I have an Excalibur Exocet 200 crossbow and it has served me well.

An Excalibur Exocet as well. I have yet to take a deer with it...Hopefully this fall as I plan to hunt the property we shotgunned in last year. I'll be using it for turkeys in a couple of weeks.

Mike

Right on Mike. What's your set up going to be for turkeys. Are you going to use a blind, decoys etc. and what broad head do you use. I use the Excalibur recommended Jakhammer expandables.

Do you guys shoot through the screens on your blinds?,,I'm looking to purchase one myself,,Frank

I don't use a blind as of yet but have been thinking of getting a pop up as many crossbow hunters swear by them. I use one hen decoy and setup on a fence line where there is a thicket or dead fall and do the ambush thing. One thing to note concerning broad heads is that you cannot shoot expandables through blind window screens.

Exactly...On a fence line in a dead fall, which I built up a little more for extra cover. Jackhammer expandables and two hens and a jake decoy setup! I'll be hunting a few hours on our deer property in Severn Township, then heading to Pefferlaw on the 24th to take advantage of an invitation there. I came real close last year but was beat by some pretty vocal hens...I'm pumped and anxious to connect this year...If not, at least I got out.  ;)

Excalibur exocet here too.

That's great guys. We have the makings of a Team Excalibur !

I have a few Excaliburs and a Ten Point Flex.

Hello Boo. I was just thinking about that Ten Point Flex you have. How do you like it, and how does it compare to your Excal's ?

I have a excalibur exomax.
I bought it in 2007 and have taken 3 deer with it!

I have an old Barnett but am looking to up grading it to an Excalibur.  I want something light but with plenty of oomph!  I want to be able to use it for moose as well as deer.  I prefer fixed broadheads (especially for moose) because they are a little tougher but sighting in is a little trickier as they seem to drop about 10 yards from my practice points of the same weight.  Hopefully an "Ex" will take care of that.

I have an Xcalibur Paradox its a compound cross bow. I have taken 7 deer with it, I also use fixed broadheads for hunting and practise.

Nice bow Final. It has served you well.

I used an old Excal Wolverine for at least 15 years then bought a 175 Exocet. The wife shoots a carved tip Vixen. The Vixen has plenty of power for deer, she's got two with it and I've shot two with it. I was planning on contacting Boo this year for a couple of custom strings but hunting season kinda snuck up quick on me this year. Hopefully next year Boo.

Hey Steve, can you explain the custom string to me? I was unaware that there was one. What would the advantage be?

I have a few others as well but this is my newest addition  

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That has to be the oddest looking crossbow I've seen, do the limbs flip forward and lock down for shooting and back for transport and storage or have you not put it all together yet?

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Final wrote : That has to be the oddest looking crossbow I've seen, do the limbs flip forward and lock down for shooting and back for transport and storage or have you not put it all together yet?

The tips move towards each other when cocked. That is a the only limb movement there is. The rear portion of the stock flips down and forward and out of the way for cocking in a tree stand. This thing puts out 380 ft/sec with a 350 gr arrow! Quiet, low shock, nice trigger, great balance and stupid accurate. All this with a 125 lb pull!
Here is a review I did on another forum.

I am told that only 1,000 will be made this year and going by the DVD that goes with the bow there is some info lacking. I will first stress that you have to use moon nocks. I confess that I did not view the DVD and shot it with a flat nock and had a partial dry-fire. Very little happened other than the string came off and it really wasn't violent. Luckily I have a bow press so I reinstalled the string and continued shooting after grinding a nock into an arrow.
It uses 22" arrows but there is no info as to what the min or appropriate weight is for an arrow. The arrow shot was a 22" Gold Tip with brass inserts and a 100 gr tip.
I mounted a Varizone on it using high scope rings. Medium rings are too low. The scope has to be mounted fairly forward on this bow.
I sat back and zeroed at 30 yds on a bag target and then after zeroing I took a shot at a golf ball and whacked the ball! Unfortueately the arrow wheeled around still embedded in the ball and snapped the arrow! The golf ball is suspended by a string so it hangs in front of the target. Arrows sometimes require some pulling to remove it from the bag target which doesn't happen with any of my other bows which tells me that this bow casts the arrows pretty well. I have no scale here and have no clue as to how light of an arrow can be used so I did not see any point in chronying arrow speed yet.
Some observations. Bow only is around 9 lbs but weight is well balanced so it feels and holds well.
The rear of the stock pivots for cocking and is held in shooting position with a strong magnet and takes some getting used to when handling but no big deal, just have to be careful how it is picked up. With the stock folded cocking in a tree stand is going to be a breeze considering how easy it is to cock.
Because the source of the string is so close together (axle to axle is 22" and stroke is 20" string pinch is severe enough to discount clocking by rope cocker only.
Noise and shock is very low. Limbs travel only about 2 1/4" at the axle and it has a string stopper system. When shot here is very little noise and hardly any shock. All I feel is an impulse back from the arrow being pushed forward as you should expect when there is virtually no shock on the shot.
Dry-fire mechanism is internal so decocking I suspect will be in the form of shooting into a target. I see no way of decocking with a rope.
Although it is a bit gritty the trigger is great(light and not much travel) and can feel it smoothen out as I shoot.
I didn't have a whole lot of time to shoot it yet and need more info on arrow weight. I will report in when I do more shooting and have the arrow info I want. I will say that this is a very different and very pleasing bow to shoot. I know I will use this bow this year to hunt with. It is a pretty awesome bow so far!
It is very well made bow. I've found nothing to complain about in the fit and finish department. The anodizing is different from what I am accustomed to. It feels much more smooth than the finish of an Excal. There are no horns to catch clothing or skin. No sharp edges. Over all there's no doubt that there is a lot of attention to detail.
The cheek piece is nice and wide and at an appropriate height unlike many bows out there.
Interesting information. The RD100 may not be made in the future. Being the same stroke and a difference of 25 lbs total difference in draw weight few people wanted the 100 lb over the 125 model. For a difference of 25 lbs draw weight and only $40.00 more you get 50 ft/sec.
Reserving of the string will have to be done off the bow because the cables go through an elongated hole in the rail. No big deal for me because I have an Apple press and a Ratchet-Lok portable bow press.
This is a very well made and thought out bow.
I now have some moon nocks so I will be firing away over my chronograph with 22" Lazer IIs, 100 gr tips and aluminum inserts. Please pray for my chrony!

Finally got to clock some arrow speeds. The chronograph is an Archery Chrony F1, I made 4 arrows with the intent to clock 3 of them. They were Lazer IIs, aluninum insert and plastic half moon nock. With a 125 gr tip total weight was (1)349, (2)348 and (3)351. I used 2" Fusion vanes and shot about 3.5' from the chrony.
arrow
1) 384, 383, 381, 382
2) 382, 381, 383, 381
3) 384, 382, 384, 381

I also had an arrow from last weekend, a Lazer II with a brass insert, files rear nock and blazers. It weighed in at 440 gr with a 100 gr tip.
Speeds were 344, 343, 345, 343.
I shot from 30 yards off a sand bag and was frankly amazed at wheel bow accuracy. It's a rare occasion for me to shoot off a bench because I use bows to hunt with and not for targets so all my practice is off hand. Today I spent too much time in sun and wasn't going to spend anymore time but may tomorrow if things go well. Below is a picture of my 30 yard shots. I made some adjustments and shot at the golf ball again (don't ask me why) and I broke another friggen #$&@$(*@*&$ arrow. Yep a slow learner.

 

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