Kinda new here as I just got my user/pw straightened out today. Heres a little simple mod and a flaw I found in the Jaguar from Rural king. I also play with my Barnett Panzer 5 which is fun too as I'm new to crossbows. But I posted this in another topic but thought those who bought one might find it useful. I'm a single parent with 2 kids who doesn't have alot of $$$ to toss out on a high dollar xbow. I see alot of them flying off the shelf at Rural King so I decided to try one. I was impressed but there seemed to be a few design flaws causing premature string wear.
So here you go. It'll WILL NOT make the xbow unsafe as your only rounding down 2 corners and polishing some with emory clothe.For the money the Jaguar is good.$129 at Rural King.Keep kill shots under 30 yd. If you don't have $500-$900 to blow. Some preps are needed though. Remove the top weaver rail(allen with the lock nut) and lift it up, there is a spring under it so watch for it. all that springs does is keeps tension on the weaver rail pivot. Under that you'll see a phillips screw going into the stock(rear) and a allen screw holding the top cover down. Taken them out and lift up slowly as theres a greasy ball bearing with a spring under it, thats the safety detent ball(i think thats what it called). Once its out of the way you can see the upper trigger and release. The release holds the string, thats the U shaped bracket that the bolt nock slips through. That string is under tremendous stress and the back of that U bracket is sharp. When the trigger is pulled that string rides right over the top with it rubbing the backside of it and the corners. File the corners and use a little emery cloth to round it out.Do both back corners as theres plenty of surface to hold the string back. You just want those corners smoothed or round down to keep from cutting into the center serving. Put it back together in reverse order, test it. Now the string will last much longer. I found this out after having to take my string off and take it Bass Pro to reserve the center. Those edges just created friction like a dull knife. After they reserved it for $10 till I could get a new string order I shot it about 40-50 times testing different length bolts and the string still looks great. Be sure to use rail lube on the serving before putting it on, work it in good with your fingers. I have a blast shooting mine. And its more accurate than my Panzer 5 at 20-30yds sinking my 16" and 17" 125 gr head bolts into a 2-3" circle on the Yellow Jacket target. Hope it helps you out. JR
So here you go. It'll WILL NOT make the xbow unsafe as your only rounding down 2 corners and polishing some with emory clothe.For the money the Jaguar is good.$129 at Rural King.Keep kill shots under 30 yd. If you don't have $500-$900 to blow. Some preps are needed though. Remove the top weaver rail(allen with the lock nut) and lift it up, there is a spring under it so watch for it. all that springs does is keeps tension on the weaver rail pivot. Under that you'll see a phillips screw going into the stock(rear) and a allen screw holding the top cover down. Taken them out and lift up slowly as theres a greasy ball bearing with a spring under it, thats the safety detent ball(i think thats what it called). Once its out of the way you can see the upper trigger and release. The release holds the string, thats the U shaped bracket that the bolt nock slips through. That string is under tremendous stress and the back of that U bracket is sharp. When the trigger is pulled that string rides right over the top with it rubbing the backside of it and the corners. File the corners and use a little emery cloth to round it out.Do both back corners as theres plenty of surface to hold the string back. You just want those corners smoothed or round down to keep from cutting into the center serving. Put it back together in reverse order, test it. Now the string will last much longer. I found this out after having to take my string off and take it Bass Pro to reserve the center. Those edges just created friction like a dull knife. After they reserved it for $10 till I could get a new string order I shot it about 40-50 times testing different length bolts and the string still looks great. Be sure to use rail lube on the serving before putting it on, work it in good with your fingers. I have a blast shooting mine. And its more accurate than my Panzer 5 at 20-30yds sinking my 16" and 17" 125 gr head bolts into a 2-3" circle on the Yellow Jacket target. Hope it helps you out. JR
