well I got my crossbow,the bow itself I really like however while I was putting it together I noticed that it has afair sizedchip in the trigger guard, it almost looks like someone dropped it on something or dropped something on it somewhere along the line...
it didnt happen during shipping because the box is fine and I doubt it happened while it was at thecompany I bought it from because from what I can tellit was never taken out of the boxuntil Itook it out, that leads me to beileve that it must have happened somewhere along the line during the manufacture/packaging of it at the factory...

Excalibur was closed by the time I called so I'm going to have to give them a call tomorrow, I'm going to call the business I bought it from too but to be honest I dont think that they're responsible for the damage, but I hope somewhere along the line something can be done by one or the other of these two companies...

I was picking strands of fiberglass and paint chipsfrom in and around itbut I dont think its anything to worry about structural-wise, however,it is a fairly noticible cosmetic flaw and(call me picky) I really dont want to pay almost $400 for something that has a big cosmetic flaw in it, if it gets chips in it anddamage done to it I would like to be the one that does it seeings as I'm the one who paid for it...

I bought just the bare bow and dont have any arrows or anything else for it yet so Ihavent fired it(I havent even taken it outside...)but I did put the string on it,in fact after I noticed that chip I just put it in the closet and haventtouched it since...

it kind of bums me out I have to deal with this now, I suppose if it came right down to it I could just keep it and live with the flaw but I really would like to get it taken care of... I hear Excalibur is a pretty good company to deal with so I hope something can be done without a constant fight between these two companies with everyone blaming everyone else and three months of shipping my crossbow back and forth...