TOP FIVE BOW PICKS

I'd stop ... at the first two. I wouldn't want slower, nor bigger, nor with a lesser crank. If I was forced to choose three more bows they'd be a Scorpyd, a SWAT, and Ten Point Flatline 460.

Scorpyd Deathstalker or SWAT X1 for timber and thicket hunting.
Scorpyd Tremor or TenPoint Nitro 505 for field edge hunting.
Mission Sub 1 series for competition archery (easily adjustable to meet speed requirements)

My top five...at least at the time of this writing are:

1) Mission Sub One Lite
2) Mission Sub One
3) Tenpoint Turbo S1
4) Excalibur Bulldog 330- no longer produced
5) Excalibur Wolverine

I've played with speed, and FOR ME, it's overrated.
I rarely hunt fields and if I did much more (of that), I'd probably consider a purchase of a Burris or Garmin unit. These bows are bread and butter for me...more than adequate to do the job I'd need them to do... pretty darn easy to self maintain, not harsh at the shot, don't weigh a ton..but that would change with one of the above scopes mentioned....and are proven platforms..by far, the best crossbow, and the most fun to shoot, all around, is the Lite....love that bow! And have taken a pile of deer with it too👍

My top 5 would be..
My Burky Scorpyd
TP Nitro 505
Swat X1
TP Flatline 460
Excalibur Assassin 400TD

Only 1st 3 in their current design format. #’s 4 & 5 are wish list items: 1.) Nitro 505
2.) Flatline
3.) R29X
4.) Tremor(with a built in crank/trigger box)
5.) Mission(with more speed/built in crank/trigger box.

Tenpoint Turbo S1
Mission Sub1
CamX A4
Excalibur Twinstrike
Ravin R10

All of the above recommendations are excellent in my opinion.
For compact, I'd also throw the Siege and R26 in the mix.

Nitro 505
Flatline 460
Assassin 400 TD
Sub 1 XR
R29x
Have had or do have all of these and this is how I would rate them. The top 2 are a draw IMO.

Scorpyd deathstalker
Scorpyd Tremor
Scorpyd Acules
Micro assassin extreme
Micro 335 gen1

1) R26
2) R26X
3) R29X
4) Ten Point Titan M1
5) Excalibur Micro Mag 340

One eyed archer said:

My top 5 would be..
My Burky Scorpyd
TP Nitro 505
Swat X1
TP Flatline 460
Excalibur Assassin 400TD

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Thanks for letting me shoot 4 of your top 5!

RavIn R26
Excalibur
RavIn R26
Excalibur
RavIn R26
🥴😄

Interesting.....a few r29x in there

On the grand scale of things, I haven't shot nearly all of em, so some guesses here.
#1, Swat X1
#2, Excalibur Micro midweights
#3, CP Wrath 430
#4, WR NXT 400
#5, Swiss Twinbow if it didn't eat limbs

Having shot Jim’s 505, I was impressed. I don’t think you can just buy a 505 without also buying the very best targets available plus WWB custom arrows, so the cost goes up. Considering what I have, the only commercial bow that really interests me is the SWAT X1, and that would be a bit redundant. Not interested in joining the Dark Side.

No1Rackmaster said:

So I thought why not throw up a list of what I would pick for the best five bows
If I were a rich man......to own.
Not going to go into why, but each model has something special to offer and merits a place on the list.
Money is not at all part of the equation in this post.

2023 Tenpoint nitro
Ravin r29x
Excalibur mIcro 380 with cocker
Mission Sub1 Xr
Ravin R10x


Feel free to post up your top five.
The top five most include some bows you dont own.

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Only 5…. Will require some thought!

I haven't shot all that many different bows and none of the top of the line from any manufacturer. So this is a list of what intrigues me.
1. burky toxin
That's about it. 😁