ORIGINAL: PappyDave
ORIGINAL: awshucks
ORIGINAL: Cossack
"With the top crossbow manufactures, I would not hisitate to look at used."
While I agree, you should know that the warranty generally does not transfer to the second owner.
Excal is one exception to that.
I worry more about the abuse of the previous owner than the manufacter. It's hard to tell if there are mirco cracks that are there from abuse or poor care of the crossbow.
Dave
Dave, the most likely form of abuse for an Excal is a dry-fire. Not likely to be a problem w/ any string except FFF, and then it's 50/50 on splitting a limb.
The best test for that is rubbing a cotton ball along the limbs. My dry-fire that split a limb cost me $7 in shipping and I got back 2 new limbs, new diss bars and pads in less than 6 days, think I mailed it to Miller on a Monday and had the assembled riser back on that Friday.
The only catch to a used Excal is the resale price seems to hang close to new, lol.