

May not sound fast to an airgunner, but in the world of crossbows, The bow is rated to shoot these around 340-350 fps. I weighed one of the arrows (they are called bolts when used with aĬrossbow) and got 418.1 grains. That package retails for $1,699, which is on the high end for crossbows, With rings, a cloth carrying case, a quiver, a bubble level and sixĢ0-inch carbon fiber bolts (arrows) that weigh just over 400 grains. That's the bow, a 1.5-5X32 Hawke crossbow scope

Would! I contacted Mission Crossbows and the people there sent me the When I sent my SHOT Show report to Firearms News in January, theĮditor asked if I would like to write a feature about the Sub-1. Surprise, both arrows landed on target and close to each other! Shot the bow twice from the bench at a target 90 yards away. With 24 patents covering it, the Sub-1 is in a class by itself. Surprised at the crispness and didn't learn until later that most It lies somewhereīetween that and a Geissele that's been properly adjusted. Little lighter than an AR-15 National Match trigger. Had nothing to compare this trigger to at the time, but it's a Told to hold the main crosshair on it and squeeze the match trigger. Actually, thisīow cocks more easily than a number of break-barrels I can name.Īfter proving my manliness, I was invited to take a shot, andĬuriosity got the better of me. To hold the barrel at the muzzle for the best leverage. It's not thatĭifferent from cocking a mega-magnum break-barrel air rifle and learning At the end of theĭraw, you are holding perhaps 20 lbs. Rope) has passed, the bow becomes quite easy to draw. (roughly half the draw weight, because of the cocking-assist Theĭynamics have been worked out, and once the heaviest resistance of aboutġ00 lbs. Just grab both handles of the cocking assist rope and stand up.

Surprisingly, when I tried it, the bow cocked with relative ease! Of had to, after he told me that his 13-year-old daughter could do it.Īt three score and ten, I may not be in my prime, but when it comes toĬocking a crossbow, I ought to be able to keep up with a teenaged girl. But the guy knew his stuff, andīefore long, he had me cocking the bow that has a 200-pound draw. Was so accurate, there was a real danger of doing just that?Īt the 2018 SHOT Show Media Day at the Range this year, I let myĮyes linger too long on one table at the range and found myselfĬonversing with an engineer from Mission Crossbows about a curiousĬrossbow the company has. Long as they weren't damaged? And what if the gun that shot them What if your bullets could be recovered and used again and again, as In fact, it is so important to put them all insideĪn inch, that over the course of 80 years or so, the number of shots inĪ group has dwindled from 10 in the 1920s, to just three at the turn ofīut what if there was a real reason for only shooting three shots? The one-inch group at 100 yards is the Holy Grail of many who shoot Retrieved from Ĭan a Crossbow Group Like a Centerfire at 100 Yards? The Sub-1 Can! APA style: MISSION CROSSBOW'S SUB-1 CROSSBOW.MISSION CROSSBOW'S SUB-1 CROSSBOW." Retrieved from
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