Need some input here guys Outdoor Life Crossbow Test

[deerhunter0430]

Thats outdoor life for you, we all know who makes the best crossbow !!!!!

[ComfyBear]

Actually ODL is doing us current Excalibur owners a favour.
The fewer hunters there's out there who own Excaliburs, the better odds for the rest of us, by them not harvesting as many of "our" deer.

[deerhunter0430]

Actually ODL is doing us current Excalibur owners a favour.
The fewer hunters there's out there who own Excaliburs, the better odds for the rest of us, by them not harvesting as many of "our" deer.

Couldn't said it better myself !!

[gendoc]

Actually ODL is doing us current Excalibur owners a favour.
The fewer hunters there's out there who own Excaliburs, the better odds for the rest of us, by them not harvesting as many of "our" deer.

Couldn't said it better myself !!

don't forget to add.... if someone did report tha truth... it would take over a year for us to get any more "boo strings"

[ComfyBear]

I would hope you say that in JEST as that is the same attitude the bow hunters feel about us crossbow hunters we are harvesting "THEIR" Deer. That sort of attitude torks me off.

Of course, it's in jest. I was just trying to be as absurd as ODL.

[georgiaboy]

I wonder if advertising $ had anything to do with where you were rated on their "test"?
Nobody in their right friggin mind would rate a barnett over an excal!!!
I'll take any barnett on with either of my to excals any day of the week in any category you want!!!!

[liketoshoot]

They(ODL) must have missed the 100 little parts commercial

[one shot scott]

"lower end speed" and lack of gagets dont sell or impress the inexperienced. Once they blow up a couple of bows they start to look pretty good though. I cant help but wonder why they picked the newly released axiom out of the excal line-up?

[Bones]

I don't have that magazine but doe's excal advertise in it or does one or more of the other brands of xbow's have adds in it? support who is paying the bills? Just throwing a little conspiracy theory at it.
Bones

[wabi]

Wheels, gadgets, and speed are impressive to a large part of the market I guess.

Did they do any accuracy tests?

[papa bear1]

O.D.L.??? doe's that stand for ( old dumb loser's )
I personaly don't need to read thier-CRAPY- little mag. I know i shoot the best crossbow made. .Wouldn't trade my equinox for 10- of those other junkie's.
Well;; maybe for a ten point,,

papa bear1

[sumner4991]

Sorry 45, but, I can't say they did a bad job without shooting those crossbows. I've never shot any of those bows.

However, I can say . . .I don't understand testing a $500 crossbow against a $1200 crossbow. They should rate the customer service department, customer satisfaction, number of returns, and ease of maintaince.

I do like the testing they did . . .I thought they did a good job of making it as unbias as possible.

We are loyal to our brand and I know why I choose Excalibur. Maintaince, reliability, simplicity and a company you can trust. They didn't include that in their testing.

[sumner4991]

Then say it there. I gave them my two cents but forgot about customer service and number of returns ect. I find it better if others say stuff instead of just one guy. Some one else said he shot his brothers Excal and it was heavy I guess he never lifted any of the others said he was gonna try a Horton

Will do . . .I think the guy that tried his brother's bow had never tried a crossbow before and he thought it was heavy compared to a vertical bow . . .and they all seem heavier than a vertical because of the weight distribution.

[ComfyBear]

I decided to join and post to give them my opinion. I hope my post gives readers some food for thought.

[sumner4991]

Here are the results . . .I thought they were a little hard to find . . .but, I've been having a lot of trouble lately.