Ravin Crossbow Scope​

Ravin Crossbow Scope​ . This Ravin Crossbows is a newcomer to the x-bow business, and it’s already making a name for itself. During the largest, most exclusive shooting event of the year in 2017, Industry Day on the Range, Ravin completely stole the show and had the longest line of any on the firing line with its Ravin R9 Predator crossbow. Let’s take a look at how that could happen. ravin crossbow scope​

When I first got my eyes on the Ravin R9 Predator, I thought, “What the heck is that?” This crossbow is designed like no other on the market, with a patented HeliCoil technology that coils the cables away from both the top and bottom of the coils in helical grooves. Because of this, the cams are kept perfectly balanced, and the speed is greatly increased along with downrange accuracy. Or so Ravin says; I was determined to find out for myself.

Ravin Crossbow Scope​

The design allows the cams to rotate nearly all the way around, to 340 degrees, even as they’re perfectly level when you draw and shoot. One of the results of this is an arrow and string that completely free-float when you fire the weapon. There’s no friction at all, because the arrow and string don’t even touch the rail. Seems like voodoo magic to me, but it works. The speed and accuracy are definitely increased over more traditional x-bows, as you’ll find out as you keep reading .

ravin crossbow scope​

From 100 yards, I was easily maintaining 3-inch groupings. There was almost no loss in power, either – from 100 yards, my arrows went all the way through my foam target, almost knocking it over, and dove halfway into the backstop. For the record, this crossbow fires with a velocity of 390 fps and has 135 foot-pounds of kinetic energy. That’s more than enough penetrating power to take down even the mighty Cape buffalo.

Ravin Crossbow Scope​

This model comes with a 100-yard illuminated crossbow scope. I love the fact that the scope is illuminated, but I love the fact that it’s deadly accurate even more. It sights in like nobody’s business, holds zero quite well, and is well-built. You can adjust the scope for various velocities, which is necessary because the same scope is used on both the R9 and its faster brother, the R15. The scope really is good out to 100 yards, with an aiming point specific for that range. ravin crossbow scopes

Illumination is nice, and the brightness settings are spot-on for most low-light hunting situations. The only thing I found about the scope is that it doesn’t have the sharpest image quality, but that’s barely noticeable.