80lbs Crossbow Pistols


The Cobra 80lbs Self-Cocking Pistol Crossbow is brilliant crossbow should definitely buy! Very good range I found it could reach 102 meters really nice grip. With a scope i could hit a ten pence piece from 40 meters!!

just got it today with only one complaint. the aluminum part frays the string quickly. i put electrical tape on the string to help. if anyone has hunted with it please tell me. its not very accurate, but its still fun.

I have the 80 lb pistol crossbow with the self cocking handle. These things shoot awesome and fast! The only thing I have noticed is my trigger is very HARD to pull. I'm shooting at a wood box made of something like white or yellow pine. These things stick into the wood about an inch -- hard to get out. I'd say 90% of the time the back plastic part of the arrow pops off and breaks. A few times I was able to use a arrow a second time, but even then I was wary because the impact of the arrow with the wood had made the aluminum arrow slightly curved, this happened every time. I guess I should shoot into something softer like a Styrofoam target or something. One time i missed and this thing went right through a metal cabinet which was probably like the thickness of a gym locker. Had to open the cabinet and look for it inside. Another time I hit a cement cinder block and the arrow took a nice big deep chunk out of it.

Buy one, have fun! Inexpensive pistol crossbow with an intuitive and easy to use cocking mechanism that allows rapid loading/fire. Use the metal bolts (as opposed to plastic) as they are slightly heavier and penetrate deeper. I have found it to be consistently accurate at ranges of up to 50 feet. Ideal as a fun garden shooter, home defense or even hunting small game, particularly birds i.e. pheasant, pigeon, duck etc. Although of course it may not be legal where you live so check the legalities of h ...

I have bought the cobra pistol cobra from Bulgaria. It is very powerful and precise. The only snag is that both end pieces to which the string is attached literally snapped to pieces on my first shot. I have not been able to purchase a second set and the manufactures have not responded to my inquiry. Can anybody please help.



A very good small varmint , squirrel.., groundhogs, target, rat, etc quite pistol that does the job., after several shots , you must tighten the screws etc.. 

I've been shooting mine at distances of about 35ft and am able to hit beer cans fairly consistently, 7-8 out of 10 shots.It's more powerful than other 80lbs draw strength crossbows due to the extra couple of inches pulled back to load it.The increased accuracy over my other similar model is due to the slightly longer rail travel for the bolt.My target backstop will have to be upgraded because even at 1 inch thickness of fiber-board, the points are sticking out the other side.I like this crossbow ...

You're not going to get laser accuracy from a $50 crossbow - you're going to get a super-fun, easy to load, easy to use plinker.
This crossbow, at an 80-lb pull, launches bolts at a devastating clip. I haven't recovered a single bolt in usable condition. From 50 feet, the aluminum bolt sinks itself 1/2 inch into 2x8 header lumber. That is a horrifying force to reckon with - from what looks like a toy.
The site is somewhat accurate for a device of this quality, we can get 5" groupings at 50 feet, which is much better than I would expect.
We haven't hunted with it, but I imagine that pesky squirrels, raccoons and crows have something to fear when the Cobra comes out from the garage.

Compared to most crossbow pistols, the Cobra 80lbs self-cocking Pistol is more powerful and accurate. I was able to hit a 8cm grouping at 20 meters, shooting one handed, using the standard sights.

The hardest part is fitting the bowstring... but even with that it doesn't take longer than 10 minutes to assemble the crossbow.

There is a mount for a scope or dot sight. I'll advise using the dot sight. With a pistol it is no use trying to shoot over 30m, so a red dot sight is perfect.


80lbs Crossbow Pistol Questions and Answers:


I plan on getting a crossbow and there is one at academy for a good price and i need to know if about 60-80lbs. will kill anything up to a coyote size at about 25 yards max.

If an armed and dangerous man entered our house forcefully, and I discovered hime, armed with a 80lbs draw weight pistol crossbow, alerted him to my presence and then fired when he came at me with a knife or other dangerous weapon, would that be defense of home and property or would I go to jail for injuring someone, or man slaughter depending on body part I hit?

Crossbows are great for defense and protection.

From what we can tell we have a choice of between 150lbs draw and 80lbs; which would be best? Also a choice between those taht fire 6" and 14" aluminium bolts- again which is better?

Also, can telescopic sights be fitted to crossbows and if so, are they effective? What sort is needed?

For starters the one that fires a 14 inch bolt will have a flatter trajectory and will be much more accurate. The 6 inch bolt is unstable and will drop off quickly loosing energy due to greater wind resistance brought on by its instability. You did not say what you were going to use them for, hunting? Target practice? etc. I assume the one with the 6 inch bolt is a handgun style crossbow, this is useless for anything other than playing around with very short range target practice. Take the 150 lb bow with 14 inch bolts for longer range and more versatility.
Research each crossbow and find the one with the longest power stroke!
Mine is the quad 400 and shoots a 22" bolt with a 14 or 15" power stroke.The stroke is were the bolt gets its power from plus of course poundage.I have taken white tailed deer at out to 60 yards clean one shot kills with the scope package that came with the bow.It has yardage makes in the scope I set the first one from 0 to 20-then 20 to 30-then 30 to 40-then 40 to 50-then 50 to 60! I shot very accurate groupings at each range(less than 4" at 60 yards)and cut vanes at all the rest of the distances!