Thread: Crossbow

Originally Posted by Sauer

My son has a Ravin R29X with the crank arming mechanism. He regularly hunts in South Westland with it and has never had any issues with it getting wet. I would be very surprised if the mechanism had any parts made from an iron based alloy that were able to “rust up”.

In practice it is a simple method for silently cocking and un-cocking a very powerful crossbow.

sauer I watched a American video last year where this chap had it happen with his crossbow, can't remember the brand now but he showed stripping it down and where the problem was, it was from memory something to do with the cranking system which had rusted and jammed it, not saying it happens with all crossbows, but I do wonder how much water gets into the internal workings especially with the ribbon type