"Excalibur crossbows" and "excalibur crossbow" pull a combined 9,800 real monthly searches, after stripping out the far larger volume actually pointed at the Excalibur Las Vegas hotel and the 1981 King Arthur film of the same name. What's left is real: Excalibur is one of the three biggest recurve-crossbow manufacturers sold in the US, and it's the one brand in this niche that never followed the industry's move to compound designs. We don't currently have an affiliate relationship with Excalibur, so what follows is a real, sourced look at the company and its current lineup, not a sales pitch.
A Company Built Around One Design Decision
Excalibur Crossbow was incorporated in 1983 by Bill and Kathy Troubridge in Kitchener, Ontario, after Bill, a machinist by trade, got frustrated with a Daco Hornet crossbow he'd been hunting with and decided to build his own instead. They started in their own garage. The name came from Bill's British heritage and, fittingly, the medieval roots of the crossbow itself. Four decades later, in a 2023 anniversary release, Excalibur's own VP of Product Marketing, Dave Parker, put the company's identity in one sentence: "we are proud to still be at the forefront of the crossbow industry and proudly making our crossbows in Kitchener, Ontario Canada. Where it all started". That same release frames the company's founding mission plainly, "to eliminate the complications of cams and cables and prove to the world a recurve crossbow is superior".
That's the throughline that separates Excalibur from almost every other brand on this page: while TenPoint, Ravin, and most of the modern industry chased compound-crossbow cam systems for more speed, Excalibur stayed with recurve limbs, betting on simplicity and reliability over raw FPS numbers. The company is still headquartered and manufacturing at 2335 Shirley Drive in Kitchener, Ontario, and was acquired by Pure Archery Group in 2014, according to industry M&A records, though Excalibur continues to operate and market itself as its own distinct brand rather than folding into a parent-brand identity.
Excalibur was founded in 1983 by Bill and Kathy Troubridge and has stayed committed to recurve-limb crossbows in Kitchener, Ontario, for over four decades.
The Real Current Lineup
Excalibur's own site organizes its active crossbows into five series, and we directly confirmed specs and pricing for one representative model from each, straight from Excalibur's own product pages :
| Model | Series | Speed | Length | Weight (w/o accessories) | Draw effort/weight | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hybrid X | Hybrid | 435 FPS | 29.6" | 8.3 lbs | 14 lbs | $2,199.99–$2,299.99 |
| RevX TD | RevX | 400 FPS | 33" | 7.5 lbs | 16 lbs | $1,999.99 |
| TwinStrike TAC2 | DualFire | 340 FPS | 32.125" | 7.5 lbs | 12 lbs | $1,699.99 |
| Suppressor Extreme | Micro | 400 FPS | 31.4" | 6.4 lbs | 18 lbs | $1,349.99 |
| Suppressor CRT | Micro | 370 FPS | 31.7" | 6.2 lbs | 180 lbs | $1,199.99 |
| Mag MAX | Mag | 350 FPS | 32" | 6 lbs | 175 lbs | $829.99 |
| Mag Air | Mag | 305 FPS | 31" | 4.9 lbs | 136 lbs | $599.99 |
One thing worth flagging honestly: Excalibur's own spec tables label that last column "Draw Effort" on every model, but the numbers jump from a 12-18 lb range on the Hybrid X, RevX TD, and TwinStrike TAC2 up to 136-180 lbs on the Suppressor CRT, Mag MAX, and Mag Air. Excalibur's product pages don't explain the gap, and we're not going to guess at it, the likeliest read is that the smaller numbers reflect effort with a cocking aid engaged and the larger ones reflect closer-to-peak limb draw weight, but that's our inference, not something Excalibur states directly, so treat it as unconfirmed.
The Hybrid X is Excalibur's newest flagship and, at 435 FPS, its fastest current model by a clear margin. The TwinStrike TAC2 is the odd one out mechanically: it's part of Excalibur's DualFire system, built to fire two bolts in quick succession rather than prioritizing top-end speed, which is why its 340 FPS reads lower than the rest of the current lineup despite being one of the pricier models. Excalibur's own product catalog also still lists an older "Assassin Series" page (400 FPS, 32" length, 7.4/9.2 lbs, 19 lbs draw effort) that no longer appears among the five series in the site's own current navigation filter, which suggests it may be a previous-generation line still referenced but not actively promoted.
Excalibur's current lineup spans $599.99 to $2,299.99 across five series, topped by the 435 FPS Hybrid X.
Why There's No Excalibur CTA on This Page
Excalibur isn't carried by either of this project's confirmed merchants, CenterPoint Archery and Ravin Crossbows both sell exclusively their own house-brand crossbows. No affiliate program has been checked or joined for Excalibur specifically, so rather than link you to an unvetted retailer or Excalibur's own non-tracked site, we're stating plainly that this page exists to inform, not to sell. If a real, working affiliate relationship with Excalibur or an authorized Excalibur retailer gets set up later, this page will be updated with a genuine recommendation.
If recurve versus compound design is actually the decision you're trying to make, our crossbow buying guide covers that tradeoff directly, and you can weigh Excalibur's real specs above against whichever compound models you're comparing it to.
Neither CenterPoint Archery nor Ravin Crossbows carries Excalibur products, so this page has no working affiliate link to offer.
FAQ
Why does Excalibur still make recurve crossbows when most brands switched to compound designs?
Excalibur's founding mission, stated by the company itself, was to eliminate the mechanical complexity of cams and cables and prove a recurve crossbow could outperform them, that philosophy has stayed the company's core identity for over four decades.
Is Excalibur still made in Canada?
Yes. Excalibur's crossbows are manufactured at the company's own facility at 2335 Shirley Drive in Kitchener, Ontario, the same city where the company was founded in 1983.
What's Excalibur's fastest crossbow?
Based on Excalibur's own current product pages, the Hybrid X is the fastest confirmed model at 435 FPS.
Can I buy an Excalibur crossbow through this site?
Not currently. Neither of our confirmed merchants carries Excalibur products, so we don't have a real affiliate link to offer.
Sources
- [S001] Excalibur Crossbow : official product pages: Hybrid X (), RevX TD (), TwinStrike TAC2 (), Suppressor Extreme (), Suppressor CRT (), Mag MAX (), Mag Air (), all fetched with a real desktop browser user-agent after a default WebFetch request returned HTTP 403 (accessed 2026-09-09)
- [S002] Excalibur Crossbow : official "Bows" catalogue page and Assassin Series page, , (accessed 2026-09-09)
- [S003] Archery Wire : "Excalibur Crossbow Celebrates 40 Years of Unmatched Confidence and Reliability", (accessed 2026-09-09)
- [S004] Ontario Out of Doors : "How Excalibur became a top crossbow manufacturer" (founding history: Bill and Kathy Troubridge, 1983, Kitchener, Pure Archery Group acquisition in 2014), - direct fetch blocked by a Cloudflare bot-detection challenge on 2026-09-09; facts confirmed via search-result aggregation of this specific article and cross-checked against the company's own 2026-current site footer/contact info
- [S005] Excalibur Crossbow : official site footer/contact info (headquarters address), (accessed 2026-09-09)
- [S006] dataset/site-architecture.json (this project, BRD-011 entry, real SEMrush-derived keyword evidence)
- [S007] dataset/keyword-review.md (this project : documents the Excalibur Las Vegas hotel/1981 film keyword pollution excluded from the cleaned export)
- [S008] dataset/merchants/centerpoint-archery/merchant.json and dataset/merchants/ravin-crossbows/merchant.json (this project : confirms neither merchant's real catalogue includes Excalibur products)