(Scope is new, bow is in perfect condition. Everything is in perfect condition) Centerpoint Sniper Elite with Vortex Crossfire II Crossbow scope. Crossbow comes with zippered heavy canvas Centerpoint crossbow case, scope and scope cover, quiver, bolts, broadheads, bipod. Offers welcome, USPS shipping

I'm new at hunting. I just want to eat.

I'm having a very difficult time here in Missouri. I don't have family as I was a foster kid. At 32 that means there is no one to lean on with knowledge or anything.

I've gone to a local archery shop here and it's pretty cold outside of taking the range fees and I assume that would be the same if I needed repairs.

Any questions are met with "there's a ton of YouTube videos out there" or "if you want to pay I can guide you"

Locals will not speak to me. I've put in some time on YouTube watching the hunting public and others but I really hate watching TV.

I got a blind and set it up in a spot I was fairly sure was away from anyone.

This morning my blind is gone. Guy lines cut off so it was clearly a person.

I'm so discouraged it's painful. I suppose this was more to vent than anything but it really sucks.

Looking into a new crossbow and was wondering how the range finding scopes stack up to a normal scope. Which is better in daylight, and is one better in low light conditions? Thanks

Did 20 yards, had my crosshair on the left side of the target for the bolt to hit the right 😅

Got it dialed in now though, took a few shots.

Went like this: 20-30-45-60 yards, all groupings were pretty good. The rinehart is pretty much destroyed now though 😎

​Hi everyone,

​I'm looking for a parallel Picatinny quiver mount adapter (or a complete quiver set including this bracket).

​It's the standard offset 90-degree polimer bracket that originally came with my Man Kung MK-XB58 Kraken (it's also sold as the Centerpoint N3QM Quiver Mount in the US). It allows you to mount a 4-bolt quiver parallel to the stock using the lower/side Picatinny rail.

​Unfortunately, I cannot find this specific part anywhere in stock here in Germany / EU.

​If anyone has a spare one lying around and is willing to sell it within Germany (or ship to DE), or if you know a EU-based webshop that currently has it in stock, please let me know!

​Thanks in advance

Hoping someone from Killer Instinct or someone who's been through their warranty process might be able to help me out.

I purchased a Fuel 415 last September and unfortunately struggled with inconsistent accuracy right out of the box. After having trouble getting reliable groups, we ended up shelving it for the remainder of the season.

Fast forward to this year, and the same accuracy issues were immediately present. I've spent the last couple of weeks troubleshooting, trying to get everything dialed in for deer season.

I initially suspected the factory scope and attempted to contact Killer Instinct for assistance. With hunting season already underway, I decided to purchase an aftermarket scope rather than wait on a warranty replacement.

Unfortunately, while sighting in the new scope, I discovered that one of the limbs had developed some pretty significant cracks and splintering. This crossbow has seen very little use, so it was definitely disappointing to find.

I've submitted the product registration twice but haven't received confirmation. I also opened warranty ticket and left a voicemail with customer support. So far, I haven't been able to connect with anyone.

I understand companies get busy, especially during hunting season, and I'm not looking to bash anyone. I'm just hoping to get some assistance resolving this before I lose any more of the season.

If anyone from Killer Instinct happens to see this, I'd really appreciate some help getting pointed in the right direction. I'd love to get this resolved and get back in the woods.

Has anyone else had a similar issue or had experience with their warranty process?

I found some on Amazon but I don’t know the size of this string, and I don’t know if just any recurve string would work. Advice needed.

I was stalk-hunting some deer yesterday with my CenterPoint Patriot 425, and as I went to take a shot, my crossbow ripped. I'm guessing the bolt moved slightly off the string, and it created a partial dry fire.

I have a barnett quad 400 cross bow with the crank mechanism. My bottom left limb has a tiny fracture in it. It don't look like it runs deep but I'm not sure what to do here. Barnett doesn't service this bow anymore and I don't know where to look for new limbs or even if it's needed. Can someone please give me some advice. This is a pretty old bow. Was my grandmas for years before it was mine. I've had it for 2. Can anyone tell me what I can do here. This bow is sentimental to me and I understand I could just get another one but I really want to try to keep this one and hand it down to my son when he is old enough. Any advice would be helpful

I’m looking for a crossbow case with a shoulder strap or backpack straps that I can use to carry my bow into the woods while keeping the strings and cables protected from damage.

I was looking at the Wicked Ridge Ambush Backpack, but I noticed the Commander 400 isn’t listed as a compatible bow.

For anyone who owns a Commander 400, what case do you use, and would you recommend it?

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I am extremely disappointed with both the Expedition X430 crossbow and my experience with customer service.

I purchased this crossbow in September of last year, and after finally getting the opportunity to use it, the right limb catastrophically snapped after just ONE SHOT. This was not a crossbow that had seen years of hard use or hundreds of shots. It was practically brand-new, and to experience such a significant structural failure after a single shot has completely undermined my confidence in this product.

What makes this situation even more frustrating is that I understand this particular crossbow has reportedly had issues with limb failures. Knowing that there have been concerns about this issue makes my experience especially troubling. When a product has a reported history of a particular failure, I believe customers have a reasonable expectation that the manufacturer will take those concerns seriously.

Unfortunately, my customer service experience did little to restore my confidence.

After contacting customer service, I was informed that my crossbow was outside the warranty period. I have concerns about how short that warranty period is, particularly when dealing with a product that operates under significant tension and has reportedly experienced similar failures. Because my warranty had expired, I was offered no repair, replacement, or alternative resolution.

The call ended shortly after my warranty status was reviewed. I left the conversation feeling dismissed, with no meaningful assistance and no indication that the circumstances surrounding the failure were being taken seriously.

I understand that warranties have terms and conditions. However, I believe there is a meaningful difference between a product wearing out through normal use and a major structural component catastrophically failing after a single shot. I was not asking the company to ignore its policies without reason. I was hoping for a reasonable response to what I consider an unacceptable failure of a practically new piece of hunting equipment.

A crossbow is a significant purchase, and reliability is not just a matter of convenience. It is also a matter of safety. A limb failure of this nature is serious, and customers deserve to feel confident that their equipment has been manufactured to an appropriate standard.

Instead, I am left with a broken crossbow, a disrupted hunting season, money spent on equipment I can no longer trust, and a customer service experience that left me feeling as though my concerns were no longer worth addressing once the warranty date had passed.

My disappointment extends beyond the broken crossbow. It is the combination of the failure, the limited warranty coverage, and the lack of any meaningful resolution that has left such a negative impression.

I cannot recommend the Expedition X430 based on my experience. I would encourage anyone considering purchasing one to research reported limb issues, carefully review the warranty terms, and consider how the company may respond if a serious failure occurs outside the coverage period.

I purchased this crossbow expecting dependable hunting equipment. After one shot, I was left with a catastrophic failure and no support from the manufacturer. That is not the ownership experience I expected, and it has seriously damaged my confidence in both the product and the company behind it.

Wanted to get back into hunting specifically for deer, just need to know if I need my FAL to hunt with a crossbow or compound

Hello, trying to correctly identify what string I need for this old exomag. My guesstimates are it’s made around the 2000s.. I feel like it’s carved but nothing has made me 100% confident. The fact it has mag in the name also throws me off haha.

I know this is probably painfully obvious but I just wanted someone’s input! Thanks a ton.

I got a crossbow from a friend (parker spartan) and it came with Excalibur firebolt and rhino nock.

How do I know what fletch should go into the crossbow? (all the fletch are the same colours.)

Thank you.

I bought this recently and just got it set up today, and i had trouble screwing this on, however i’ve never seen something where it makes you mess up the paint and mold while doing so. It shoots just fine already sighted in and everything just curious if anyone has ever seen anything like it before

The bow is a Killer Instinct Motive 405

I’ve had so much fun making and shooting this bow.
The prod itself is maple, and the stock is Elm, the nut is made out of horn and the trigger is made out of antler. I broke the original prod on it(picture in the 3 picture). That one was drawing about 50 pounds at 7 inches., unfortunately when I made this prod that’s on it now I lost about half the draw weight. It’s only pulling 25 pounds at the same draw length now.

Interestingly, I haven’t noticed a huge difference in performance from the bow even with this crazy drop in draw weight, it is definitely less powerful, but it’s sending bolts about the same speed. I believe this could be a combination of a number of reasons.

#1 The bow is much more efficient with the energy it’s getting because it’s slightly longer than the original prod. This one is not intuitive to me at all, but reading a little bit from the Bower‘s Bible and their tests with different sizes of bows with the same poundage, and it shows that a shorter bow stacks more, and stores less energy, even though a longer bow has more limb mass, it still shoots an arrow faster.

#2 the string is rubbing less on the stock because the bow is longer and has more space for the angle in the socket to clear the stock, basically the string moves in a much straighter line rather than getting caught on the stock

#3 maybe with the original bow the limiting factor was not the poundage of the bow, but the speed of the Maplewood I was using, so basically with my original bow if I increase the bolt weight really high it would’ve delivered much more energy, but with a lightweight bolt, both bows are performing about the same because the speed of the bow is about the same, even though the poundage is different.

I always find this so interesting thinking about how the energy works with these bows, I know this is a post more suited to R/Bowyer, but I figured some people here might be interested in the mechanics of crossbows as well.

I've been shooting piledrivers out of my killer instinct boss 405 for around 5 years. I've killed a bunch of deer with them but the last 2 packs I bought the bolts have been breaking/cracking. I would like to try something new but, there are so many bolts on the market, I could use some suggestions on what you have had success with. Thanks.

I may need some sort of gloves for the purpose lol

Ended up hitting a tree, had to dig out a bit to unscrew the broadhead, my knife cut the end of the bolt a bit....is it done for?

I'm a woman buying my first crossbow. What would you suggest?

Desired features:

1. Decocking mechanism

2. Internal cocking device

3. Not too long, because my arms are short, also relatively lightweight

4. Between 100-150 draw weight

5. Decent enough scope included.

I am hunting turkey and deer. Budget is about $1000 or less.

Im looking too buy parts off anyone with an old sniper xt390 for the CenterPoint Sniper XT390 Picatinny Rail Assembly with Ball Retainer system.

I lost the ball and wanna know if anyone has the part because centerpoint won't ship to Canada for some reason even tho they do allegedly on Google.

Incase anyone is googling what the actual speed you might get from your ten point turbo X crossbow, I just sighted mine in with 458 gr total weight arrows (their “410gr” arrows and a 150gr field tip) and got a consistent 388fps range was 387.9-390, most shots were 388.x Which is toward the bottom of what the range master 100 scope it comes with can be adjusted to (minimum speed is 380).

If you have any questions I can try to answer them.

Bolts, whatever lol

Progress on my 2nd custom crossbow. The stock is carved from solid acacia wood and decorated with woodburning (pyrography). The bow is made from a single leaf cut and ground from an LKW truck leaf spring pack. The leaf spring is secured to the stock with 2 custom tensioners that can be adjusted with threaded bolts for stability and to correct any alignment issues if the spring pulls to one side. I also built a custom cranequin (winch) to cock the crossbow, as the draw weight is approx. 200 kg (will measure precisely later). The stirrup is detachable, which makes winch-cocking easier for me and protects the nose of the stock when placed on concrete. Heavy-duty structural steel linkages, cold-blued plates, and the nut housing complete with custom-tapped threads. Securely put together with solid screws. Remaining tasks for the project: bushing the left side of the trigger sear, cutting the two long threaded bolts to length, adding one missing pin, complete wood carving and woodburning on the other side of the stock (Kraken design coming there!), final oiling of the stock, fabricating a trigger guard protective plate where the lever enters the stock, finishing the arrow track/groove, making the arrow retainer/clip, adding a protective plate/mini-ramp where the cranequin base meets the stock, finish-stitching the leaf spring protective jacket, and crafting the actual arrows. The full video of installing this mechanism into the carved acacia stock with pure workshop ASMR sounds is available here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJ4xMkzxFI4

New video updates and technological steps regarding this build will be coming continuously to the YouTube channel! Have a great day ahead!