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I just acquired thru a trade a SCORPYD 165 with a 2.5 to 7 power scope on it. shoots 427 fps. Most awesome thing I have ever seen. Its my first crossbow. I was hitting a pie plate at 95 yards on one knee with it just yesterday, and my 8 year old shot it at 42 yards and hit a bulls eye. The only problem with it is that it almost takes a half inch piece of steel to stop the arrow. At 95 yards it drove the bolt all the way to the fletchings in a blob target. It messes up the fletchings shooting it at 40 yards im going to have to get something as far as a target to stop this thing. Needless to say im impressed. I still will bow hunt for I like the challenge but with the piney woods I hunt down here in lower alabama and florida it will open up soooo much more hunting places for me.