Bill, no broadheads lubing the shafts makes a difference. Not quite like shooting the long bow when a bail of straw was all you needed!
Forgot to mention that the bolts were so closely grouped together that it was hard to pull one out. I now shoot at individual targets for fear of damaging a bolt.
MM
I have the matrix 405 and ran across this problem. My advise to you is this.
1. Register at Excalibur crossbow forum
2. Post on the forum saying you're looking for a Danny Miller Arrow puller.
I kid you not you will want 3 of these arrow pullers. I can pull out my zombie slayers that are buried right to the fletching with one hand!
So did you get them out then?
"When you judge another you don't define them, you define yourself."
Yes they are out now, I bought an arrow puller that just slid on the shaft so I made one up and it is working great!