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TenPoint GT Mag Crossbow by Rusty Hallock
Back in the early 90’s, I spent most of the fall bow hunting. In After doing some research and talking to some friends that stayed current with archery equipment, I chose a TenPoint brand crossbow. Even though TenPoint offers crossbows in the compound configuration, I chose a recurve model (GT Mag) for its simplicity. The recurve crossbow is simple in design, but it can still deliver an arrow with speed and kinetic energy that will quickly kill a whitetail deer. The simple design of a recurve crossbow allows the hunter to easily change strings plus there are less moving parts, which is important to me. When I received my GT Mag from TenPoint, the scope was mounted and sighted in for 125 grain field points. After removing my new crossbow from its box, I was really pleased with the fit and finish of the crossbow. All TenPoint Crossbows are shipped with an excellent owners instructional DVD and booklet. The instructional booklet and DVD contain information regarding: safety instructions, assembly, maintenance and crossbow operation. Since this was my first crossbow, I made sure that I took the time to review both the booklet and DVD. Assembly, of my new GT Mag only took a few minutes. Since the manufacturer takes the time to mount the scope, the only assembly required was to attach the foot stirrup and limb. Even though my bow was factory sighted in for 125 grain field points, I chose 100 grain field points to match my chosen broadheads. The first shot at 20 yards was an inch high. After a quick adjustment, the crossbow was shooting dead on at each crosshair out to 40 yards. By using a rest, I could keep all of my arrows in the area of the size of a quarter out to 40 yards. TenPoint offers 2 different cocking devises; ACUdraw and ACUdraw 50. Since the GT Mag has a 200 lb. draw weight, I chose the ACUdraw 50 for my bow, as a cocking device. This cuts the draw weight by 50% for the archer drawing the bow into shooting position. I quickly discovered that the ACUdraw 50 is a great option to use with your crossbow. The ACUdraw 50 makes the task of cocking your crossbow simple, even for folks with a slight disability or the lack of upper body strength. Furthermore, the ACUdraw 50 is quite, but difficult to use in a small tree stand. For the archer with more extreme disabilities, TenPoint offers the ACUdraw. The ACUdraw is an automated devise that uses a gear reduction mechanism. By using the ACUdraw device, an archer can use one finger to draw back their crossbow. The downside to the ACUdraw over the ACUdraw 50 is that the ACUdraw creates more noise while cocking the crossbow. All TenPoint crossbows are equipped with a DFI (Dry-Fire-Inhibitor). This is a great feature that will prevent the bow from being dry fired. I used my GT Mag a lot this past season. It was an effective weapon that I used to harvest 5 mature does. I had a complete pass through on all of the deer that I shot. None of the deer went further then about 30 yards. The speed and accuracy that the GT Mag has allowed me to quickly and cleanly harvest each of the does this past fall. Copyright © 2008 Game Hogg Hunt ClubTM. All rights reserved. |
