"and maybe effective range on a crossbow might not be 100 yards, it still is more than a bow."
I don't know about that one. I'm not saying your wrong but last year my uncle bought an excaliber cross bow. We were set up at 60 yards and shooting into a solid foam taget(common density). I shoot a switchback 60#, 30" draw with 300 grain arrows 100gr feild tip. I know my arrows are moving around 285fps, don't know anything about the cross bow. Everytime we shoot my arrow wound penatrate the target at least 2 inches farther...FACT. Even if you think about it like a bullet and it's bullistic coeficient an arrow has to be better than a bolt from a cross bow? I just don't understand how a cross bow, down range, can out do todays compound bows. Not to mention my switchback is hardly the best bow(for speed and power) to compair to a top of the line cross bow. I guess i could be wrong... it's happened before.
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