Archery Hunting Equipment » Crossbows http://archeryhunting-equipment.com Lowest Prices on Bowhunting Gear Mon, 09 Apr 2012 21:26:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Crossbows http://archeryhunting-equipment.com/crossbows/ http://archeryhunting-equipment.com/crossbows/#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:00:32 +0000 Bowhunter http://archeryhunting-equipment.com/?p=251 In modern day, the crossbow has largely evolved into a weapon for sport and recreation, but it's fearsome medieval heritage has unfortunately given rise to some misconceptions. The most common misconception is that a crossbow has long-range capabilities like a gun. IT DOESN'T! While the crossbow is often shouldered and fired much like a gun, that's where the similarities end. In spite of the cool advances in modern manufacturing and machining, the crossbow is still a primitive weapon. Today, the average crossbow generates roughly 80 ft-lbs of Kinetic Energy. By comparison, a run-of-the-mill .30-30 hunting rifle generates over 1200 ft-lbs of Kinetic Energy. So if you intend to use your crossbow for big-game hunting and you expect it's range and power to be like a modern powder weapon, you will surely be disappointed.

Regarding range and accuracy, the modern crossbow is actually more similar to the modern high-performance compound bow.

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