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Crossbow aiming

By postscripter8

More of a personal note than a guide...

Covers:
How to effectively aim with Crosspoint crossbow.
I will mostly focus on using a Hawken scope.

Assumption:
windage and zeroing perks aren't used as they spoil the whole fun for me.

Award

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Category: Weapons

Languages: English

Posted

2 Aug, 2019 @ 2:54pm

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Guide Index

Overview

Glossary

300 gr bolts (light | purple)

420 gr bolts (medium | green)

600 gr bolts (heavy | orange)

Comments

Glossary

POA - unadjusted point of aim - the center of the top dot on scope reticle, center of the scope image
POI - point of impact - where the bolt will hit as seen through the scope relative to the POA
POA adjustment - length on the scope image measured from the 1st dot to the intended POI - center of the target;
dot - a red dot mark on the scope reticle,
1st dot - the uppermost dot in the middle on the scope
2nd dot - the middle dot
3rd dot - the bottom dot
bar - a length between two dot marks on the scope reticle; since Hawken scope has SFP reticle the resulting elevation will change with magnification settings; for now I will only use 1x (minimum) and 5x (maximum) settings;
0th dot - the place on the reticle one bar above the 1st dot
4th dot - the place on the reticle one bar below the 3rd dot; this happens to be at the spot where the thin vertical line meets the thick vertical line
point - a length equal to diameter of the dot mark on the scope reticle

300 gr bolts (light | purple)

Distance

Magnification

POA adjustment

15m

half bar below

25m

0.5 point below

30m

first zero

35m

1 point above

50m

1 bar minus 1 point below

70m

1.5 bar below

100m

2.5 bars below

420 gr bolts (medium | green)

Distance

Magnification

POA adjustment

15m

half bar above

25m

1.5 point above

30m

zero

35m

1 point below

50m

1 bar below

70m

2 bars minus 2 points below

100m

3 bars and 1.5 points below

600 gr bolts (heavy | orange)

Distance

Magnification

POA adjustment

15m

half bar above

25m

zero

30m

~0.5 bar below - interpolated value

35m

1 bar minus 1 point below

50m

2 bars minus 1 point below

70m

3 bars and 1 point below

100m

1 bar below

100m

this one is tricky, about 1 bar above the bottom edge of the scope glass; I recomend using 1x magnification for this distance

8 Comments

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postscripter8 [author] 15 Aug, 2023 @ 4:02pm

English is my 2nd language. I didn't really spend much time refining the terminology. That's why there is a glossary with precise explanation what I mean by what words. Sorry if it's incomprehensible or unintuitive. If you've got a suggestion for better terms, feel free to share. I will adjust the guide if I like it :-D

postscripter8 [author] 15 Aug, 2023 @ 3:58pm

yep, the complement of foo ;-)

TIME 14 Aug, 2023 @ 5:00pm

bar?

postscripter8 [author] 12 Aug, 2021 @ 2:58pm

Thank you, that's so nice. It was only meant to be useful, not win awards. I'm sufficiently satisfied with you liking it :-D

Yankeee 7 Aug, 2021 @ 4:54am

Kinda sad that there isn't a 'Community Hero' award. You totally would deserve it

ChasteLad 3 Jul, 2020 @ 9:24pm

NICE

postscripter8 [author] 18 Dec, 2019 @ 7:23pm

Thank you. Last time I checked it worked out quite OK. One nitpick to keep in mind is side wind which matters especially for longer shots (50m+).

I figured this out on parque fernando bow shooting range, so point of impact was marked with pinpoint accuracy on range target. Point of aim though, it's just my impression. It would be nice to verify the accuracy after latest patches, but I won't be able to do it this year.

BlastFromThePast7 11 Dec, 2019 @ 12:27am

Hello, i like this info is it precise?

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