Rich, can you find out the name of the tougher serving you had put on your crossbow. I just built a stringing jig, and started building my own strings.

You have one of the best common sense channels on all of KZfaq. No agenda, no sales pitch, no trophy envy. Just good honest information for the rest of us. I haven't purchased my first crossbow yet (have to sell a long gun first), but have learned a bunch from watching your channel. Thanks.

Extremely professional , I refer your videos to all of hunting buddies !

Thank you Rich. I really appreciate your channel. I have recently bought a crossbow and want to use it for hunting next season. I am a rifle hunter, but want to expand my skill and a crossbow seems to be a great addition to my arsenal. It is difficult to find a channel on KZfaq that covers the basics of crossbow hunting so well and is NOT run by complete hillbillies with thick accents. You now have an excited follower all the way from South Africa :-)

I'm new to crossbows and just bought an Excalibur 308 Short that I love. Being in Texas, even in November-December we can have temps in the 80's and low 90's. I could see the instance that the wax simply melts off the string, so needing to check your string for wax more often.

I used synthetic "Asian" power steering fluid to wet my rail... Couldn't find anything else. And it fits the criteria. A clear mostly odorless thin oil. Seems to have worked pretty good.

My hunting friends are watching your videos, love the common sense approach to crossbows and crossbow hunting. Keep em coming we’re eating up thee videos.

I'm brand new to crossbows, had a compound bow for the last few years, but very impressed by your video. Very informative and professional. Great stuff man!

DbB, just upgraded my old Middleton 330 to a brand spankin' new Excalibur Micro 360 TD Pro. Can't wait for it to arrive and anxious to mess with it. Diggin' your channel. Subbed. Back in the 80's when I was a Bow Hunter Education Instructor team leader, we used to do a segment we called "The Great Bow Debate". I presented the "pros" of my Howard Hill Big Five bamboo longbow, and one of my guys talked the "cons". He then presented the "pros" of his new fangled compound bow with all the bells and whistles. I then got to present the "cons" to his "contraption". At the very end I would drop my bow onto the table- not quite throwing it- and dare him to do the same with his compound. He quite smartly never took me up on the challenge. (I mean, what could possibly go wrong? **WinK**) And THAT, my Friend, is why I believe that Excalibur crossbows roCk. Hunt safely, my Friends!

I'm going back through some of your older videos, where I started, and enjoying them.

Picked up my first crossbow this week at Cabela's!! The Excalibur axe 340 micro. I've noticed over the past couple weeks everytime I get a little free time I'm searching for and watching your videos! So just wanted to say THANK YOU! they are VERY INFORMATIVE and entertaining. Keep them coming! B from Indiana

Great videos. I have had my PSE crossbow for 2 years and these videos are a must for any new user. Thank you.

This is very informative, you remind me of John Candy from uncle buck 🤣🤣 I have a killer instinct lethal 405 crossbow coming soon so all your videos definitely help me understand what I need to know

Jeez, your crossbow looks so nice and simple, I have a compound so it makes things look more complicated. I do prefer the tactical look of mine but for the purpose of maintenance and ease of operation I’m a bit jealous :P

I'm going to pick up my first Xbow tomorrow and this is very good info! Thanks so much!

I hit that Bell. Got a Barnett whitetail hunter STR coming tommorw. I'm new to crossbows and learning alot from your videos. Thanks from Tennessee, Chad.

nice info..you are correct.on servings less wax is better as claws can dig into the soft servings and wear the servings ..You do not want real soft servings and some bows like micros have a very steep angle on servings with claws ..like you said just a little wax on your fingers rubbed in with fingers on servings ....

Just bought my 1st crossbow! Thank you for the very good instructions and information!

great info. properly waxing string and keeping rail lubed is the easiest and most important thing to keep crossbows maintained. Yet I still see some people I hunt with with dry rails and dry string on their crossbows. only takes a few minutes.

That sled ride looked fun. Loved the crash.(What a great dad.)

You sir are my go to guy when I need info on these topics. Not trying to sell me anything. Much appreciated. Your thoughts on a reasonably priced range finder.

Thanks new to crossbows, just bought an Excaliber Bulldog and I love it. Thanks for all your informative videos, def worth a sub and thumbs up. Mike

Great vid! and very timely. I have always applied rail lube and wax to my string. However, the dealer where I bought my crossbow said to not wax the serving. And I think it is for the reason you stated - so that wax doesn't build up in the trigger mechanism. BTW it is a Mathews. The kids love it. My youngest daughter has hunted with my crossbow (and taken a couple of deer) and wants to shoot it all the time because it does't kick like a rifle!!

Thanks for the videos. Just bought a crossbow ,haven't got it yet. Trying to figure out how they work before it gets here. I want to know how to do it safely too. My brother in law lopped his thumb off twice in 2 weeks,the second time they couldn't sew it back on. This is true. I think he must have a older model. You have a lot of good information on your videos!!!

You explain things brilliantly, friend. Salut !

Excellent, informative videos. You're a great speaker too, clear and easy to understand..... subbed!

Thanks again sir. Good explanation. New to crossbow and it does help me a lot. Cheers.

As stated below I do own a excalibur and I do wax the serving it helps the trigger catch from wearing at it.

Got my first crossbow, string got eaten up with less then 40 shots and i decided to take it off. I took some fine sanding paper and decided to take away all the rough edges from the crossbow instead of breaking it in naturally. The crossbow is built so the string pushes down on the rail, so some extra wear and tear is expected, but this was going a bit fast for my taste. Now I'm trying to figure out how to preserve my string, i just put on a new string because it came with two strings, but i cannot afford a new string every day practicing.

Good info RIch... Looks like your over 2000 subs congrats!!!!

Thank you for your videos very informative, I’m new to crossbow in Northern Calif. I decided to get a hunting crossbow Excaliber G340 and wanted to know how to do maintenance and care of my new crossbow. Thanks again for you video and Aloha

great information! you're an awesome guy... thanks for all your videos! greetings from germany

I was told at a pro shop that waxing the serving causes it to loosen up and come undone. I've had my trigger mechanism get gummed up like you mention though

I own a Wicked Ridge Invader G3, and I was told not to wax the serving. However I've been given multiple different waxing and lubing times some have said as few as 5 shots other as many as 75-100. So I end up waxing the strings and lubing the rail after every 5 shots or after I'm finished using it

I bought the Excalibur axe 340 micro it's so cool! I was gonna get the axiom but I couldn't find the one like you got just the smf ones.

Great video, but please can the music. Good hunting bud

I'm definitely waxing my sled rails!

Yes the accuracy and how would you accurately how would you make a crossbow with a 150 pound pole with the iron site how would you site it in I,m new to this and you are sold. dog at this.

Thanks Bunjie for the information.

I've called Excalibur about waxing the serving on my Micro 355 and received conflicting answers from two different people from the company.... so good luck with that.

Took a long time to get to the point and then no pictures of the actual work. I'm still not sure what "serving" is.

When putting my first crossbow together, I didn’t know what the plastic caps were for, I now know that they belong on the bow, where the strings wrap around the ends. Should I take it apart and put those plastic caps on?

You helped me very much. Thanks

7:15 your welcome

Great video, very informative thank you.

Im new into crossbow hunting. Im not sure of what broadheads to pick ⛏️ and choose, or what field tips to practice with. How do I get started. Thank you DRGII

Am I the only person who's thinking if wax is good to reduced friction, wouldn't a small amount of Mobile 1 synthetic bearing grease reduce the friction many many times better? Just because nobody uses it doesn't make it completely wrong, does it. What are your thoughts??

That IS a really nice crossbow bud !

lets say i only, only have wax meant for longbows...can i used that for my compound crossbow if i have no other option ?

love the channel.

Thanks

Back in the old days we would wax the string then rub it in with a piece of leather to melt it into the string my how times have changed and products have changed

Hi my name is gary taylor I'm trying to find out I have a 150 pound crossbow and it's an all in every the time. For these things that act right or do you have to fine tune

Love your channel

I wear out my excalibur cocking aid ropes frequently. I was wondering if I could preserve the cocking rope by waxing it as well. There’s a lot of friction at the buttstock where the string rides along the notch.

thanks for the tips all your videos are very informative. I do have a question have you posted a video about how to properly replace your crossbow string?

Put wax on my serving string as a newbie and ruined it because it spread the serving string apart and frayed the string :( never doing that again!

I just picked up a Killer Instinct Ripper 415. As I am new to all of this ( I used to shoot period recurve bows for show), I looked up the kinetic energy of the crossbow, and it came out at 168 ft/lbs. That is using the weight of the broadheads I bought, the stock arrows came out to 432 grains. Does that sound right? I only have a scale that has kitchen weights, grams and ozs?

WHEN I BOUGHT MY CARBON EXPRESS ON AROUND A FEW DAYS BEFORE BLACK FRIDAY 2019 ,I NOTICED I HAD A 5 OR LIL MORE STRANDS BROKE WHERE IT CONNECTS TO THE GLIDE ,NOW ALMOST 2 MONTHS LATER AND ABOUT 40 -50 SHOTS I NOTICE THAT THERE SEEMS TO BE A FEW MORE STRANDS BROKEN AND THE PIECES ARE ALMOST AN INCH LONG ,NOW IM WORRIED IT WILL BREAK ANY DAY NOW !!! I MEAN COME ON ,ITS BASICALLY BRAND SPANKING NEW !!!

Do you twist your string? I have an off brand Recurve Crossbow no manufacture in for available. How long is you bow string? What string do you use?

Hello DbB, I'm a newbie and know nothing about crossbows. I like your vids. They make sense. They seem well reasoned. I see that you do read the posts, which is cool by the way, Can you please offer your Bio-in-brief as it pertains to the crossbow? Thank you in advance, THT1GY

Now I'm confused because big companies like Barnett are starting to really push their all-in-one wax and Lube saying that the Technologies gotten better and that you don't have to use beeswax anymore. I really don't know what to think I just hope my wife doesn't think it's lip bomb LOL

I wax my rail 15-20 bolts but my serving is smoking and starting to wear. Crossbow is only a couple of months old.

Love your Videos " Thanks

I use bee's Wax

Big fan of your channel and was happy to see that we use the same x-bow. However I just retired my axiom, the size was starting to get to me. Anyway santa brought me an Excalibur micro 355. So far the size and speed are awesome just haven't gotten a chance to connect with it but soon I hope. Check one out I'm sure you'll love.

Came here to hear 'Don't just Gloouubb is Ooouwn'....but great was my disappointment. lol

Nice vid

I have an older Exocet crossbow. I was attempting to sell it a few years ago and got a private message from a guy that said the older Exocets are considered really well made, and I should consider keeping it. I did so, but was wondering if you ever heard of this? Anyway great channel, learned a lot about waxing and rail lube. :)

Why isn't anyone talking about 10:06. great editing lol

What if a string hasn't been waxed in a couple of years should you replace it or just wax it before you shoot it?

I was doing something else while listening but I may have missed you say this but is it possible to over wax your string?

For compound crossbows should we wax every month still of we are not shooting it and apply rail lube and clean or no ?

Can you use wax serving to wax the string ?

I seen some for 200 bucks. I may jump on one

Do you have any experience using a Trigger Tech trigger in an Excalibur?

in a pinch could i use some chapstick or lip balm?

do you take off the string of a compound crossbow ?

Thank you

I always use the best String Wax and Rail lube From Bohning. Just recently Whilst servicing my 2 Recurve Xbows I somehow Lost my Lightning lube. I used simoniz cockpit shine. WOW what a difference in FPS ( and no Different effect to Serving After At least 60 Plus Shots ) That tin of Anti-static Spray Will last me a lifetime. Got a Lemony smell. but my Xbow Ain't no lemon. Just spray Some Into the lid and rub it on With Your finger Hope that Helps. Love your channel .PS give Bunjie a shine.

Hey bud dont u think it's time for the bulldog?

I never saw Daryl Dixon do this !

My manufacturer is horton. They're out of buisness. I have a Safari magnum compound crossbow.

Do you think 150 pounds is good enough to kill deer or huge

Can you just get heavier limbs for you crossbow instead of retiring bunji

I use WD40 for the rail, works great.

bear x saga 405 says to lubricate the string serving and rail with the provided lubricant.

Can i use ordinary wax?

did you ever sell used cars? :-)