Is there a $300 xbow worth buying?

[rlmblm21]

I bought one two years ago. I know that you have described yourself as tall (over 6 feet if I remember correctly). I am short, at 5'2". It is almost impossible for me to pull the bow back (my arms aren't long enough). And I'm not young (49). We have a friend that is in his 70s and he as a cool apparatus that you install on the bow and then you "crank" it to pull the string back. I thing that thing is worth the money.

We paid almost $500 for ours 2 years ago. I don't remember the brand but I think it was called "wicked ridge". The $500 did include a cheap scope that is only good for about 50 yards.

Good luck. As you have indicated, there are a lot of choices out there and it can be confusing.

 

[BillMe45]

I've used the Barnett Jackal. It got the job done. Shoots straight (can keep it in a 4" circle at 50 yards, might be more accurate than that but I dont shoot at my arrows stuck in the target so I dont see real "groups"), not to noisy and had enough power (right at 300 fps advertised). Punched a 100gr Swhacker clean through at 30 yards, it was a quartering to shot also. It is wide and bulky though. Not a stalking bow for sure.

I've since "upgraded" to the Barnett Raptor FX. Faster (330 fps) and a lot more compact. I think its more in the $400- $450 range though. Having shot some other high end bow like Ten Point, Wicked Ridge. I think the Raptor really is all anyone needs. I do have a thing for the Excalibur though, like the idea of the recurve. Not going to spend the money though.

 

[BillMe45]

Crappy picture of the Barnett Jackal getting it done on a little 5 pointer a few seasons ago. This was the 30 yard shot mentioned above. You can see how wide this thing is, no thats not a fawn with horns glued on...

 

[Spanky1]

Backwoods Bowstrings has an Ambush Crossbow Package Black/Camo 150# for $286.78.

 

[rlmblm21]

Backwoods Bowstrings has an Ambush Crossbow Package Black/Camo 150# for $286.78.

You are in Woodstock? And you sell crossbows? Do you have that crank thing that can assist in pulling the string back? I need one of those.

 

[Fisher7]

Buy once cry once. Find a used Excalibur and don't look back

 

[simonsez]

I have a Buck Commander in great shape.. It's yours for $300! it comes with the three bolts you see and a lighted three circle radical.

 

[Spanky1]

You are in Woodstock? And you sell crossbows? Do you have that crank thing that can assist in pulling the string back? I need one of those.

LOL I can get you a crank thing.

 

[Smoothie]

I got a Killer Instinct 350 from a crossbow forum for $300. It's about the lightest you can get but has a published 350fps

 

[24on48hunting]

I bought an Excalibur Phoenix setup with Vari-Zone scope for $350 a while back.