Spirithawk

I was thrilled to find this crossbow forum. I'm really hoping to make some good friends here. I already have one in PA Ridgerunner. I've met him in person and he's a really great guy. That being said, does anyone at all have any exsperience with the Horton Legend XL175? I really don't know much about it and any feedback at all would be greatly apreciated as I now own one. Things such as reliability, negative issues if any that I should know about, maintenance tips, ect. It's a very nice looking bow and shoulders well. It also seems to group the shots well too and is much quieter than my old xbow. It's like new but I did notice that one strand on the string is broke so I intend on replacing the string. Also, all the new strings I've seen have a solid length of serving whereas the string thats on it is just wrapped about an inch and a half on each side of where the bolt nocks with that part of the string bare. I'd think that the solid wrap would wear better and make the string last longer. The original owner was elderly and knew little about crossbows. I don't think he ever waxed the string or used rail lube which is probably why the string shows so much wear though the bow wasn't really shot much. I'm really excited about hunting both turkeys and whitetails with this bow. I'm a disabled vet and couldn't afford to spend a lot and this bow is much nicer than any I exspected to get. How does the Legend XL175 compare to other Horton bows or other crossbows in general? At $200 did I get a good buy? Except for the string the bow is like brand new. Any comments or advice would be greatly apreciated.

sproulman

200 dollars is fine.check where bolts go on each limb or when you have shop put the string on, have them check the limbs for cracks.
new limbs will run you 125 dollars.
bows gets cracks just from sitting over time strung.or if he dry fired it without arrow.
if everything checks out good, that you got a good deal.........