But even if does, you’re difficult to please if that’s not fast enough for you. Maybe my chronography reads a little slow. I tried to eek 500 feet per second from the bow through my chronograph, but 498 was the fastest I could get-with 496 being the average. Though similar in appearance, they are different bolts than the ones used for other Ravin models. The R500 uses proprietary Ravin bolts (the warranty is void if you use anything else), and they weigh 400 grains, give or take, with a 100-grain field point or broadhead installed. (The older HeliCoil system rotates cams 340 degrees.) How Fast Is the Ravin R500?
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Its power comes from the beefy limbs and the outsized HexCoil system, which rotates the cams a full 360 degrees.
With accessories installed, quiver and arrows included, the R500 weighs 10 ½ pounds. This crossbow makes use of every inch of length.Ĭocked, the R500 is about 3 ½ inches wide axle to axle, as advertised, and the bow at its widest, from one limb dampener to the next, is 8 inches. For perspective, the 400-grain bolts are just 21 inches long-field point and nock included. It’s 29 inches end to end, and 18 inches of that is power stroke. The Ravin R500 is a bullpup design, reminiscent of the ultracompact Ravin R26 from a few years ago. One Compact Crossbow The HexCoil system rotates the R500 cams a full 360 degrees. Interestingly, the top circle is 30 yards instead of the usual 20 this bow shoots so fast and flat that there’s no difference. (The type scope you get varies depending on the package.) My test bow’s scope has an illuminated reticle graduated to 100 yards. A 9-inch picatinny scope rail sits atop that, and the bow comes with a 30mm scope. The entire rail of the crossbow, including the threaded rods, is enclosed by a skeletonized protective shroud.
If you want to decock the bow, simply attach the handle and spin the crank the opposite way. Once you hit full draw, a slip clutch engages, preventing you from overdrawing the system. You can stop or start the cocking procedure at any point without putting anything (other than the bow limbs and strings) under tension. On the Ravin R500, there are no latches or buttons to depress in order to release the strap and cock the bow. This is a different cocking mechanism entirely than the strap that’s been connected to the Ravin trigger assembly and wound back into the stock on previous models. After shooting it extensively, my official evaluation is, that sounds about right. According to Ravin, it takes 17 pounds of effort to cock the bow (the limbs are 300 pounds). Those rods guide the trigger assembly (called the Trac Trigger Firing System) down the barrel and to the string. Each turn of the handle spins a pair of long, parallel threaded rods that run the length of the barrel. You crank the handle and load the crossbow with old-fashioned elbow grease. I tested the base model, which has a new (but fairly simple) draw-handle system in lieu of the electronic cocker. Several accessory-package versions of the crossbow are available, including the E series, which has an electronic cocking device.
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