![]() ![]() I took careful aim just beneath the neck, trusting the accuracy of the crossbow would still be as wonderful as it was during my range session. The first day out, I saw a group of turkeys in my field, and set up to bag a nice tom. I took the Vapor turkey hunting, and fitted my arrows with wide broadheads. The Bowjax crossbow noise dampening kit and string dampening system make this one quiet crossbow! Both at the range and in the field, I did not hear the Vapor much louder than even the compound crossbows I was shooting beside. This is more than enough power to take down the largest legal game animals in North America, even the formidable grizzly bear! of kinetic energy, making it one of the most powerful crossbows available. I can honestly say that this is the narrowest crossbow I have ever carried, and the narrow width makes a world of difference from the tree stand. The crossbow is only 17.5” axle-to-axle uncocked, and a bare 12.6” cocked. One very nice feature of this crossbow for hunting is the Parallel Limb Technology TenPoint employs. ![]() Add a padded sling, and this weight can be pretty easily distributed across your shoulders. without the scope and quiver, but comes in around 8.5 pounds fully loaded. From as far as 40 yards, I could probably use this crossbow as a nail driver. In reality, I probably could have maintained 0” groupings from 20 and 40 yards after I ripped apart the fletchings on several arrows, I started aiming at different spots to prevent damaging more arrows. At 60 yards, my groupings fell within a 2” circle. To be specific, I was able to maintain half-inch groupings at 20 yards, and 1” groupings from 40 yards. Let me just say this: I had to replace the fletchings on several arrows because of how accurate this crossbow is! Once I had the scope sighted in, which only took a couple of shots, I was able to start testing the accuracy of the crossbow. I had to prop my target block up against an iron stake driven into the ground to keep it from being knocked over with every shot. This is a mighty powerful crossbow, which is surprising, given its small stature. The TenPoint Vapor flings arrows off the rail at 360 fps with 118 ft. I would almost rather have the sling included than the crossbow case, since I already own several crossbow cases and prefer hard cases anyways. With everything that comes with this crossbow, I was a bit surprised at the lack of a padded sling. Still, assembly of this crossbow was quick and easy, and I had it ready for the range in about 15 minutes. The riser does have very tight tolerances, so it took several minutes to get it properly aligned on the stock. All that is required is to mount the riser onto the stock and attach the quiver. The TenPoint Vapor comes out of the box with the scope already mounted and bore-sighted. 6 420-gran crossbow arrows with field tips.3-arrow ambidextrous quick-detach quiver. ![]()
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