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I'm on another site called crossbow nation. Any questions or information you need can be answered by the members there.
I'm on another site called crossbow nation. Any questions or information you need can be answered by the members there.
I don't know much about crossbows so I am likely very wrong here, but I always thought they shed energy pretty rapidly. So the ranges you you would be using them would likely be ranges where light ML loads would be fine i'd have thought?
Elk aren't made of steel, I haven't shot one myself but there is a lot of literature out of New Zealand from the guys who hunted them extensively and they always noted that an elk bull was easier to out down than a red stag. I've shot quite a few reds with the ML and with proper shot placement at reasonable ranges they die quick. I think I read you prefer shots within 50 yards or so, I'd call that close.
I'm sure there are plenty of options of bore size bullets around 300gr that would do the job behind a shootable load of powder.
I'm not at all trying to put you off the crossbow, just offering encouragement for the ML.
That reminds me of a similar shot I took with my Ibex Excalibur. I just missed a big doe, shot went under her, but I dead centered a cow pie!!My longest shot was at 40 yards.
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