New Scorpyd crossbow for 2010
 

Here's a couple pics from Unk Bond at AT who was kind enough to take at the ATA show and send to me. :happy0001: Thanks, Unk !
It shows Jim Kempf with his newest creation.
The new bow shoots a 400gr arrow to 425fps and packs 50 more foot lbs of energy over the old model for a total of 160 ft lbs

Thanks again to Unk Bond !
 

Well certainly different from the main stream cross bow.

Looks like a good design.

Thanks for sharin Sag.

That's going to be one great spanking bow!

Nice
 

That sure is smokin' performance. I would be totally fine with the 125 for performance. Even the 100 would be fine with me if PA didn't require 125# of draw to be legal. For most crossbows, that makes sense. For Scorpyd? Not so much.

After shooting my new Frankenstein creation this morning, I am leaning toward putting any serious archery money into a crossbow instead of a new vert bow. I can't shoot any better with a new bow than with what I have.:wink:

I'm w/ you, JoePA. After owning an Emax, I think the 125's performance stats is all I'd need. Just can't get past the '*utt-ugly' aspect of the reverse draw stuff.

width
 

It seems it would not look as wide if the stand offs for the limbs to the stock were shorter or werent there.

Do you mean the riser???????

ok
 

I didnt know it still classify as a riser being mounted in the position on the bow. I picture a riser as being at the front but you are right. The Horton narrow look is more compact looking.

The wider limbs mean it can have a longer stroke, yielding more energy.

I don't have any problem with the *utt ugly at all. I am sure all my Tick Toters would just die laughing! Cause be nutten but cutten going on! :barmy:

Couldnt they accomplish the same thing by a quad pully system to extend the power stroke. An old idea on verticals thats made a come back with a few designs.

That would be more trouble than it's worth and introduce more problems, jmo.
Just more components and fixtures to get in the way, create friction, and fail.
The Scorpyd's perceived limb width imperfection is way overblown; I don't have a problem hunting with mine in the least.
If someone wants a reverse draw bow with narrower limbs, there's always the Horton Vision. :)
If anyone has a problem with the width of the Scorpyd, simple fix, don't buy one ! :evil:
As for myself, I will gladly take the performance and quality that goes with the wider limbed Scorpyd. :happy0001:

You have that right, a flat shooting bow is great for hunting. I always like to see if designs can be differant, just like the reverse technology. I do like the bow for sure.

Here we go again. In your esteemed opinion, when did the 'flat shooting' xbows come out? Got any dates? What speed is 'flat shooting'?

You question the "Resident Expert"beware:wink:

More information from Jim at Scorpyd.
 

Talked to Jim again.
He confirmed the new Scorpyd will have Barnsdale laminated limbs.
They're the finest limbs in the world with a psi rating over 200,000; most limbs are rated from 140,000 to 170,000 psi.
A ****ing sled and crank will also be available in 2010.
The crank is a much needed addition for those with injuries preventing them from ****ing the bow with a rope ****er ! :party0005:

I want one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Would sure like to shoot one,love my Ten Points, but this
little puppy has me wondering!:wink:

I'll stay with my Defender no since of adventure any more
I gueee thats what 70 does to ya!

Heck, don't let that stop you, Coyote !
Life is short for all of us and we're a long time dead.
Get one and enjoy it. :party0005:
I highly recommend it. :wink:

Paul what you and Marty don't know is that Marty needs one bad!:party0005:

Looks like it has Hawke's new scope on it.

If my wife see's this post Im DEAD!!!!!:biggrin:

Probably more like slightly alive. Marty, you got to learn to be a half full guy not a half empty type of guy, you may be 70 but you can still learn, especially when there's pain involved!:party0005: LOL!

It does look like the new Hawke 30mm scope, saxman1.
 

Here's the best pic of the new 165 bow to date.
Moon was kind enough to take it for me at the ATA show.
Thanks, Moon ! :wink:

Im thinking,sold a four wheeler,you can only ride one at a time
so better to invest in something that aint gonna throw me on
my head!

Looks really neat!!

First Hunt with Scorpyd RDT 165
 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83JiiAv2xpk

After discovering a recent law change allowing crossbows during bow season in Texas, I decided to purchase a crossbow. I researched crossbows online and had narrowed it down to two bows (didn't run across anything on the Scorpyd). I went to BassPro to purchase either the latest Bowtech or the top of the line Excalibur. BassPro didn't have either bow in stock. This turned out to be a blessing in disguise. I asked the employee in the archery dept about the two bows and was told the Bowtech had been returned several times due to defects so I scratched it off the list. The Excalibur could be ordered but the other Excalibur bows appeared to be very wide which could be a problem in tight blinds.

Since I was new to crossbows, I asked the employee what was the best crossbow they sold. That's the first time I heard of the Scorpyd and how this employee wanted to sell his ten point to get one. He took me to his computer (in BassPro shop) and showed me the Scorpyd web site. At first glance, I thought it looked more like something from Star Trek. He wrote down the name Scorpd on a piece of paper and I left to research it online.

It took a while before I realized he had left the y out of the name but even then didn't find much online. I read these post and several others along with some reviews on You tube and couldn't find any negative comments or reviews. In fact everyone that had one seemed to love it. In comparison test, nothing could touch the new Scorpyd RDT 165.

Here is one comparison test result.

CROSSBOWS 2010
NAME TYPE DRAW SPEED (feet ENERGY (foot
WEIGHT per second) pounds)
(pounds)
Arrow Precision
Inferno Wildfire Recurve 225 330 103
Barnett
Buck Commander Compound 175 365 129
Carbon Express
Covert XB-3.5 Series Compound 200 350 115
Crosman
CenterPoint HEX Compound 150 300 88
Darton
Serpent Compound 170 320 95
Excalibur
Axiom Recurve 175 305 73
Horton
Team Realtree
Ultra-Lite Express Compound 175 330 101
Maximus
Bone Splitter 225 Recurve 225 370 116
Parker
Tornado HP 165 Compound 165 330 103
PSE
TAC-10i Compound 145 340-350 109-116
Scorpyd Compound
RDT-165 Reverse Draw 165 425 160
Stryker
Strykeforce Compound 190 385 140
TenPoint
Turbo XLT Compound 180 315 92.5
Wicked Ridge
Warrior Compound 165 285 75.8

The full report can be found at

http://www.thefreelibrary.com/A+year...ty-a0226378998

I contacted Scorpyd and Jim Kempf answered the phone. Jim is one of the nicest CEO's you could ever meet. I told him I didn't have a clue and he set me up. He does try to push the 125 as it is an adequate bow that is still probably faster than most but I told him I wanted his latest greatest fastest bow. I knew from my compound days that faster is flatter. Once I told Jim when I needed to bow to make a hunt, he rush shipped it right in time.

First you need to know that the 165 DOES NOT have the anti-dry fire on it. Turns out a couple small and apparently nimble hunters did not **** the 165 all the way. When they heard the first click, they stopped pulling the string but it was not fully ****ed. Although it was physically impossible to set the safety at this point they reported having the safety on. After a short period the crossbow dry-fired.

Unlike other bows, Jim will replace the string and cams from dry-fires, and still warrant his bows against defects. It takes more than that to damage his top of the line limbs. With the dry fire mechanism off the bow, the first click you hear is the sear setting when it's fully ****ed. You know it's fully ****ed if you can set the safety. The safety will not set if the sear has not dropped.

The only modification I made was with the new Hawke 30 scope. I opted out of the $200 dollar upgraded scope because the scope has variable powers (which once moved moves all your pins other than the zero hair out of range). It also has an adjustable speed dial to let you move the pins to preset ranges based on the speed of your bow. However, the Scorpyd shoots outside of the available speed ranges so you would still be trying to get close and hoping you don't accidentally move your zoom or speed adjustment before your shot.

The Hawke MAP is a 3 power scope (which is all you need) that has a program which allows you to make adjustments with ranges in the program before you shoot the bow. I have the twenty pin set at thirty. At that setting, the bolt doesn't hit the peak of the trajectory line on the scope and the 30 pin is dead on at 45 yards. I haven't shot it past 45 yards yet but the 40 pin should be on at 61 yards according to the program.

I had only shot the bow a few times when I took it on a hunt. About twenty minutes after I settled in, I was lucky enough to have a spike come up and feed exactly thirty yards from my stand. I set a camera right right next to the left cam and videoed the shot. The bow was really quiet and the deer in the other senderos kept right on milling around until I came down to recover the spike.

I would highly recommend Jim Kempf's Scorpyd RDT 165 crossbow to both novice (like me) and experienced crossbow hunters.

Check out the shot on my You Tube video at the following link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83JiiAv2xpk

You bought the most advanced crossbow out there! Congratulations!

Still shooting Scorpyd two weeks into rifle season
 

Two weeks into Texas gun season and I'm still reaching past the deer rifle for the Scorpyd RDT 165. Out last weekend trying to remove some management bucks before our mid December first rut kicks in. The big Texas ranches tend to have high tower box blinds with small windows designed for gun hunting. I could never shoot a compound bow out of them because there was never enough top clearance and the windows were too high. The Scorpyd balanced perfectly in the window opening. Here's a short video of a management buck that I arrowed from 41 yards last weekend.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N23kcKatmUM

Nice
 

Very good shooting. Nice and quiet too. Wish they were less than 10# though.

sorry gotta say it.yuck! looks like a heck of alot shoved onto a stock . i thought my excalibur was wide.impressed with the power but cant see that one being too tree stand friendly. whats it weigh?

Are you saying you think the Scorpyd is wider than your Excalibur ?
The Excalibur is 36" wide vs 27" for the Scorpyd.