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

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

Very good quality. Powerful

great product

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.

bow arrived on time and in good condition from the vendor. need to fit a red-dot to the crossbow to make aiming easier as there are no ironsights.

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.

Missing front bottom bracket. String is used and looks like it has been used and needs replaced . Plastic hole on pistol grip is already cracked. 3 practice bolts are missing. The 2 wrenches are missing

I haven’t fired this yet, but as per the instructions for mounting parts and operation of the system it is very vague to none existent.There are no instructions for mounting the magazine and the instructions for replacing the cables are not in debt. Then there is the point that to replace the cables you will need a press which is sold separately; something I believe should come with the kit.Going back to the mounting of the magazine; there are no instructions for that and in the safety section it says one must lubricate the rails, which means one will need to take the magazine on and off to do so, this will require taking off two flimsy screws that are screwed into the actual frame of the bow every time one has to lubricate the rails and these screws and the screw locations will probably not tighten after two times of loosening; they should have made some type of quick disconnect system for that.I bet, that after taking the magazine off the second time, you will probably have issues mounting it properly again.Than there is the point where there are no instructions on the lever that pushes down the bolts on the magazine, it comes with a cable the holds it in place while boxed and there is a sticker on the rail of the bow that tells you not to take it off until the magazine is installed, but nothing tells you that everytime you take it off to lubricate the rails; that you will need to reinstall the cable so that the arm won’t flip the wrong way.For safety they talk about proper bolts to be used, but then there is no information on exact size, weight, etc., of bolts.The front grip cannot be tightened in place and moves easily.They provide a bunch of stickers to promote their business; money that they could save in providing better instructions and in making the system truly safe. They start off with safety is most important, but than go cheap on the magazine and installation which becomes or will become a safety issue.I will probably update this after I fire the system.