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Stryker 350 Good crossbow. Can't answer your questions. I have'nt owned any other except Excalibur. Good luck.
Looking for some advise on my first crossbow
Hi folks,
I'm looking to get myself a crossbow to get into hunting with, but unfortunately I only have about 500 bucks that I can spend on it (excluding accessories).
To make matters worse, I live in Canada, in southern Ontario (not usually a bad thing, but here it really limits my selection and means higher prices)
After much searching, I'm leaning towards the Barnett quad 400 since it has an impressive shot speed and is below my budget. however I'll have to hope that the reports of limbs/cables/scope mount failing after <50 shots are due to poor assembly.
The other bow under consideration is the PSE toxic (can get off amazon for 450 with a month waiting). problem is, I can't find any reviews for it, for better or for worse.
Advantage with the PSE is the adjustable stock, bottom rail, and smaller axle to axle, may be quieter as I've heard the quad 400 is loud as heck
Disadvantage is that it'll only shoot 325 instead of 345fps @ 425grain, plus it weighs 9.5lbs
The barnett penetrator also crossed my mind but that's at my budget limit and it seems like I'm just getting 5 fps more for another hundred bucks.
My questions are,
1. Has anyone here shot the PSE and can tell me about it's quality? (including the stock scope)
2. will that 20fps drop make a noticeable difference in the field?
3. at 6'2", will I be needing an adjustable stock? (bass pro in my area doesn't have either in store)
4. is that lower rail actually useful? as cool as it would be to have a bi-pod, I'm unsure whether I'd actually have anywhere to rest it.
Sorry if these seem like silly questions, like i said, I'm about as green as they come.
Any advise here would be much appreciated.
I'm looking to get myself a crossbow to get into hunting with, but unfortunately I only have about 500 bucks that I can spend on it (excluding accessories).
To make matters worse, I live in Canada, in southern Ontario (not usually a bad thing, but here it really limits my selection and means higher prices)
After much searching, I'm leaning towards the Barnett quad 400 since it has an impressive shot speed and is below my budget. however I'll have to hope that the reports of limbs/cables/scope mount failing after <50 shots are due to poor assembly.
The other bow under consideration is the PSE toxic (can get off amazon for 450 with a month waiting). problem is, I can't find any reviews for it, for better or for worse.
Advantage with the PSE is the adjustable stock, bottom rail, and smaller axle to axle, may be quieter as I've heard the quad 400 is loud as heck
Disadvantage is that it'll only shoot 325 instead of 345fps @ 425grain, plus it weighs 9.5lbs
The barnett penetrator also crossed my mind but that's at my budget limit and it seems like I'm just getting 5 fps more for another hundred bucks.
My questions are,
1. Has anyone here shot the PSE and can tell me about it's quality? (including the stock scope)
2. will that 20fps drop make a noticeable difference in the field?
3. at 6'2", will I be needing an adjustable stock? (bass pro in my area doesn't have either in store)
4. is that lower rail actually useful? as cool as it would be to have a bi-pod, I'm unsure whether I'd actually have anywhere to rest it.
Sorry if these seem like silly questions, like i said, I'm about as green as they come.
Any advise here would be much appreciated.
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500 bucks will buy you an awesome used Excalibur. Unless you are looking for something with wheels.
Hank
Hank
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unfortunately, no luck finding any on kijiji or Canadian sellers on ebay, stateside purchases will have a nice duty charge added
stryker is out of my pricerange
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Give Derrick a shout
http://www.middletoncrossbow.com/en/
http://www.middletoncrossbow.com/en/
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If i only had 500 bucks for a crossbow i would give it to derrick middleton. An extra 100 dollars and i would still buy a middleton, but also look into sz350 and mxb-320
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cheapest middleton was 600
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He sells a 300ss for 475 and a 315ss for 5something. You can view specs and bare prices in the brand specific section under middleton.
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so is there something inherently wrong with the 3 bows I was looking at? or is it just that no one can recommend what they haven't tried
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What about it? what can you tell me about it? like I said it's very difficult finding opinions on it.
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I think you should go for Barnett Penetrator, very accurate bow even at 100 yard
check out this video
If you want to learn more about this crossbow, read my short review here.
check out this video
If you want to learn more about this crossbow, read my short review here.
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1st crossbow go simple, find plenty of used Excals on the Excal tradinpost. I knowed nutten about those trainin wheeled models
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Thats a shame too because i thought their products were starting to look a little better built than previous years.
They better get it together if they dont want to end up like Horton.
They better get it together if they dont want to end up like Horton.
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