I feel slightly misunderstood here, but that happens to me. I am definately a Tenpoint fan. I have only had one crossbow. It is a Tenpoint Magnum X-2. I have never even considered another brand or even another bow since I bought that one. I think I was commenting on area's to grow the technology. I just reviewed the current catalog and it concerned me that there was an effort to touch all bases from compound to recurve to economic levels, but not a clear attempt to make a single best of all product. Maybe I was just confused by the marketing. I liked the old marketing, which seemed to me something like, we are they best and here is why! Maybe it is because I love striving for some ideal best, knowing it is really a mountain with no peak!

I was just wondering why I'm not seeing things like:
- A similar scope to the lumizone, but with a real effort to reduce size/weight and increase glass quality. Maybe even something centered around about 2x magnification and very forgiving eye relief.
- Some kind of trigger/release which is as crisp and light as my 1911.(in all fairness, I need to shoot the new ones at the deer and turkey show!)
- The highest level of sound deadening.
- A crossbow sling. I know that some one smarter than I could make a crossbow sling, single point or 2 point which would allow it to be slung in front of me and allow a quick grab and shoot. Front side carry is ideal because we hunters often have backpacks, hip packs, knives, treestandsand/or other junk on our back to clang against. Also a front sling allows me to keep an eye on my arrow when carrying loaded.
- A breakdown crossbow to ease traveling with or packing. Right now, remove 2 bolts and the bowcan be broken down for carry in a short 2 layer rifle case, but that is 2 bolts and, heaven forbid I strip one or similar. Some sort of solid quick release would be nice.

I don't know, I'm just making up a few innovations, and you all probably know better than I where to spend your research dollars.

That is interesting to hear your success with MIM. Are you using it as formed, or is there still machining atcritical points? My lack of success with MIM has been almost exclusively caused by filing on MIM parts and having it flake off orvary in hardness causing uneven filing. Basically a soft spot causing a file to cut more where it is softer.