#345939 - 08/16/07 12:32 PM
Parker Xbow
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Gish
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Loc: Drummonds, Tn
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Hi all..
I was wondering if anybody here has has any expierence with parkers crossbows..I cant seem to find much feeback on the web..
Looks to be a decent piece...Priced reasonably well, Lifetime warranty..
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#346612 - 08/16/07 06:06 PM
Re: Parker Xbow
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PRB
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Registered: 02/24/07
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Loc: Pinewood (Hickman County)
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I had one as my first crossbow and its when they first started to hit the market. They had a brief (and from what I heard small) quality control problem that was soon fixed. The problem I had was with the complete riser assembly that had to be shipped back and they replaced it with a new one. I still was not satisfied with its accuracy but I think I had a lemon. I then shot a recurve crossbow and will never return to wheeled crossbows (compounds). Since then I have not heard anything bad about them at all. There is a guy that I work with that owns one and he seems to be very happy with it.
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#346989 - 08/16/07 08:33 PM
Re: Parker Xbow
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Gish
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Thanks for the reply....
I met up with (smokepolehall) a member here and also a neighbor of mine and shot his Exocet200..
I had never shot a crossbow before and I was highly impressed..
Since then I have shot my buddy's Tenpoint pro-fusion and his dads Horton explorer 150...
I def prefered the Tenpoint over the horton but I liked the Exacaibur over both of them..The only drawback I see in the Excalibur would be the width of the bow..
I would like to try out a parker although I believe that an Excalibur will likely be ordered in the next few days..
I presume you have an Excalibur if you have a recurve...
Which one do you have and what is your setup...
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#347136 - 08/16/07 09:36 PM
Re: Parker Xbow
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XMAN
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gish..I went to an outdoors store and shot them all side by side.Took about 1500 bucks with me to buy a ten point and came home with a parker.Quieter,no trigger pull.Killed 11 bucks and 1 doe shot 13 times.I got the regular stock because i shot both left and right and the thumb hole stock didn't fell good left handed.
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#347299 - 08/16/07 10:28 PM
Re: Parker Xbow
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Gish
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gish..I went to an outdoors store and shot them all side by side.Took about 1500 bucks with me to buy a ten point and came home with a parker.Quieter,no trigger pull.Killed 11 bucks and 1 doe shot 13 times.I got the regular stock because i shot both left and right and the thumb hole stock didn't fell good left handed.
Which model parker did you go with..??
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#348601 - 08/17/07 12:24 PM
Re: Parker Xbow
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XMAN
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terminator 150lb.
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#349540 - 08/17/07 07:11 PM
Re: Parker Xbow
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PRB
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Registered: 02/24/07
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Loc: Pinewood (Hickman County)
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Thanks for the reply....
I presume you have an Excalibur if you have a recurve...
Which one do you have and what is your setup...
I have the Excalibur Vixen. Here is a link to some pictures.....
http://www.tndeer.com/tndeertalk/ubbthre...true#Post242888
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#349573 - 08/17/07 07:29 PM
Re: Parker Xbow
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Gish
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I have the Excalibur Vixen. Here is a link to some pictures.....
http://www.tndeer.com/tndeertalk/ubbthre...true#Post242888
Nice lookin and shootin bow...
I did not know the vixen came in camo...or did you have that done..?
Do you find the wider limbs on the excaliburs a problem when hunting from a stand..?
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#349714 - 08/17/07 08:33 PM
Re: Parker Xbow
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PRB
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I did not know the vixen came in camo...or did you have that done..?
Do you find the wider limbs on the excaliburs a problem when hunting from a stand..?
I sent the deerhide brown stock and limbs in and paid the difference for the return of the new camo.
I dont ever put myself in such a tight situation where my limbs would hit anything. After hunting from a ground blind last year I really donr believe I will get in another stand again. I dont have a problem with the wider limbs. They could be 4 to 6 inches longer on each end and I would still shoot recurve limbs.
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#350896 - 08/18/07 05:10 PM
Re: Parker Xbow
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coyote170
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Have two of them I really am impressed with the Parker cross bow
Had a Barnett,then a Ten Point,and ended up with the Parkers!
Have a Safari Magnum hp 175 and same model in the 150 lb model!
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