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RUGER

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I have a crossbow that I borrowed from a friend last year since I can't pull my bow back anymore.

I got it out last week and shot it a couple of times.

He told me he couldn't remember if the dots were 10, 20 and 30 or if they were 20, 30 and 40.

I shot a coyote with it last year and it was dead on.

I replaced the battery before I shot the other day and I put the top dot on the center dot of a block target.
The target was set at 20 yards and the bolt hit very near the bottom of the target, about 10" low.

I then put the second dot on the center spot and shot again.
It hit higher but missed the target completely to the right. :eek:

Why would the sight be off so bad after a year of setting up????

Gonna try to re-sight it in, maybe this evening.

Where would you sight the dots in?
10, 20 and 30 or would you go 20, 30 and 40?

It is a tenpoint crossbow and when he bought it I think he had like $1,200 in the whole rig, so I assume it is thumping pretty good.

I just don't have any experience with them.
 
Unfortunately Xbows don't behave the same as rifles. A good rifle and scope "should" be still zeroed in after a year of sitting in the safe. A crossbow on the other hand can change point of impact after sitting for a year. Not always but more so than a rifle. Strings stretch, limbs get a little weaker, etc. Almost every year my bow will shoot a little differently than it did at the end of the season. I don't know how my new Matrix will behave, but time will tell.
Of course your scope might be the problem. Only way to tell is to re-zero and fling a few bolts down range.
I sight my bows in a little differently than most but it suits the way I hunt. I zero my top crosshair an inch high at 20 yds which gives me about a 30 yard zero. Second crosshair is good to 35 yds, the third one is about dead on at 40 and the fourth is zeroed for 50.
 
I shot it again a couple times this evening.

First shot was a dead bullseye at 10.

Second shot was a dead bullseye at 20.

I came to the conclusion that the other day when I shot, I was resting it on the deck rain and the monkey grass affected the string maybe?

Anyway, looking better. :D
 

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