Been shooting a Horton for a long time and have been very happy with it. Since being onthe forum have been introduced to the Excal folks and they seem pretty happy with there product. Plan on getting a new Vortex this summer when the cash flow gets right. Horton's are fine CB's but I would only go with the upper end ones. A few Ten point guys on here and they seem pretty happy with there stuff also. Lee has had one for a while and never heard him say any bad about his. As for the bowtech goes, I would let that one pan out for a few years. Alot of new stuff and design on that CB and I think alot of people are going to be test dummy's! Not saying it is bad, but first run products always need fine tuning.