dont you agree that its scary to buy and shoot those super cheap xbows? cheap = weak materials. I am afraid that those might just explodes into pieces in your face. just my 2 cents.

 

I don't know!THats why I'm looking for info.If that was the case,,, I certainly would not go down that road.

 

Yah, it's enough to take a deer if you get close enough. But so will a thrown spear...

A 1986 Plymouth Reliant in running condition will get you to the mall, but you have to ask yourself, is it something I want to rely on?

Do yourself a favor and go to a shop and test fire a few "brand name" bows to compare with the Man Kung, and then decide for yourself whether the money you save is worth it.

 

Maybe I should mention I shoot Hortons.So I am not a goofball.My current set up is a Horton Hawk,,,that I modified with Legend wheels,My 150 Hawk is now a 165'er.It's all I need.
I'm lookin to set my 85 year old father up.They are very light/compact.

 

In my experience ... 320gr is closing in on too light. I killed deer at 312gr & 317fps & 70KE and wasn't satisfied with the performance! Bumped up to a 341gr arrow and it made a world of difference. In my opinion a 320gr arrow traveling at 219fps is at best a 15 to 20 yard proposition and that's with a dead-nuts broadside and with a high quality cut on contact broadhead. I wouldn't dream of shooting a deer at 30 yards with it.

 

Most of these have an 11" powerstoke @150lbs.The 2018's were layin around,so thats what I started with.I did shoot the 85grain Magnus Buzzcut into my Glen-Del target to get an idea on penetration.Went in quite a ways.But,,


POINT WELL TAKEN!!!

 

By the way it takes at least 36 ft lbs to pass through a deer, even then it would only work in perfect, next to impossible to get shooting conditions. Also, The fps is muzzle velocity,you have to remember that the velocity and KE drops somewhat after the arrow gets out from the bow a short distance.

 

Man Kung looks similar to the Jaguar 175 I have. Mine is accurate and fun to shoot, but noisy and slow. Cabela's had a Horton for about the same price but is faster compound and not as loud. I shoot 20in arrows with no problem, some owners were trying to locate the shorter arrows.

 

i own a old wham-o xbow that i don't shoot because i'm afraid it will blow up in my face. my butcher gave it to me. i don't want to be rude but i think your dad and the deer deserve better. man kung means junk to me. i hope i haven't offended you but that is a marginal bow.

 

I have a mint condition WHAM-O-POWER MASTER and gave a couple away, They are not legally allowed to shoot, court order from March 24th 1977. Aluminum rails started to fold up like pretzels from metal fatigue. Triggers were also recalled do to letting go the shot from the springs breaking under tension.

 

I have cooled down,,I'm ok now,,,,,,,you perhaps can relate,,,thanks everyone for the replies!!!!

 

I had one once and accuracy to 20 yards was good, however accuracy began to fall off over 25 yards and I started to develop problems with the cheap trigger and safety. I sold it. Now I have a Tenpoint GT flex. Yes its quite a bit more money but well worth it in quality and accuracy. Can't go wrong with the Excaliburs either. :shade:

 

Something about having a lot of stored energy within cheap materials close to my face would turn me off to any bow like this.

I value my good looks.. :wink:

 

http://www.archery-manufacturer.com/crossbow.htm

They have a pretty big selection of different models... And yes they are very inexpensive, $89 for the 150lb recurve model...

 

I killed a nice 8pt in southern ky this yr with a 150pd man kung 6018 bolts with 100gr allen broadheads. He was about 20yds out and it was a complete pass through shot.
I really like mine.

 

I almost forgot I'm planning on gettin 1for my wife pretty soon.

 

This is mine. As accurate as a slingshot by a blind man. Nice 12 pound trigger in it. Even has a BOO string on it. Was using it for playing darts in the house but you never knew where the arrow was going. Now have real light weight crossbows that if it does not hit where you want, you know it is not the crossbow.

 

Yep, looks like a "why did I buy this junk"... To each their own...

 

here is my thought. someone is going to get badly
injured or killed by one of those cheap crossbows.
this is just my opinion, and probably not worth a lot.

 

I don't see anyone getting hurt. I removed the 150lb limbs and replaced with 125lb limbs. I have been hurt almost every way with my top brands of crossbows. Hit my thumb, had rope cocker around my neck and one hook still attached to string, dryfires which hurt my pride. All crossbows are dangerous.

 

I don't see anyone getting hurt. I removed the 150lb limbs and replaced with 125lb limbs. I have been hurt almost every way with my top brands of crossbows. Hit my thumb, had rope cocker around my neck and one hook still attached to string, dryfires which hurt my pride. All crossbows are dangerous.

You have certainly been shooting crossbows longer than I have.. While I'll agree to a certain point on the highlighted I believe given proper and periodic maintenance and forethought crossbows are only as dangerous as people make them.

Please don't take this as "throwing rocks", because that's not what it is, but who's fault was it that you hit your thumb, or left cocking rope around your neck or dry-fired your bow. While I know there's always the "exception", I believe that if "you" went back and researched all crossbow accidents you would find that the shooter was at fault the vast majority of time.

 

You are right. Always target shooting and usually a few beer in there. LOL

 

the thing about cheap.........is that until you have shot the high dollar innovative stuff, you will not ever know the difference between the 2
so in reality this thread kind of answers it self.


having said that......a reliant K car beets walking anytime.