wasabi

Discovered a few aggravating issues with the Horton 3 dot scope on my Explorer while sighting in for the first time.

First thing I noticed - the 3 dots were not perfectly vertically aligned. There was a slight angle to them. At first I figured I could live with that, then noticed other stuff as I began to use it.

Then I realized the vertical adjustment (up/down) appeared to be labelled backwards. Turning the adjustment screw in the direction of the UP arrow moved the point of contact down. Not sure if mislabelled, installed upside down or what. I'm a newbie - tell me if I am wrong here.

Finally, the vertical adjustment let me down again. It does a precise click for each tiny adjustment you make, except mine stops clicking for about 180 degrees of rotation. You can't tell if you are adjusting it 10 clicks or 15 or 20. It also was looser in the adjustment range where there were no clicks so I worry shooting the bow will knock it off it's zero (my zero ended up being right in the middle of the range where it did not click). I can see why it isn't clicking - the adjustment screw is off-center inside the round housing. It is a tight fit inside that little dome, but just enough play where it leans to one side and the click doesn't contact the detents as you adjust it around. I don't like that - seems shoddy and also passed whatever QA they should be doing.

Am I off base here? I've seen a few other people comment on quality issues while googling info onthis bow.

Urban Legend

Send it back to Horton. If the dots are out of alignment and the the adjustment dial doesn't click when turning, something is wrong. As far as your other problem. When you turn the adjustment dial in the up direction, this brings the dots up as a result making you aim lower. That is why you point of impact is lower. The dial indicates what the dots will do not what your arrows will do.

brushbustin

I have the same x-bow and i had some minor issues with mine too,but i have it worked out now and works pretty good.

wasabi

The store I bought it at said they would exchange my Horton 3 dot scope for another new one. After removing mine, going back up there, waiting around, they said they didn't have another one to swap me out.

They actuallydid have one. It was a Horton remanufactured/repaired crossbow - said as much on the box. The scope on that one did not work at all, even after trying out a known good battery. The bow looked fine - I suspect this was another occurence of someone else returning one to Horton and it not being repaired. How can they send out a bow for retail sale again and not check it? I think there is another thread on this board about this happening.

Horton has said to send mine back for exchange. I'm leary given my limited experience with mine, the other at the store and what I have read about very, very similar situations. But I have no choice. It is not a good introduction to this brand. I now get to set my expensive new toy aside and wait a couple weeks for them to get mine and send me a new one. They did not offer to send me one out first to minimize my downtime or cover postage for their defective product.

awshucks

I've had good results w/ horton warranty dept on two occasions. Think they claim 48 hr max turn around time. I shot that 3 dot and thought it was junk, imho. The 20 yd dot was huge and could not get the brightness to jibe w/ white bag target at 30 yds. Good Luck!!