How many shoot pistol crossbows?

[jefL]

My nephew recently bought himself a full size 150lb crossbow.
We tried it out in the brother in law's back garden


The first bolt went through a 3/4" chipboard table top, a 1/4" sheet of ply and a half inch thick fence board, coming to rest when the flights caught in the hole

My first attempt missed the target completely and hit the concrete block wall below the fence. The bolt ended up s shaped.

This thing is ridiculously powerful, costs less than £100, and can be bought by a teenager. Why they bothered to restrict airguns further under the VCR act I don't know.

Now, where did you say you bought it Tom?

[plank1905]

i've just got a barnett trident 75lb pull, my gargen is thirty yards and i use my rifles in it all the time(very good neighbors). but this thing is lethal,put some 10mm ply,covered it i 2 lots of carpet,pulled the trigger,and all it left in the wood was the flights.shaft hit the wall 2ft behind target an bent the ali shaft. i had know idea they were that powerful, got it to use in the garden, but its got to much power. the wife saw it go off and now its banned. does anyone know what kind of ranges this is capable of.

atb

levi

[Phantom Sniper]

i've just got a barnett trident 75lb pull, my gargen is thirty yards.
does anyone know what kind of ranges this is capable of.

atb

levi

Yeah a "hell of a long" range

I would love the Trident My parents wouldn't let me near one

Is yours the auto load version with three bolts on it or the single bolt one?

I know they do the Trident with a 90lbs prod on it as well
Oh hell, I'm slavering over my keyboard again

Tony

[Jim McArthur]

..50 lb pull weight,,

What's the range / penetration power on a 50 pounder, Neil?

Jim

[plank1905]

Yeah a "hell of a long" range

I would love the Trident My parents wouldn't let me near one

Is yours the auto load version with three bolts on it or the single bolt one?

I know they do the Trident with a 90lbs prod on it as well
Oh hell, I'm slavering over my keyboard again

Tony

mines just the single bolt one. a 90lbs prod,that must have some power.

levi

[Jim McArthur]

What's the range / penetration power on a 50 pounder, Neil?

Jim

Anybody know?

Jim

[Jim McArthur]

How many might be interested in throwing Pistol Crossbow in as a separate category at the Vintage comps?

Jim

[Phantom Sniper]

I would, but I just dare not shoot it in the garden as its too small (hence my shortage of intact bolts) and I have know where else to shoot it

Tony

[Jim McArthur]

Tony, I used to shoot longbow - well, stickbow, anyway - not very well, mind you - but the point I'm leading up to is that I used to use a foam-box archery target, which I now use for my air pistols.

It had no trouble stopping shafts from my bows (which were 35 - 40 # range).

This is the thing you need. I can't imagine those crossbow bolts being able to penetrate it.

Jim

[pmarshall]

I had one of these pistol crossbows, used it once, with 3 bolts, missed the target with all of them.

I was too scared to use it again, very powerful and very innacurate, in my opinion the only thing they are good for is to cause damage and accidents.

Always wanted a proper full size crossbow, but can't really see where I'd use it, they need the the same sort of respect as a centrefire, but they're nowhere near as accurate.

Just my opinion!

[Jim McArthur]

I had one of these pistol crossbows, used it once, with 3 bolts, missed the target with all of them.

I was too scared to use it again, very powerful and very innacurate, in my opinion the only thing they are good for is to cause damage and accidents.

Always wanted a proper full size crossbow, but can't really see where I'd use it, they need the the same sort of respect as a centrefire, but they're nowhere near as accurate.

Just my opinion!

This is scary! While I don't think it would penetrate all the way through my target backing, I'm scared of the thought of where a complete miss might go.

Jim

[ranger02]

i have seen a full size cross bow used it zambia on deer to great effect
as it makes little sound unlike full bore guns as every thing in ear shot wont
disapear over the hills

[Target Bunny]

Hi Guys
Back in the 1970s a mate of mine turned up with the top of the range "Barnet" 250 to 300 lb draw weight jobby. I was in the RN Fleet Air Arm so we took it to our ground equipment hangar and pinned a target to a sheet of half inch marine ply and supported that with a pile of "Thermalite" insulation blocks. Retreated to the end of the hanger (10 metres ish) took aim and fired. The bolt was the type described as a "quarrel", and yes it is the origin of the expression "to pick a quarrel". It went nowhere near the bull, straight through the marine ply and the thermalite blocks exited the breeze block wall of the hanger leaving a neat hole on the inside and an exploded face on the outside ("Looks like frost damage to me Sir") and we never did find the bolt.

These things can stop large game animals. Stay well away unless you intend to hunt deer, and that's illegal.
Oh yeah, the compound bows are not that far behind and harder to aim.

Target Bunny

[shipwreck]

Hi Guys
Back in the 1970s a mate of mine turned up with the top of the range "Barnet" 250 to 300 lb draw weight jobby. I was in the RN Fleet Air Arm so we took it to our ground equipment hangar and pinned a target to a sheet of half inch marine ply and supported that with a pile of "Thermalite" insulation blocks. Retreated to the end of the hanger (10 metres ish) took aim and fired. The bolt was the type described as a "quarrel", and yes it is the origin of the expression "to pick a quarrel". It went nowhere near the bull, straight through the marine ply and the thermalite blocks exited the breeze block wall of the hanger leaving a neat hole on the inside and an exploded face on the outside ("Looks like frost damage to me Sir") and we never did find the bolt.

These things can stop large game animals. Stay well away unless you intend to hunt deer, and that's illegal.
Oh yeah, the compound bows are not that far behind and harder to aim.

Target Bunny

Jesus H Christ, and they pick on us in the VCR !!!!

[clueless]

I had a Trident back in the late 80's with a homemade shoulder stock and a crappy pistol scope and it was suprisingly accurate up to about 25-30 yards, if the bolts were in good condition. Coke cans no problem

Unfortunately my dad found it and very kindley burnt it

Good fun while it lasted but they are bloomin dangerous..