That's what I'm currently confused about while browsing, could you help me understand what exactly is draw weight? Does draw weight = power? I'm lost a bit haha.
The draw weight is how much weight is required to cock the crossbow.
For a crossbow, generally more draw weight means more speed and oomph. That's good, but (it's a big but)
It also means the limbs are under more strain, which may or may not lead to more limb failures. More speed can also mean they get more finicky about arrow choice, broadhead choice and so on to be accurate.
You should look into a rope cocker or a crank, either will make life infinitely easier to pull that weight to get the crossbow cocked.
Seeing as you seem to be looking at recurve crossbows, I'd look at Excalibur. Barnett used to have a not so great reputation for quality issues, but I don't kbow if maybe that has changed for the better in recent years.
Also, there's a crossbowtalk subforum on here, they could probably help you out.
