Quote from Bill Troubridge owner of Excalibur, from the Excalibur forum

Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 1:18 pm Post subject:
After decades of dealing with tens of thousands of crossbows I am of the opinion that it's marginally better to unstring at least between seasons, but I'm too lazy to bother fooling with the string and taking off the dissipator pads. I don't believe in the "do as I say, not as I do" system of advise, so our official policy is that you don't need to unstring as long as the bow is not stored in a very hot environment. Please note however that a short stay inside a closed vehicle parked in the sun during the summer can destroy a set of strung limbs.

Quoting myself
For the long term crossbow success and enjoyment
-I would stay away from the wheels and cables. May have problems sourcing cables after a few years.
-You need a press to change strings/cables on most compound crossbows. Hard to do field changes if required
-More mechanical moving parts to fail over time.
-Check length of warranty, Check country of origin
-Check your game laws for specific requirements, lenght of draw. poundage etc
-Be practical, don't get caught up in the "Cool" factor
-Last but not least -Don't buy until you try if shop won't let you shoot it, go some where else.


I'm biased though, I have a 150 lb recurve crossbow bought new 21+ years ago. Lots of hunting with just string changes over the years. It broke the front leg of one deer as the arrow exited the deer, never found the arrow. I would recommend anyone of the Excalibur bows, I just bought a 2009 Exocet 200 and am quite happy with it, son is getting old enough to hunt, hes going start buy using the old dependable 21+ year old Wolverine.

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