First Time Out, Horton’s Vista Vertical Bow Takes #1
Please read this as sharing our excitement, not that we are bragging.
Horton Manufacturing is excited to report that its new Vista Vertical Bow took first place in a 3-D outing of some 30 shooters held at Broken Arrow Archery in Newark, Ohio. This is the first tournament at which a Horton Vertical bow was used in competition.
“Of course, it goes without saying, the fact it was in the hands of Bryce Pennington didn’t hurt,” said Jeff Snook, National Sales Manager for Horton.
Bryce, a former Mathew’s shooter who recently switched to Horton Vertical, commented After shooting the bow at this tournament, “on a scale from 1 to 10, I’d give the Vista a 9.95″. When asked why not a ten, Bryce said “there is always room for improvement.”
Horton introduced five models of compound bows this season following the acquisition of the CSS line. “If the first tournament is any indication, Vertical by Horton looks to have a bright future,” stated Chuck Nease, developer of the CSS compound bow.
February 18th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
Congratulations !!
February 21st, 2008 at 3:32 pm
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June 18th, 2008 at 5:52 pm
Proof, if proof were necessary, that these bows will turn MANY heads away from the bigger and more established manufacturers… Am changing my UltraTech for a CSS bow and wish to equip my Corporate bookings in the UK with Hoyt Vertical and Hoyt Crossbows. Reliability, dependability, solidity of purpose. What else do you need?
June 27th, 2008 at 6:46 am
Congratulations ( a little late, I know :))! I’m looking forward to see where Horton is going with the compound bows, if they can establish a solid foundation to make it big with the compound bows!
February 27th, 2010 at 11:33 am
Interesting write up, I havent heard much about the Horton bow, hopefully everything is going well!
March 22nd, 2010 at 4:14 am
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March 27th, 2010 at 2:30 am
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June 15th, 2010 at 10:23 am
I love hunting with crossbows as I am originally a firearms hunter, my start with crossbows was with Horton Legacy 150lb compound …It was fine dose the job within 25yrds low quality but you got what you pay for, so after the string broke during the hunting season I decided to sell it aand spend more to get a re-curve crossbow so I can maintain it by myself and not to send it to the shop every time I need to re-sting it specially the archery shop in about 45miles away…Got it Sold on Craigslist.
As I am a big boy over 6’ so I was looking for the high end power in the market so it was by the time Horton Legend 225HD and I got an eBay deal on used like new Horton Legend full package for about $500. I have to say it was good and accurate and made in the US, I did use it almost every weekend just for Target practice until the string broke while I am shooting it and it caused damage to the Limbs. I called Horton Archery Customer services, described the damage and they said you need to replace the limbs and as I am not the original owner so the warranty is void , I said okay please replace it on my charge and include installing new string. they mentioned that the new limbs will be covered by them for 3 years … All of that sound great , they gave me a return Authorization number and they requested to disassemble the bow and send it over and they took my credit card information in advance and they said it will take 2 -3 week upon receiving my xbow and the cost is $126 for new 2 limbs , string and shipping back to me,
Finally I received my xbow and all the sudden I found that my old damaged limbs has been re-installed with new sting and the invoice is showing that they have charged me for new 2 limbs $100 + $18 new string +$8 shipping. I have checked my credit card online and I found that they have charged me!
I was so mad I called them back and the customer service lady in cold blood just said sir I have the system right in front of me showing that we have installed new limbs for you. I replied Mam I have the damaged bow in my hand with the old limbs. She said you have a warranty I can give you a new return authorization number and we will check it out and that’s where I went nuts!!! She never admitted that a mistake might happen and it was an ugly conversation ended by me saying. Mam you just lost a customer. So I have send my crossbow bow back to Horton on the same day on my own cost hopefully they give me what I paid for!!
I have followed by sending complain online through their Horton web site but never heard anything back from them till today! I can send my Return Aythorization numbers to anybody wants to check on my story!