Well folks lets face it, we are all kinda pushing our xbows as the choice to pick. We all put out good info and selling points. Now its up to the person to choose their own Bow. To each of us we picked our Bow fer reasons that was ours and it may or maynot work fer the newbie! I am not stepping on toes so don't whine or cry because i will send you a clean rag to wipe with. I didn't pick a compound style xbow because i wanted an enclosed trigger guard fer safety. There are some with that feature you say and those i didn't like the heavy trigger pull. I got what i liked and shot and thats how the calf ate the cabbage![8D]You bought what you liked and i am glad fer you and yer happy. Thats what i want here fer us to all be happy with our choice of Bow. If the Bow later doesn't work out don't be ashamed, heck get the next one you like and go with it! They make different ones fer different people so we can have a choice friend![][:-][:@]