Barnett Buckmaster Crossbow

A friend of mine Jeffery came over this weekend and asked if he could get some help with the sighting in of his new Barnett Buck Commander Crossbow. I told him that would be great because I had a new target made by NeverWear Archery that we could sight it in on.

Let me tell you a little about Jefferey's new crossbow. It  shoots a whopping 365 fps with 125 foot pounds energy. It weighs 9 lbs  with a magnesium riser, and 15" power stroke. The Barnett Buck Commander Crossbow is 36" long, and 24" wide, with a 175 lbs draw weight. THe Barnett Buck Commander Crossbow that comes with a rope cocking device to assist the shooter in cocking the bow. This model also comes with a no dry fire feature. If the crossbow does not have a bolt in it , it can not be taking off of safety. The scope comes with an illuminated reticle that can be changed to black, red or green with three brightness setting and also has a bolt drop compensation built in. We chose to sight this scope in at 10-20-30-40 yards. The bolts we were using came with the crossbow. Barnett recommends that the total weight of the bolt and tip come in at at least 445 grains. Anything  lower than that would start to resemble a dry fire.To meet there requirement Jefferey went with the 125 gram Rage Slip cam broadhead. When Jefferey purchased the Rage broad heads it only came with one practice  tip, so we decided to use regular 125 grain field tips for the initial sighting in.Then we could  fine tune the crossbow with the Rage practice tip.

We set up my NeverWear target at 10 yards and shot our first bolt. I was really surprised at the fact that the bolt made more noise hitting the target than the crossbow going off. The bolt hit a little high and a little right so we made our adjustments and fired a second shot. The second shot moved a little closer but not quite there. Once again we make our adjustments and fire. This time the bolt finds it mark. Then we moved out to 20 yards. With the built in bolt compensation all that was required of us was to use the second circle down in the scope. No problem, the bolt hits the 20 yard dime size bullseye dead on. This was the same story at 30 and 40 yards. Now its time to shoot the Rage practice tip. Once again we start at 10 yards just to make sure we don't loose our only slip cam practice tip. Once we get the practice tip dialed in, there is just no missing the bullseye. So if your in the market for a new crossbow take a look at the Barnett Buck Commander at http://www.barnettcrossbows.com/compoundcrossbows/buck_commander.html.