I bought a new compound last year,,but i am sure i will shell out some bucks for a crossbow this year... Take a look at the TAC-15 made by PSE...its $1299.00 but wow what a bow...a couple years ago i would have bought it without a second thought..but now times have changed,and money is scarcer...so i will probably have to settle for a Barnett costing about half of that price....the tec-15 was given to a bunch of marines,that were shooting one inch groups at 100 yds...or so it says...