Should I unstring my Excalibur

[Rickinthepines]

I have unstrung mine every year since crossbow was legal, dont know why I started doing it but thats what I do and will continue. 

[BowhunterNJ]

3 hours ago, bushden said:

That's a great idea, I never heard of that but will mark my Parker Tornado this morning. Thanks for that advice.

The recurve design makes getting your Excalibur back into tune very easy.  It's only one bowstring, so a couple of twists and you can bring it back in between the marks and your yardages are all back on zeroed in where they were.  I've never tuned a compound style crossbow, so not sure if the same approach works or there's more to it.  On compound bows I've often marked the cams at rest where they cross the strings or limbs.  Manufacturers over the years started etching hash marks in their cams to do the same thing. 

[toxo]

I do,it's easy and can't hurt. Remember to take the pads off of the air brakes first. When I hunted with Trad bows you always unstring them.

Edited September 5, 2021 by Dinger

[hunterbob1]

3 minutes ago, toxo said:

I do,it's easy and can't hurt. When I hunted with Trad bows you always unstring them.

S.O.P.

[hunterbob1]

5 hours ago, BowhunterNJ said:

The recurve design makes getting your Excalibur back into tune very easy.  It's only one bowstring, so a couple of twists and you can bring it back in between the marks and your yardages are all back on zeroed in where they were.  I've never tuned a compound style crossbow, so not sure if the same approach works or there's more to it.  On compound bows I've often marked the cams at rest where they cross the strings or limbs. 

It's the same with a crossbow as any bows, depends on the string how many shots, yep don't do the chubby checker, 1-2 twist's max.

[ithaca10]

what do the manufactures have to say about unstringing? I think i would go with they have to say. I have a less expensive Centerpoint 370 and nothing says anything about unstringing.

[Lady Bird]

I unstring my exclibur every year after winter bow, restring in the summer.  Some minor adjustments, back dialed in. 

[Timbuk2]

I've never  unstring  my Excalibur crossbows in 10 years I  do put two  mark on rail for the brace height to retune in I think David at  wyverncreations told me he never unstrings his excalibur either just hang on a hook

[hammer4reel]

18 hours ago, toxo said:

I do,it's easy and can't hurt. Remember to take the pads off of the air brakes first. When I hunted with Trad bows you always unstring them.

Most trad guys never unstring their bows anymore .

 

[archer36]

4 minutes ago, hammer4reel said:

Most trad guys never unstring their bows anymore .

 

WOW! In my Recurve days, we always unstrung our bows after every hunt. I took Target Archery in College (yes I got Credits for it) and we always unstrung our bows. Is Trad that much different? 

[hammer4reel]

6 minutes ago, archer36 said:

WOW! In my Recurve days, we always unstrung our bows after every hunt. I took Target Archery in College (yes I got Credits for it) and we always unstrung our bows. Is Trad that much different? 

Me too , but since getting my Customs , the builders said there was no need to unstring them .

as long as they were even occasionally shot 

[toxo]

We were taught to use the step thru method,twisted more Bow limbs then it was worth! I still unstring my recurves but now we have the step on Bow stringer

[hunterbob1]

50 minutes ago, toxo said:

We were taught to use the step thru method,twisted more Bow limbs then it was worth! I still unstring my recurves but now we have the step on Bow stringer

When I was a kid stringing and unstringing my bow putting my leg through using my knee on the bottom limb found out that was a NO NO! Lenny Cardinal showed me the right way put the bottom one tip in your insole of your shoe I'm ready so hold the Riser in my left hand in an open hand push on the upper limb below the string loop pull the Riser handle and push against the limb and slide the string up to the tip at the same time. Yes I also had the stringer with the leather cups.

[Bergen Rick]

Ask 10 crossbow owners this question ....and you will get 12 answers.

I relax my Excalibur crossbow after every season . Just makes common sense ( to me)  to relax the  limbs/string & I  do it myself without the cost a compound crossbow ( unless you have a bow fixture $$$ ) owner will spend at a bow shop. This feature was one of the reasons I went with a recurve crossbow .