Pretty Doesn’t Get It Done
You’ve heard the comment, “Pretty doesn’t get it done!” What does that mean? It means just because it looks good or pretty doesn’t mean it’s going to perform.
Take a hunting dog for instance, when someone is trying to convince you that you need this dog to retrieve your birds and they say she’s purdy! Just because she’s purdy doesn’t mean she’s going to retrieve. You’d be daft to take her expecting her appearance to bring home the bacon! You want to see how she performs. Ask for an in person experience or if they have hard evidence by means of paperwork, photos, and/or videos.
How does that transfer to crossbows? When you’re shopping for crossbows do you look for the prettiest one, slap it in your cart and check out? If so, I’m guessing it’s just going to be a wall ornament or you’re buying it for someone else and have no idea what you’re doing? Am I right?
Focus, Focus, Focus!
Focus on the descriptions and specifications! You’ll find out the more important information about the crossbow that will help you narrow down your choices. Let’s take a look at the TenPoint Turbo X Crossbow. Let’s get past the fact that it comes in two different color options. The Vektra Camo or Moss Green are both great options but, that is still the appearance not the performance.
If you were to read up about this one you would find that the total weight is 6.8 lbs and from axle to axle while uncocked is 13 inches but cocked is 9.5 inches. Why is that important? Maybe your blind has a window that measures twelve inches, I can hear the noise now! Your limbs smack the edges of your window at the squeezing of the trigger scaring the raisins out of you and the game. You must know the fit of your equipment!
Comfort Is Key
The comfort is massively important, it’s lightweight at less than seven pounds, ambidextrous, meaning good for either hand. The max draw weight is 230 lbs but it comes with the ACUslide crank cocking and decocking system which only takes five pounds of force to use, that’s comforting!
Another aspect of performance is energy, it’s your responsibility to equip yourself with a tool that is capable of ethically doing the job! Good news for the consumer, most crossbows are made with sufficient energy to take anywhere from small to large game. This one has a max velocity of 415 feet per second and 157 foot pounds of energy, more than enough!
The trigger is a two stage non-adjustable trigger with 3.5 lbs of pull weight, there should be no accidental shots. This package also comes with the Rangemaster 100 scope, a Sentry bow hanger, scope struts, a three arrow quiver and to fill the quiver, three Pro Elite 400 Carbon Arrows.
You’re A Decorator
This crossbow offers velocity, energy, ease of use and comfort but you wouldn’t know that if you just looked at the picture and said oh, that’s purdy let’s get it! Unless it’s only going to be a decoration, and this goes for everything, EVERYTHING, in life, get past the pretty part and find out about it in more detail and then you’ll have an idea of how it performs!
