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Is it legal to craft a minotaur double crossbow and use the stats for that instead of the regular crossbow?
It sort of make sense if the Minotaurs have taken the original double crossbow and improved it.

That combo does work for Minotaur double xbow. but will not work with the standard double xbow. That has wording restrictions on it that cite that even with crossbow mastery it can only go to .. move? i think it was to load both bolts.

crossbow mastery shoudl work on the minotaur double xbow, due to the lack of special wording on it.

You are right in that on the regular double crossbow its a move action to reload both bolts. Bolt Ace still have a trick up his/her sleeve.

Inexplicable Reload (Ex): At 11th level, loading a crossbow becomes unthinking and automatic for a bolt ace. As long as she has at least 1 grit point, she always starts each round of combat (even a surprise round) with her crossbow loaded. Also the amount of time needed to reload a crossbow decreases by one step: a standard action becomes a move action, a move action becomes a swift action, a swift action becomes a free action, and a free action becomes not an action.

This mean that you will get at least 2 shots every round. You start the round loaded, fire first shot, reload as a swift action, and fire again. You might even get 3 shots if you can also use a move action to reload.

For a Bolt Ace the Minotaur or regular double crossbow is an exelent option.

Crossbow Mastery (advanced players guide):

Prerequisites: Dex 15, Point-Blank Shot, Rapid Reload, Rapid Shot.

Benefit: The time required for you to reload any type of crossbow is reduced to a free action, regardless of the type of crossbow used. You can fire a crossbow as many times in a full attack action as you could attack if you were using a bow. Reloading a crossbow for the type of crossbow you chose when you took Rapid Reload no longer provokes attacks of opportunity.

Now, combine this with crossbow training that gives you dex mod. to dmg on one or both bolts+ any other dmg like deadly aim, gravity bow etc. and you are looking at some serious dmg.
on lvl 11 you kan take signature deed that reduces grit cost of sharp shot to 0, and you now use ranged touch on all attacks