If you are not shooting much barnett and horton are fine, but if you shoot a lot spend extra money and get EXCALIBER,TEN POINT or PARKER.Recurves are more user friendly than compounds and a lot less complicated,they are also easyer to restring and fix in the field,fewer moving parts mean less to go wrong! CARBON shafts can take more abuse than ALUMINUM. CHECK OUT HORIZONIAL BOW MAGAZINES web site! EXCALIBER CROSSBOWS also has a excellent web site with a forum of FAQs

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