Need help from the crossbow guys.......

[dennishoddy]

Not on mine.

Porter, what model do you have?

Perhaps the bolts you bought have fletchings that are too high? I bought the factory bolts when buying the Xbow, and have stayed with the same style and length when putting new fletching on them.

 

[Porter]

What do you see when you cock it, put in a bolt, and with the safety on, push the bolt up the ramp, and watch the fletching do its thing?

It doesn't touch. No matter which way I rotate it. There's no rhyme or reason as to why or how it is contacting the riser.

 

[Porter]

From everything I've read, there is not supposed to be any contact with the vanes. In fact this seems to not be a very common issue based on my research online. I'm shooting the Ibex model with the factory Easton bolts and 150g field tips that come with it.

 

[TwoForFlinching]

Try different bolts.

 

[doctorjj]

Is it just those pics or does the riser, where it meets the rail, stick up higher than the rest of the rail? Shouldn't those surfaces be flush?

 

[The German]

are you cocking it by hand or with an aid? Maybe it is not cocking straight???

 

[dennishoddy]

Try different bolts.

This could be an issue as well. Perhaps the bolts your using don't have enough spine, and are flexing coming off the ramp. I know Excalibur recommends 150 grain broad heads, and that's what I've been using. Maybe the bolts are designed for lighter broad heads?

The bolts I bought from Excalibur don't have a rooster fletching, so its pretty much put them anywhere.

 

[Porter]

are you cocking it by hand or with an aid? Maybe it is not cocking straight???

Turns out this was the issue. Even though I am using a cocking aid, it was still not lining up straight. I didn't really pay close attention to this because I thought using the aid would take all the guess work out of it. Like I said in the original post, I'm new to this. LOL.

I've got it dialed in nicely now with zero issues.

Thanks to everyone who offered their assistance! Much appreciated!!!!

 

[Bulls eye]

Man I never use a cocking rope. Just line my thumbs up with rail on each side a pull her back. Done it that way for 4 years, no problems...

 

[The German]

Man I never use a cocking rope. Just line my thumbs up with rail on each side a pull her back. Done it that way for 4 years, no problems...

That is what I do too, until last year I bought a rope and it ended up being recalled, so I took it back and did not get another. It does make it easier, but I do not have problems doing it by hand.