200 dollars or so (40 percent cheaper than most other retailers!) with free shipping! It's the Crosspoint Primal 330 by Crossman - yes the pellet gun folks for you old-timers! Called the 330 because it shoots 330 fps but it says Primal 315 on the box because it only shoots 315 fps or so. When the box arrived I thought they sent me the wrong model! But for whatever reason it's called a 330, but 315 is plenty fast. 84 pounds of kinetic energy, so technically you can use it to hunt elk, but I wouldn't. It's a complete kit with a 4 x 32 scope, three bolts (AKA arrows), rope cocker, sling (not in my pics I don't use them) and detachable quiver (not attached in pics. Took a while to put together - the directions are woefully inadequate and they have one assembly step out of order! Luckily a guy has a youtube review on this exact model so he warns everyone ahead of time. Yes it's loud like all crossbows but not so loud my neighbors will complain - it's not as loud as a.22 rimfire to put things into perspective. Adjustable stock, but it only lengthens by one inch - kind of pointless but it is an option some people might use. Safety features? Hell yes! Anti-dryfire (tested it! Don't ask) and the hand grip is well underneath the very wide rail guard - there is no way you could grip the weapon and even reach the rail - the safest design possible. Accuracy is dead-on-balls-accurate at 25 yards which is the furthest shot I would ever take anyway - and this is with the cheap bolts that came in the kit. No sense upgrading the bolts at this time since they shoot great. Cocking it was because I kept thinking "what if I'm doing this wrong?" as it creaked and strained to get back to that 200# draw weight. Cautious & tentative doesn't begin to describe me that first few times! I'm used to it now though and getting a feel for the bow. The trigger pull is looonnnngggg and heavy, but that's just the mechanics of how a crossbow trigger is designed - I'm getting used to that too. I sighted it in from a padded rest, but after that I have shot it from the standing off-hand position and from my knees, and despite weighing six pounds (not bad for a sturdy crossbow) I can still pit the bolt right where I want it. I can't hunt with it until I get the broadheads I bought for it sharpened up - they are not "shaving sharp" right out of the box but few fixed blade broadheads are.
good point! I think that would make a good hunting chair. My luck though I'll fall asleep in it and wake up just in time to see wagging white tails going down the trail.
I have no idea what/who you are talking about - but I'm guessing they are involved with crossbows or lawn furniture in some capacity.
@oldfella1962 will get a kick out of this. Last week, the wife of one of my coworkers used his truck to run an errand and stopped at Chic-fil-a on her way home. She didn't notice that the cup holders weren't empty: Her soda leaked all over the console and she was pissed that she had to clean up the mess.
chisel point broadhead instead of COC design? Okay for busting through bone but nothing a COC like a Montec (see picture) can't do. Granted it's still better than an expandable head. Sure great blood trails but you can't beat one piece solid construction! Side note I have my Montecs grouping like field points - it's "game on" tomorrow morning at zero dark thirty! Side note II - a guy from work recently bought the compound version of the Crosspoint 330, the 370. It performed great for the three deer he took this season. It dropped two like a sack of potatoes! The third jumped the string hard and he hit it all cattywampus but it went down fairly fast.
