I made a wood crossbow body but all I need is a bow which I want to be metal. I've used a thin steel sheet that I cut to appropriate size but when it bent with the string strung, it never went to original shape after being shot. I used a slightly thicker and it wouldn't bend at all. Anybody know what thickness and type to use? Any real answers are very appreciated. Thanks.
You are trying to use plain carbon steel which only can be bent a little bit if it is to return to its original shape. You have to use spring steel or high carbon steel that is intended to be bent a lot and still recover to its original shape. Most people making crossbows with metal bows get a piece of steel from a leaf spring of a vehicle and grind it to shape. A steel bow cross bow almost always needs a very strong trigger mechanism and a miniature wench to pull the steel bow string into position. You might be better off making the bow of wood.
So i do know way more about compound bows than I do about crossbows, but i'm going to enterprise an opinion. For my part, i would probably lean toward the compound bow. A part of it's only that i like them higher. However, moreover to that, more often than not when you find yourself hunting you will carry the crossbow loaded, on the grounds that the are typically awkward to load when you have the shot. If you're hunting from a blind or from a tree stand (and might figure out easy methods to load the item whilst you're up there) that's almost always ok. But when you need to tote a crossbow round whilst it's loaded, that may be a bit dicier proposition. Most crossbow safeties are lovely crude making the likelihood of by chance firing one alot bigger than with a rifle. Now, to the plus facet, a crossbow has essentially the entire upside of firing a rifle - best accuracy, same ergonomics, can run a scope on them. Without the downside - no real recoil, no longer too loud and you simply have a lovely excellent trigger on about any of them. Compounds are way more work. Plus it is much tougher to be accurate under stress with a compound than a crossbow. Regarding the protection? Don't particularly find out about that. After I was once doing shooting alot of archery, my 3 - D bow for outdoor stuff was once at ninety two pounds with a fifty five% letoff. My goal bow was once round 60. I had to pretty on the whole take care of string stretch, and tuning with the three - D bow. So i'd expect a crossbow to be in that regional. 5 hours to your nearest Bass pro? Good for a crossbow perhaps it's valued at it because no longer too many places raise them. Nonetheless, should you do back to a compound bow it appears rough to feel that would be your nearest archery professional shop. Thinkingblade
