![]() One of my favorite rope cocking devices is the Parker rope cocker. There is also a rope cocking mechanism if you’re not a big fan of carrying the extra weight. Luckily, they’ve figured out a way to take that 150lbs and reduce it down to less than 10lbs with the help of a crossbow crank or winch. Unfortunately, all that power and tension make it rather difficult to cock, especially when a crossbow requires 150lbs or more of dead-lifting power in order to draw. When shooting flat (no angle), some top performing crossbows can reach close to 100 yards, which is incredible. One of my favorite favorite things about the modern crossbow is the sheer power and energy it produces when it catapults the bolt/arrow. Powerful, sleek, accurate and dependable, the crossbow has come a long way since its inception as gastraphetes prior to 420BC and is my first choice when i’m sitting around on the farm and want to target practice. I have been told that it is about the same leverage as the Parker Sidewinder.So i’ve enjoyed bow hunting for sometime now, and over the years i’ve developed a love for its closest sibling, the crossbow. I have not tried the Excalibur crank so I cannot offer an opinion on how hard/easy it is to turn. but that is just my best guess opinion, not a measured rating). so the crank is harder to turn (my subjective guess would be about 4 times as hard to turn as the handle on the ACUdraw. Also, the mechanical advantage of the Sidewinder is not as great as the ACUdraw. If you are only going to shoot the bow a couple of times each session, then it becomes a lesser issue. This is only notable during extended shooting sessions, of course. I have adapted a Parker Sidewinder for use on my two BowTech SZ350's and it's mechanical advantage works ok, but it is a pain to put on, crank, and take off before each shot (some of my sessions are 30+ shots). The ACUdraw (of which I have owned 3) is BY FAR the easiest to operate due to the larger mechanical advantage they built into their mechanism. and send him an e-mail asking him to call you to talk about your issues and various bows. ![]() How is the difficulty of cocking them with their crank cocking mechanisms compared to the Ten Point which I find easy and the Barnett which I find difficult? The parker crossbow has a pistol grip that looks like it would fit my hand nicely, how is the crank cocking system for it compare to the Ten Point's accudraw crank system?ĭavid Wilkins at will install the TenPoint ACUdraw on any Excalibur bow. I have looked at Parker and Excalibur crossbow's but I do not have access to try them before I purchased them and would have to purchase them online. I have also tried the Ten Point crossbow with its crank cocking mechanism and it was pretty easy for me to cock, but the problem I have with Ten Point crossbow's is that I have large hands and I found the pistol grip on the Ten Point crossbow but to be awkwardly shaped and uncomfortable for me aim with. However, it was still difficult to cock and painful for my wrists especially once you got past the halfway point. I have arthritis in both of my wrists and I originally tried a Barnett crossbow with its crank cocking mechanism. I am wondering how the crank cocking mechanism on Parker and Excalibur crossbow's compares to Barnett and Ten Point's crank cocking mechanism.
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