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[*]Does Excalibur make any compound crossbows?
The answer to the question is yes, and no. Excalibur has teamed up with Bear archery to produce the best darn compound crossbow ever, it's being marketed through their channels in the US under the name" Buckmaster Max Point"and in Canada under the name "Excalibur Paradox".. Basically it's an Exomag frame that's been modified to use their compound limb set. Since they have been willing to respond to our input on designing the limbs by making the brace height minimal and didn't waste string travel by turning the cams over and dropping the draw weight at latch, it's a real cannon. The phrase "the only compound crossbow to ever make sense" comes to mind, but I may be prejudiced! I've shot the prototypes a lot and even hunted with one for December, and it's really impressive, but like all compound crossbows it's gonna be less accurate, heavier, and less reliable than our recurves(not that I've had any problems with mine). I for one won't be using one, but the " .338 Win Mag for deer" folks are gonna love it. Why did we do it? Really it's because we've come to realize that our market penetration in the US will forever be limited by the incorrect perception that compound crossbows are better, and that if 90% of the hunters are buying compounds, we can do them a favor by giving them a great option to choose. We also can help Excalibur to grow and build the high performance recurves that we believe so strongly in by our new partnership with the folks at Bear.[/ol]

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The Squirrel didn't know. He bought a Dorkton.

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I knew. That's why I have one. The bad part is they quit making them. It really packs a punch and is very accurate. I've already slammed 2 bolts sighting it in.

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aaaawwwww hush don, ya hear that, they sucked so much they stopped makin them!

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Knew that. KNow 2 guys that have um. Nice bows for sure.;)


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Hey Spiffy, where have you been?

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I found that interesting that Excal joinded forces with Bear to make a compound Xbow.. what I was not able to find out was why they quit making them did Excal and Bear have a fallout?? does anyone know?
I know Excal wanted to produce one because of the bigh market for them..

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I have'nt found anything on it andmaybe will contact Excal and ask them. What does make me wonder is why Excal chose Bear to combine with?:)Is theBear compoundX-Bow Bill Troubridge's choice other than Excalibur?:)

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I think that probably had a lot to do with Bear Archery being the only one willing to employ their Ideals I guess I could go on the ExCal forum and post that question to Bill T.. and the article on his site about the compound being less accurate he counterdicts in an article he did for the Horazontal BowHunter Site he talks about how a well tuned compound will drive tacks.. will see what I can find out,,

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went on the ExCal forum and sent Bill T. a PM asking about hte ExCal compound, will see if I get a reply back..