maxpoint-paradox experience???

speedball · Post by **speedball** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 4:35 pm

i could probabaly get the replacement cables and string from fredbear that is where the bow is made right??? is the new fred bears today the same as the maxpoint??? or is the maxpoint a one/off copulation from excalibur/n.a.a.g.??or who??

LoneWolf · Post by **LoneWolf** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 4:37 pm

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rigbymi · Post by **rigbymi** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 4:46 pm

Backup fishing rod!
Riggs

LoneWolf · Post by **LoneWolf** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 4:47 pm

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DOXNUT · Post by **DOXNUT** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 4:51 pm

By looking at the the FRED BEAR XBOW, I'd definitly say that it isn't the same as the MAXPOINT. The Stock and deck look a little bite different, but the limbs and cams look the same.

dw · Post by dw » Fri Mar 04, 2005 4:52 pm

the bow assembly is the same the rest is a tenpoint?
"dw"

DOXNUT · Post by **DOXNUT** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 4:55 pm

HAHA.........."DW" said it best! It defnitly looks like it was made with a little of this and a little of that.

speedball · Post by **speedball** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 5:08 pm

yea a real mut of a bow, must be a hillbilly mated with its cousin, you guys are funny

bottom line here i'm gonna buy it i think for the money it will out perform the exocet but i'll have the exocet to run the 3-d course and punch a vegas round or two.. speedball.........

DOXNUT · Post by **DOXNUT** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 5:16 pm

It's looks different, but it will definitly have hunting potential. I have heard threw the grape vine, that the fred bear is made in China. If thats true I wouldn't buy it, knowing the quality china produces.

Evan · Post by **Evan** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 7:39 pm

You can't compare the 175 lb draw weight of a recurve to the 175 lb draw weight of the Maxpoint/Paradox. Trust me. With 0% letoff, the Maxpoint seems to develop its maximum draw weight very early in the draw stroke. I don't have the tools to measure or graph it compared to a recurve, but I have cocked my Maxpoint many times, and I can tell you the difference is very noticable. There may be others who have copied the design, but the Maxpoint/Paradox was the first to feature the 0% letoff concept in a compound crossbow. Although no longer in production, it's a classic and is a testament to Bill T's genius.

speedball · Post by **speedball** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 8:09 pm

will the maxpoint take the same bolt as an excalibur with flat end? if so i'm thinking about a beman thunderbolt with feathers for that bow, oh and by the way i ordered it today my brother is a member of the club and got me the 359.00 price cant wait to play with both bows and compare the 200 exocet and the maxpoint side by side, the 0% letoff sounds real interesting..speedball................................

Digger · Post by **Digger** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 8:16 pm

The 0% let off is being carried on in the Fred Bear F-series xbows starting this year to replace the Maxpoint.

http://www.fredbearoutdoors.com/products/crossbow.tpl

Digger

Evan · Post by **Evan** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 8:17 pm

Yes, the Maxpoint will take the same flat-end bolts as the other Excalibur bows. I have shot both 2216s (the same ones I shoot from my Vixen) and 2219s with the Maxpoint. Because of its power I mostly use 2219s. I still shoot aluminum, I haven't gone to carbons yet.

Digger · Post by **Digger** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 8:27 pm

I use Beman Thunderboltswith my Paradox, 425gr bolts work well.

speedball · Post by **speedball** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 8:29 pm

digger, do ya really think its the same seeing excalibur has nothing much to do with it except past Rand D??I for one dont think so, i'll bet its cheapend up a bit to make MORE profits..speed..........