I am trying to get some opinions about some crossbows. Won't be buying for a while, but always interested in more info.

I know I like the Excalibur crossbows. My son has a Vixen. I like the safety setup, weight, simplicity, and accuracy. The Excal I would probably get would be an Exocet 200. For the small cost of the upgrade over the Vixen, it has a significant speed/power increase, and c-cking the Vixen, even without the rope c-cker is pretty easy.

The Parker I know nothing about, other than they seem to make pretty solid vert bows. I think the safety is in about the same location as the Excal. For a pretty low cost considering it is a package, it seems like pretty good performance, decent weight, compact, etc. I know they also make other models with even higher performance, but at 6.2# and over 300fps, I think the Buckbuster should do the job.

If anyone has owned one or both, I'd appreciate some input.