Hey everybody this is PJ Reilly from Lancaster Archery. We are out here today
to bring you a brand new product just as hunting seasons are taking off across
the country. Mission Crossbows has come out with a brand new crossbow. This is
called the Sub-1. Excellent new crossbow from Mission. They really pulled
out all the stops on this one to build. A hyper accurate crossbow. The name Sub-1,
that refers to its capability of shooting a sub 1 inch group at a hundred
yards. Now nobody is advocating that you hunt with this thing at a hundred yards.
We're talking about target shooting but you can imagine that if it's that
accurate at a hundred yards, at hunting distances 20, 30, 40 yards, this thing is a
real tack driver. One of the first things that you're gonna know is it just feels
solid. Nothing on this crossbow feels cheap. It's got your nice metal rail here.
You got your scope mount is attached to that. You got a pistol grip,
ergonomic pistol grip underneath trigger. 3.4 pounds trigger pull.
Super crisp no travel in it. You got an adjustable butt plate here so that you
can get your eye relief correct. And even that it's just held in place with
allen screws but it just feels solid. It comes with a Hawke Scope
1.5 to 5 powers and you set it to the speed that will get your gradations
right in your crosshairs once you set the speed. This is 200 pounds that's
adjustable when the limb bolts are cranked all the way in. It's a
200 pound crossbow. You can ease that up a little bit by backing out the limb bolts.
But 200 pound crossbow draw weight and it's shooting bolts 400 grain bolt
at 350 feet per second. That's ripping fast. It's perfect for crossbows. Of
course Mission is a subsidiary of Mathews.
And you'll see here these perfectly round cams. Basically this is from the No
Cam the Mathews No Cam bow. They just kind of modified it and got it to
crossbow use so that gives you good nock travel. There's not going to be any
wiggling left and righ. You're gonna have good knock travel as you come to
full draw on this one. Of the many unique features about this bow is it features.
80% let-off, that's very unique in a crossbow. You don't see
that much let-off in a crossbow but that serves several purposes.
So the let off of course is going to help you in the drawing.
You're gonna get about half way back and then this 200-pound max draw weight is gonna
drop 80% off of that. So that's real nice when you come to full
draw you're not going to struggle with this. Then also this is one of the
few crossbows that you can truly decock using your cocking rope. You don't have
to discharge shoot it into a discharge bag. There's no holding on for dear life
hoping the string doesn't rip out of your hands. The decocking process for
this bow is simple and easy and it's aided by that 80% let-off.
This crossbow is only 30.5 inches long but it has a 13.75 inch power stroke
And you'll notice that's because instead of
bringing the string off the back of the cams, they bring it off the front of the
cam. So that gives them an extra what... 4 or 5 inches of power stroke
right there. Just an ingenious way of getting the most out of a compact
crossbow. A few other things you're gonna notice you got the wide limbs and solid
limb pocket that Mathews bows are known for. That's going to give you lots of power.
The limbs are swept back to make this a really compact crossbow. So this
thing is 13.8 inches wide axle - axle when it's uncocked. And it's 10.7 inches
wide when the crossbow is cocked.
Also helping with the compact nature of this bow, your foot stirrup is actually
on the inside of the front head of the bow rather than the traditional spot is
to have a stirrup coming off the end. You don't have that here it's inside there
and it's wide it's a real solid place to set your foot. Helps keep it compact when
you load a bolt into this crossbow. You've got a spring-loaded arm here
that's gonna capture the bolt as it comes back. It's going to hold it in
place. That bolt will not drift forward even if you pulling it forward like this.
This arm with its spring is going to hold it in place.
There's several accessories that you can get to go with this crossbow as you see
here. We've got a quiver attached to it right on top so you can grab your bolts
nice and easily. Then there is also for those of you who can't, you know you just
don't want to draw two hundred pounds or you're physically unable. There is a
crank attachment that you can put on here.
It's got anti dry fire in here. Once you come to full draw, if your nock is not
seated all the way against the string this crossbow will not go off. Of course
you've got a finger protection guard here. Your fingers are kept well below
the path of the string. So that's the Sub-1 crossbow from Mission. Excellent
new crossbow out just in time for fall hunting season. If you've got any
questions about this bow you can contact one of our TechXPerts or you can always
visit us at LancasterArchery.com.