The new R26/R026 is Ravin' most compact and lightweight crossbow to date. Weighing in at only 6.5 pounds, the Ravin R26 generates speeds of 400 FPS from a 9.5-inch power stroke and measures just 26 inches in length. Ravins R26 axle to axle width is an amazing 5.75 inches when fully drawn making the Ravin R26 the most compact crossbow on the market. The new R26 will be available in the new Predator Dusk Camo, exclusive to Ravin Crossbows. Thats right, just 26 in total length, and it still shoulders comfortably. The Helicoil Technology presented in years previous lets the R26 to reach speeds of up to 400 fps with only a 9.5 powerstroke. The R26 is the lightest and most narrow Ravin crossbow ever. Measuring at just 5.75 axel to axel when uncocked, and weighing in at just 6.5 pounds, the R26 is an very maneuverable and versatile crossbow. This bow is really an engineering marvel, and is sure to be an very well liked bow in this years lineup. Ravin Crossbow Scope three Arrow Quiver and Mounting Bracket Versa draw cocking handle three NAP Killzone 2 two Blade 100gr. Expandable Blade Broadheads twelve 400gr. 003 Arrows three Illuminated 400gr. Ravin.003 Arrows Ravin Serving liquid Sling Ravin Vibration Dampeners Ravin R26 particular Crossbow Soft Case Speed: Up to 400fps Power Stroke: 9.5 Kinetic Energy: 142 lbs Draw Force: 12lbs. Width cocked : 5.75 Width uncocked : 9.25 Total Length: 26 Physical Weight: 6.5lbs.
With a crossbow, archers could release a draw force far in extra of what they may have handled with a bow. Also, the Ravin R26 crossbow could hold the tension for a long time, whereas the strongest longbowman could only hold a drawn bow for a short time period. The easy use of a crossbow lets it to be used effectively with little training, while other types of bows take far more skill to shoot precisely. The drawback is the greater weight and clumsiness to reload in comparison to a bow, also as the slower rate of shooting and the lower efficiency of the acceleration system, but there could be reduced elastic hysteresis, making the crossbow a more correct weapon. Crossbows were used for shooting sports and bowhunting in modern archery and for blubber biopsy samples in scientific research. In some countries like Canada or the United Kingdom, they can be less heavily regulated than firearms, and more well liked for hunting, some jurisdictions have bow or crossbow only seasons. though having the same launch principle, R26 crossbows differ from bows in that a bow's draw must be maintained manually by the archer pulling the bowstring with fingers, arm and back muscles and holding that same form to aim which demands important physical strength and stamina, when a crossbow uses a locking system to preserve the draw, limiting the shooter's exertion to only pulling the string into lock , then releasing the shot via depressing a lever/trigger. This not only enables a crossbowman to manage stronger draw weight, but also hold for longer with considerably less physical strain, able of better precision. The earliest crossbows in the world were invented in ancient China and caused a big shift in the role of projectile weaponry. The conventional bow and arrow had long been a specific weapon that obliged significant training, physical strength and specialty to operate with any degree of practical efficiency. In many cultures, archers were considered a separate and superior warrior caste, in spite of typically being drawn from the common class, as their archery skill set was generally trained and strengthened from birth alike to many horseman cultures and was impossible to reproduce outside a pre established cultural tradition, which many nations lacked. In contrast, the crossbow was the 1st ranged weapon to be simple, cheap and physically undemanding enough to be operated by big numbers of untrained conscript soldiers, enabling virtually any nation to field a potent force of crossbowmen with little expense beyond the cost of the weapons themselves.
