I guess it kind of depends on your physical condition. Can you bench press a Buick? If so hand cocking a Micro should be no problem. Just kidding. I hand cock every other bow I have, however my Micro Axe is hard to cock even with the rope cocker.

 

I could hand cock my 90 lb draw Apex when I had it..I can't imagine trying to cock any of the new ones without, at least, a rope cocker.
I could probably hand cock an older style Vixen II..but not without gloves on..

 

Yeah I didn’t use a rope cocker very much with my vixen 2 and I don’t with my dads matrix grizzly But it looks like the poundage on the new micros jump up a good amount.

 

I have a old Criss bow and the draw on it is 150lbs I only ever cocked it by hand and the bow was longer as well, and I was younger and smaller back then lol.

 

If your man enough but you really should use the cocking rope it’s easy to apply uneven pressure by hand which will actually twist the crossbow and perform poorly using the rope maintaining even pressure will improve accuracy


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25"wide & 270# I doubt it

 

I found the exc. charger crank to be a worrthwhile device. Just be certain to use the hand strap and triple check that the cranks rear stock anchor pin is engaged-if not the crank with pop off half way to full draw and break something (like your scope). it also works great for uncocking the the xbow while in the field.