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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 5138164" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>The newer Excalibur Micro series may be your ticket.</p><p>They are much more compact, and lightweight.</p><p>Excalibur now has a totally silent "draw' system that is much more compact, easier, that their older cranks.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Another aspect about <u>the cost of using a crossbow is ongoing</u>, not just the upfront cost.</p><p>With a compound crossbow, you may additionally need to purchase a crossbow "press" just to replace your string. Otherwise, you take your crossbow to an archery shop to have that shop sell you and replace your string.</p><p></p><p>I replace my strings at least annually.</p><p>It's very easy to do (by yourself) with recurve crossbows.</p><p>In fact, I keep an extra string in my pack, just in case I accidently nick the string while hunting.</p><p></p><p>I can change the Excalibur string while sitting in a tree stand hunting, costing only about 5 minutes of hunting time. By comparison, I don't know of any compound crossbows for which you could do this.</p><p></p><p>Compound crossbows are also more likely to develop tuning and other issues, requiring an archery shop to fix those problems. These kind of issues generally don't happen with recurve crossbows.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 5138164, member: 1409"] The newer Excalibur Micro series may be your ticket. They are much more compact, and lightweight. Excalibur now has a totally silent "draw' system that is much more compact, easier, that their older cranks. Another aspect about [U]the cost of using a crossbow is ongoing[/U], not just the upfront cost. With a compound crossbow, you may additionally need to purchase a crossbow "press" just to replace your string. Otherwise, you take your crossbow to an archery shop to have that shop sell you and replace your string. I replace my strings at least annually. It's very easy to do (by yourself) with recurve crossbows. In fact, I keep an extra string in my pack, just in case I accidently nick the string while hunting. I can change the Excalibur string while sitting in a tree stand hunting, costing only about 5 minutes of hunting time. By comparison, I don't know of any compound crossbows for which you could do this. Compound crossbows are also more likely to develop tuning and other issues, requiring an archery shop to fix those problems. These kind of issues generally don't happen with recurve crossbows. [/QUOTE]
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