i use a cocking rope. It easier and helps you pull the string back to the same point every time i marked my string so that its easy to see if its pulling one way or the other so far it pulls to the same spot on the string every time. With my old xbow that didn't have a spot to even put a cocking rope it would shot off couple inches at 10 yards which could mean a kill or a miss or a messed up deer you never find.
Crank less movement easy.
Agree
So it seems like the crank will be more accurate?
Always has been for mine...
Plus, I always use my crank to de-cock , works fine....I had an old bolt that I fired into the ground one time, but it buried itself so deep....it was a goner......just sayin
IMHO
Mine has a two position lever for cocking or releasing....I take out the bolt, place the front on the ground, hold the crank handle, and place the lever into the release position, crank just a little to take the pressure off the trigger mechanism, and let it unwind......
Its an older Barnett, and maybe they no longer are built that way.....but that's the way I've always done it.
