I've shot other crossbows as well as own 10 Excaliburs. I also bought a bow from a Premier Manufacturer and am very much disappointed. Aside from the bow having major defects it is much more noisy than any of my Excals and accuracy is not as good as my Excals. Some have done some serious modifications to bring the accuracy up to par but why bother? The a company rep and I have emailed back and forth and I've been promised twice that I was going to get some some way of modifying the bow but all I got was three pieces of foam! Talks with the manufacturer have gone on for several months without action. Just talk and promises for about 5 months so far. I will not reveal the name of the manufacturer so don't ask. Excal on the other hand responds to problems in a heart beat. I will not mention the manufacturer but suffice to say that Excalibur is an awesome manufacturer to deal with. In fact the owner himself sometimes answers the phone!