Have owned 5 so far: three Excals and 2 Parkers. If I were to buy another (compound) it'd be the Mission 360:Great trigger, carries well, fast, quiet, able to service without press, surprisingly easy to cock given it's speed. If recurve: Matrix 350: more compact, defines rugged self-service bow while still being relativley easy to cock. But I'd have to upgrade to Triggertech trigger to match the Mission's.

Excalibur all the way

Ten point is simply the BEST you can buy.....

I have the Ten Point Turbo XLT II

Love it!!

Half of my man cave.

Ten Point HLX

Lucky you! Danny is 1000 miles from me, good thing or I'd be there every day, lol.

1Barnett 1Horton

I shoot an Excalibur Ibex. The main reasons I chose this was the affordability, the reliability, and the simplicity. Shoots fast and amazingly accurate and if I ever have a string malfunction in the field I can easily restring it in seconds. Excalibur is the way to go.

Scorpyd SLP 165

Pros:

Superb balance, not forend heavy at all, balance is between your hands where it belongs & is a aid to accuracy. This also makes bow feel & handle like it was lighter than it is.

Great accuracy, it's a tack driver even @ 80 yds.

Very low noise bow for it's draw weight & speed, in this Scorpyd is second to none.

Highest speed bow made in commercial numbers @ 425 fps with 22" 400 gr. arrows at a draw weight of only 165 lbs.

Cons:

A bit wide @ 28" overall, or 22.75" ATA (large cams), many others are narrower for overall width.

Trigger has more travel than I normally care for, but is predictable as it's consistent shot to shot, weight of trigger is 3 lbs.

Heavier than the average at bit over 9 lbs.

Bow requires top shelf arrows, which cost a bit more.

Cost, at $1400 there are much less expensive bows

I'm a good sized man, so the weight is no issue for me, though could well be for others. I love the accuracy & I like to shoot target practice out to 80 yds, though I'd not shoot that far on game. I shoot 250-400 shots per year, not as many as some, but enough that I really enjoy the moderate draw weight, & great accuracy & balance.

Scorpyd has discontinued the SLP bow, but the replacement the Velocity corrects the trigger creep issue as it is a light & almost no creep trigger, weight has also been reduced by about 1 lb., though quite a few others are still lighter than the Velocity's 8 lbs. This bow is equal to the SLP bows they replace in speed for draw weight.

Scorpyd also offers 2 other models, that I've not owned, though I've shot and liked the Ventilator. This is a brand of bows that any one looking into buying a crossbow should give a long look. You owe it to yourself to find a dealer who'll let you shoot one before buying a crossbow.

EDIT:

In revisiting this thread, I'm surprised I'm the only one who has a Scorpyd bow going well into the 4 page. So I felt I should have done a much better job of describing the bows strengths vs weaknesses.