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Offline T.R.

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Home built crossbow
« on: May 14, 2009, 01:30:32 PM »
Has anyone reading this ever built their own crossbow?

My Uncle Bill and me each own modern factory-made crossbows.  But I found an older Browning compound bow for $10. at a yard sale and we initiated this project.  Trigger mechanism is still on paper only at this point.  I planned a medieval style lever operated spool type release but Bill wants to incorporate a modern archery wrist type of release into the stock.

I'll post photos when our little project is complete.  Goal is to make this a fun target shooting crossbow.  Length is not conducive to hunting.

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Re: Home built crossbow
« Reply #1 on: May 14, 2009, 01:35:30 PM »
why not take a clapper style release mount it tot he stick and leathern the trigger.
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Re: Home built crossbow
« Reply #2 on: May 15, 2009, 04:11:03 AM »
What is a clapper style release?

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Re: Home built crossbow
« Reply #3 on: May 15, 2009, 04:15:28 AM »
it is a release that vertical bow hunters use. it has a set of jaws thet hold the string and when the archer is ready to fire he tuches the trigger and the jaws open and the string is set loose.
 this is just one style     http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/links/link.jsp?id=0014575&type=pod&cmCat=cat600332_feat
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