

Once I was sighted in, I was able to maintain 1/2” groupings from 10 yards and 2” groupings from 30 yards. Retightening the sight mechanism screws helps alleviate this problem, so make sure to do that before you try sighting in the crossbow. Sighting in the pistol crossbow might be tedious, because the adjustable site has a bit of horizontal play that can happen if you bump the sight with your hands. From 30 yards, this was more than enough to drive the dart approximately 1 1/2 inches into a thick, healthy tree. The included darts weigh approximately 12.5 gr, so the pistol crossbow generates approximately 12.5 ft. self-cocking crossbow is rated at shooting crossbow darts at 150 fps. In total, assembly of this pistol crossbow took less than 10 minutes.

With the two of us working together, we made short work of stringing the bow. My wife, who has slightly above-average strength, was able to bend the prod enough for me to finish stringing the bow assembly. You can either use a bow stringer to help stringing it, or employ an extra person to bend the prod enough to get the string over the second limb tip. This is more difficult than the instructions suggest, but it is still doable. Once the prod and riser have been joined, it’s time to string the crossbow. Once you have slid the prod and vibration dampening pads into position in the riser, insert the compression pad towards the front of the crossbow – the retention screw is supposed to screw into the compression plate. The two vibration dampening pads should go on either side of the prod, so that one vibration dampener is at the front of the prod and the other at the rear. This pistol crossbow ships with two vibration dampening pads and a compression plate, but the instructions do not tell the proper use of these parts. A rank novice crossbow shooter, though, could make some mistakes due to the poor assembly instructions printed on the box. 3 aluminum crossbow darts (some packages will include an extra 15 darts)Īssembling this pistol crossbow isn’t difficult until the time comes to string the bow.Self-Cocking Pistol Crossbow, including riser and prod Each package delivered by includes the following items: This inexpensive pistol crossbow is a joy to shoot, and is a very powerful mini crossbow. Welcome to our review of the Cobra 80 lb. Safety does not always engage when cocking.Assembly instructions leave quite a bit to be desired.Well balanced to reduce front heaviness.
