For anyone that picks these up, open it up, take out all the locks, and give the mechanisms some plastic safe lubrication. Remove the rear jam door above the magazine, and you can top off your magazine while you have a dart ready to fire! I spent a lot of time giving two of these some love over a decade ago, and I can pull them off the wall, load, and they shoot just as good now as ever. Even better, they are pretty forgiving on the elastic band, so you have tons of options on a new power source if needed.
I went thrifting in good will this year getting a lot of great blasters like the Artemis…but I’m a little busy to open and lube them. Does Vaseline work just as well? I might do it to my favorites.
There is a 3d printable arm replacement which swaps the arms for a minimized design, keeping the string no more than an inch away from the main body of the blaster. It works well with a custom string.
I have an old version of one of these. It doesn’t really shoot hard though, but it still functions. It jams sometimes, and many darts have become a victim due to it jamming, with little surviving darts. Only now did I realise that it can unjam easily just by touching the string a bit and firing it……
Found this in a thrift shop for 8€, thinking of buying it if i get enough money. Also, l tested the prime while its mag eas empty, and it actually primed! I thought it wasnt supposed to!
@@maritimefoam oh and I learned a cool tip if you take the magazine e you can load the darts backwards and then put the magi zone backwards and then it’s loose enough to after you fore you can fling it out
I love the Crossbolt! One of my favourite blasters! This gives me an Idea, for my Rip Rocket Bow. It has the same cords, but also has a spring and trigger, in it…. Hmmm…
@@maritimefoam Prepare for some disappointment, the arrows are pretty cool… I’m sure you will get it working much better then it is out of the box…. Maybe I’ll just wait and see what you do, 😁!
picked up a couple of these at value village one wasnt firing but i got it apart and there was a dart tip caught in the internals. they both work great now
@@maritimefoam just grabbed like 6 more blasters from there yesterday 😅 i just cant say no when they are that cheap. I just got into nerf a couple months ago but darn it has got its hooks in me haha
I loved this blaster more than anything, but the cross bolt being the cross bolt, it was jammed beyond repair and I had no technical skills at that time, so it had to be thrown away. Still one of my biggest regrets
Dang, wish I could do that to mine, but the left arm is kinda broke off. The pins things that connected it to the other arm decided to snap off at their bases.
For anyone that picks these up, open it up, take out all the locks, and give the mechanisms some plastic safe lubrication. Remove the rear jam door above the magazine, and you can top off your magazine while you have a dart ready to fire! I spent a lot of time giving two of these some love over a decade ago, and I can pull them off the wall, load, and they shoot just as good now as ever. Even better, they are pretty forgiving on the elastic band, so you have tons of options on a new power source if needed.
I'm going to pin this, it's awesome advice!
I went thrifting in good will this year getting a lot of great blasters like the Artemis…but I’m a little busy to open and lube them. Does Vaseline work just as well? I might do it to my favorites.
This is great. I actually picked one of these up a few weeks ago and wasn't sure if i wanted to mod it, this is the perfect way!
If I want to mod it try making it pump action and maybe change the string for something that makes it hit harder
See these at thrifts all the time..going to grab one next time..THANKS!!!!!!!
I was just thinking that!! Saw a few at Goodwill last week. Hope at least one is left!
You're welcome! It's a cool one!
"I wouldn't wrap it more than once, probably."
I don't know why that probably makes me chuckle.
There is a 3d printable arm replacement which swaps the arms for a minimized design, keeping the string no more than an inch away from the main body of the blaster. It works well with a custom string.
Yeah, more practical for sure
I have an old version of one of these.
It doesn’t really shoot hard though, but it still functions.
It jams sometimes, and many darts have become a victim due to it jamming, with little surviving darts.
Only now did I realise that it can unjam easily just by touching the string a bit and firing it……
I love it all! there shorts are great
Thank you!
ah yeah, i remember saw a dude with goofy wood painted Rebelle Flipside bow and this Crossbolt, he keep yelling im Legolas
I mean, I respect that.
One of my personal favorites! Take the locks out… it shoots half darts, full darts, two stefans. You know
Neat stuff! I’ve had one for years - have not had any problem firing without a dart tho.
Used to do this with my brother’s Zombie Strike Crossfire, those arms were weaker but it still gave a boost :)
That fps from 60 to 100 is crazy
Love this blaster. It's cool that they made a crossbow that's actually a crossbow and not a springer in disguise like most of them
It really brings them to life when you do that I think the accuracy went up when I did that to mine.
my gun wouldnt shoot the dart out, but when i did this mod i basically fixed the gun. thanks mate
Hopefully I'll find my old one somewhere so I can mod it! If not I'll go straight to ebay!
Oh I’ve had that one for a while
Next time I pull it out of storage, Imma give it a try. Love that blaster. Great stringer!
Do it! :)
Such a good looking design
Found this in a thrift shop for 8€, thinking of buying it if i get enough money.
Also, l tested the prime while its mag eas empty, and it actually primed! I thought it wasnt supposed to!
And thanks for the tip
You’re very welcome!
@@maritimefoam oh and I learned a cool tip if you take the magazine e you can load the darts backwards and then put the magi zone backwards and then it’s loose enough to after you fore you can fling it out
Cool looking blaster
I got 2 words to describe this: Crusaders Crossbow.
*MEDIC GAMING*
I shared this to NNN. He’s going to freak out since he was telling me about doing a mod like this!
That’s awesome! Bull pup lol
Haha! Yup
i used to have one of these when i was younger but i sold it a while ago
that just added another 40 fps
I love the Crossbolt! One of my favourite blasters! This gives me an Idea, for my Rip Rocket Bow. It has the same cords, but also has a spring and trigger, in it…. Hmmm…
Ha. I still need to open mine!
@@maritimefoam Prepare for some disappointment, the arrows are pretty cool… I’m sure you will get it working much better then it is out of the box…. Maybe I’ll just wait and see what you do, 😁!
@@nerftalk1163 haha, I feel I’m prepared after your videos!
I remember this blaster
I did the same thing with that little handheld crossbow sold at Dollar General 🤣
Haha, nice!
What’s the specific blaster and did it work well if you don’t mind answering?
@@Drearymando yikes I can't remember the name, I'll look at it later. Sorry just saw this message!
@@johnshepherd6925 thanks!
picked up a couple of these at value village one wasnt firing but i got it apart and there was a dart tip caught in the internals. they both work great now
Value village is a go to source for me too haha
@@maritimefoam just grabbed like 6 more blasters from there yesterday 😅 i just cant say no when they are that cheap. I just got into nerf a couple months ago but darn it has got its hooks in me haha
I found a nerf cross bolt for £2, it didn’t prime so I thought it was broken, I’m kicking myself rn.
I gotta find one now 😂
😊😊
I need to find one of these
Remember figuring this out when i was like 12 but ended up snapping the arms off the gun form looping it 3 times
Haha, I can see that. I started to do three and felt it creaking
I got this nerf gun for my birthday when I was a kid, right out of the box it didn't work though 😭
I have that gun it’s so much fun 🤩
69, nice. also amazing blaster!
i got this from goodwill forever ago!
👀
I have that crossbow and it jams so quickly in the worst part about it once it gets jammed yet to destroy the dirt to get it out
it does work it hurt my hand when i now shoot 😂😱
Haha, careful!
I have one that the slide doesn’t work but I muzzle load short darts in it
I loved this blaster more than anything, but the cross bolt being the cross bolt, it was jammed beyond repair and I had no technical skills at that time, so it had to be thrown away. Still one of my biggest regrets
Had to be thrown away is a strong statement ha. Coulda taken it apart to have a look! :) gotta start somewhere!
This reminded me of that weird nerf female line that had basically the crossbolt but it was a 6 shooter
Nerf Rebelle, great blasters
Dang, wish I could do that to mine, but the left arm is kinda broke off. The pins things that connected it to the other arm decided to snap off at their bases.
Boo :(
@@maritimefoam isn't that kinda rude lol?
@@KaF_RL ? I was saying boo to the fact it broke, as in, that sucks.
@@maritimefoam oki :)
@@maritimefoam could you make a video of you tying the string twice? Maybe it could be 150 fps I'm pretty curious c:
Ouch
I remember having one it broke the immediately after the first 15 shots I did the around the arm thing and that's when it broke the arms snapped off
Ah, bummer
That's actually sick!
I had this one as a teen, I always found it to be unreliable. Mine jammed like crazy and shredded darts
I’ve been lucky but I’m guessing you fired yours more! I’m also quick to retire darts haha
“ f you (bullpups your crossbow) “
I would definitely say Nerf is an fps shooter
My sister had this
It's a real sleeper
I have that
i modded mine to not have the bowarms and i would recomend it
But I like bows! Haha
Its really silent too
What blaster is this? I'm thinking of getting one.
I name it in the video :) And it's in the description.
Why no rebels my daughter loves them and they were really innovative
I’ve done a live stream on Rebelle and featured them a ton! They are one of my favs and everyone can enjoy them!
Wait… I wonder if this works with half darts with no modification
Yup
They need to nerf that
Does this works with other band powered blasters?
Yeah, tighter band is more power; to a point where it gets too tight, hard to feed and might cause breaks :)
im utterly shock... I dont k what to say
Does it need to be primed to remove the mag???
Yes, I believe so… that’s pretty standard
Put actual Crossbow arms on it
Haha, good idea!
No tools and no disassembly either!
I thought people would like this one! It's almost too easy haha.
WOW 69
Yeah but like it’s still not a good blaster. The priming on it sucks.
Not sure it’s any worse than a retaliator, but that’s a low bar :)
Tbh, it's pretty bad. I would rather use a deploy than that stupid excuse for a blaster grip.