May 2006
Location: MA
Posts: 1,653
RE: Stryker Crossbow info
Whats all the fuss about?? Do we know anything at all about this thing? Whomakes it ? Just cause they have a countdown clock does not mean I am gonna be the first in line. Seems like alot of hype. The model looks more like aNavy Seal than a hunter and whats he gonna do shoot it from the hip? It is mean looking but so what. I would think that they would provide us with more than a cool picture and a clock. I am so excited I can hardly sleep. Don .. I would love a copy of the mail you recieved from them. Maybe there is something to it but I am gonna save my dime until a fewgrunts try it and give it a major thumbs up..
That clock has been ticking for months.>>>>>>Whack!
That clock has been ticking for months.>>>>>>Whack!
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09-25-2006, 05:53 PM
#6
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RE: Stryker Crossbow info
Here's 2 cents worth from the cheap seats. Much ado about nothing. That thing is way over-powered, which I'm sure will appeal to the speed freaks. I can say that because I was one for a short while, before I got a computer. He11, they should be like varmit rifles, right?? Faster just has to be better!! Once I got an electronic education, lol, I went from an Emax to a Phoenix. Then, I shot a Vixen, realized that they will all do the job, no amount of initial speed will over come physics. IOW: you still gotta range and allow for the drop of your arrow. If a lowly Vixen will shoot clean thru a deer,[pass through] where's the advantage in a much faster bow?? It's like Bill T. [co-owner of Excal] said about the "Swiss Bow""It's not whether or not it will shoot well, it's how long will it shoot well" And, this whole thing applies to your beloved Hortons, Parkers, Barnetts, and 10 pts. Make no mistake, I personally trhink Excal makes the best xbows on the market, got three, but I also deeply RESPECT ya'll's choice in xbows. I don't want one of these Strykers.
09-26-2006, 07:19 AM
#7
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Join Date: Feb 2006
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RE: Stryker Crossbow info
Sheesh...the darm thing hasn't even been released and you're slamming it. Could I at least review , inspect and/or try one out before I make an objective decision if I like it or not or, is that now allowed in "Excal-world".
09-26-2006, 07:28 AM
#8
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Join Date: Feb 2006
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RE: Stryker Crossbow info
BillinMich: You can try anything you choose, and it's not an Excal world. I'm basing my opinion on the advertised speeds and k.e. Looks like one shot to an arrow as I see it, gonna be a tad hard to find targets to stop the arrows, ect. That much power is gonna be hard on the bow, imho. Good luck w/ yours if that's your choice.
09-26-2006, 07:49 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Newtonville, Ontario, Canada
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RE: Stryker Crossbow info
ORIGINAL: awshucks
Here's 2 cents worth from the cheap seats. Much ado about nothing. That thing is way over-powered, which I'm sure will appeal to the speed freaks. I can say that because I was one for a short while, before I got a computer. He11, they should be like varmit rifles, right?? Faster just has to be better!! Once I got an electronic education, lol, I went from an Emax to a Phoenix. Then, I shot a Vixen, realized that they will all do the job, no amount of initial speed will over come physics. IOW: you still gotta range and allow for the drop of your arrow. If a lowly Vixen will shoot clean thru a deer,[pass through] where's the advantage in a much faster bow?? It's like Bill T. [co-owner of Excal] said about the "Swiss Bow""It's not whether or not it will shoot well, it's how long will it shoot well" And, this whole thing applies to your beloved Hortons, Parkers, Barnetts, and 10 pts. Make no mistake, I personally trhink Excal makes the best xbows on the market, got three, but I also deeply RESPECT ya'll's choice in xbows. I don't want one of these Strykers.
Here's 2 cents worth from the cheap seats. Much ado about nothing. That thing is way over-powered, which I'm sure will appeal to the speed freaks. I can say that because I was one for a short while, before I got a computer. He11, they should be like varmit rifles, right?? Faster just has to be better!! Once I got an electronic education, lol, I went from an Emax to a Phoenix. Then, I shot a Vixen, realized that they will all do the job, no amount of initial speed will over come physics. IOW: you still gotta range and allow for the drop of your arrow. If a lowly Vixen will shoot clean thru a deer,[pass through] where's the advantage in a much faster bow?? It's like Bill T. [co-owner of Excal] said about the "Swiss Bow""It's not whether or not it will shoot well, it's how long will it shoot well" And, this whole thing applies to your beloved Hortons, Parkers, Barnetts, and 10 pts. Make no mistake, I personally trhink Excal makes the best xbows on the market, got three, but I also deeply RESPECT ya'll's choice in xbows. I don't want one of these Strykers.