125 lb crossbow build
This was a spur of the moment project that got out of hand. Originally suppose to be a simple medieval style crossbow made out from a scrap piece of 2x6 SPF and some hardware from another older build. By the end of it, I probably dumped enough money to have gotten a cheap compound with twice the performance.
But she shoots, and with some attitude. Pushing a 440 grain bolt at 172 fps. With a 350 gr bolt she'll hit 189 fps. Every shot feels like getting slap in the jaw, probably because the whole thing only weighs 3 pounds and the heavy glass limbs make up a good chunk of it. Adding an old UTG red dot helped with not just accuracy but recoil by bringing the weight up to 4 pounds.
The loose laminate style prod is cut from a pair of cheap replacement fiberglass limbs from Amazon originally meant for a #40 recurve bow. Because each od rhe limbs were only 23" long and I wanted a 10"-12" draw, I had to make a riser to utilize two piece prod which I never done before. According to my bathroom scale, the limbs are pulling at about 125 lbs at full draw, though a lot of stacking through the last two inches.
Trigger and release system is a roller nut with double axle action like from a 15th century hunting crossbow to minimize trigger weight. I might had made it work too well, because it only takes about 2-3 lbs of pressure to release the nut as of now.
Stock still needs contouring and sanding and I need to work on the trigger, but as of now she is functional.