Sorry but in my experience the Excalibur is truly ahead of the TenPoint and anyone else producing recurves. There really is no comparison when it comes to recurve crossbows, Excalibur is the industry leader. After all they've been doing it for far longer than everyone else put together and doing it successfully I might add. Now if you want to talk about compounds then then it's a different story. No one can dispute the fact that Excalibur is first in recurves!