BALLISTA BAT Reverse Draw Compound Mini Crossbow - Crossbow for Hunting, Fishing and Target - Fast 340 fps, Powerful 150lbs, Lightweight 3lbs

Some online claims can be a little questionable, but this company delivers. Assembly was very simple, requiring only a few allen head screws (they provide an appropriate wrench). My big concern was the strength required to cock the crossbow. Once again they told the truth. I could easily pull the draw. My wife needed to place the crossbow nose down and place her foot on the fishing reel bracket in order to pull it, but she did it easily using that method. The six bolts (arrows) provided are target practice only, but hunting bolts are available. The speed is astounding! It is almost as fast as my full size crossbow. The drawbacks are 1.) the price of the extra bolts - $40 for 6 bolts and 2.) you need to buy the initial wax for the strings and bolt carrier as none is provided. Neither are significant drawbacks. TAKE SERIOUSLY THEIR WARNING AND DO NOT FIRE THE CROSSBOW WITHOUT A BOLT.

This product was only shot 8 times. There was a nick in the string so being brand new I wanted to exchange it due to the string looking kinda frayed and didn't look new. I did try their method of cocking and slowly releasing the string back, during that process I noticed one of the strings came off the pully, trying to put it back was impossible, I did cock it to see if the string would position better. The bow dryfired on its own about 2 seconds later almost taking off a few fingers. Bottom line be careful this is not a toy. It's more powerful than you may think.

Best beginner friendly crossbow make sure you buy extra strings and the tool for changing the strings novices will dry fire and explode the strings even though you tell them not too the crossbow is very durable and well built to survive misuse by people just learning how to use a crossbow. I highly recommend it as a 1st crossbow because all the things it survived but it is still accurate and works well even with bad operators

After two weeks of shooting my cable screws came loose! I ordered the press from Balista's website along with new limbs trigger box replacement string and cables for almost $300! They sent that package via ground advantage It has been almost two weeks since I ordered from them and still nothing has arrived. Who in the world sends a $300 package via snail mail!!!!! Not to mention, I have purchased the folding stock as well. So I hope you're starting to get the picture you're gonna spend at least a $1000 or more, to make this thing usable and 4, the absolute upkeep it's going to need. Honestly, I would just buy an air gun if you're looking for something that can do what this can do.

Giving it a 4 star instead of a 5 because this thing eats cables. I haven’t gotten more than 50 shots out of a cable even with string wax and lubricating the rail before every plinking session. So like another gentleman on here said. When you buy this thing go ahead and grab the cable replacement tool and extra set of cables($120🤦‍♂️). Otherwise this thing is wonderful. Easy to cock(I’m a former infantry Marine- so might be hard for other to cock at 50lbs), super accurate, and hell of a good time to shoot. I just wish the replacement cables weren’t $60 a piece, or atleast lasted up to 500 shots like Ballista claims. There’s absolutely no way it’ll last that long. I’m on my third cable🤷‍♂️ but I would absolutely recommend this thing to anyway looking for an end of times goat. It’s my squirrel sniper; but with the larger hunting bolts you could definitely take down large game. If you’re even debating on buying it? Do it you won’t be disappointed other than the cable life.

This is a handy small crossbow and has a lot of power

THEY NEVER ANSWERED THE PHONE ,SO I COULD NOT BUY EXTRA PARTS .VERY HARD TO CONTACT. CROSSBOW IS GREAT, BUT THAT'S IT.

We own a full size crossbow but wanted a small handheld pistol type for fun. I have seen comments on review sites that say this shouldn't be used for hunting because you don't hunt with a nerf gun. At 20-30 yards this can go right through a deer. What I will say is that it isn't going to be easy for a small woman or girl to cock this easily. I set mine up with a red dot type sight since I don't intend to use this beyond 30 yards as I already have a full size crossbow that's deadly out to about 80 yards. Overall I would say this is a fun mini crossbow that can be used in the yard, or you can take it for some game.