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

Good quality

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.

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.

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.

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

This crossbow un-strings itself after two shots. Had to buy their restring tool 50$ then find out it still falls off af each shot. It’s a total waste of money. Don’t buy.

As other reviewers have mentioned and are spot on about is that this thing eats cables. I got about 75 shots out of my first set and 60ish out of my 2nd set so purchasing the replacement cables and press is a good idea. You can use a ratchet strap as a press but the press ballista offers makes it so much easier to do. I found the reverse bat to be surprisingly light and accurate out to 30 yards especially for what it is. I’ve had mine a little over a year and it’s been a lot of fun as a backyard toy and bow fishing crossbow. For reference I use a raven R500 for deer and this thing is a toy compared to that so if you’re looking for distance and knock down power this isn’t what you want, that said the reverse bat is a fun but activity specific crossbow. Like I said, I use mine primarily for bow fishing, I’d be comfortable using it for small game and if I’d be in a real pinch and with the right broadheads i’d be comfortable using it for deer out to 15-20 yards. The bow fishing kit they make for it also works really well. Along with extra cables I’d order their hunting arrows right away because the arrows it comes with are junk. I 3-D printed a stock for it which worked ok but ended up buying their upgraded AR style stock which works real well especially in conjunction with their Picatinny rail and a after market foregrip with integrated flashlight. I’ve played around with a couple different scopes on it, I started out with the same type of crossbow scope that’s on my R 500 which turned out to be a giant overkill and not real practical for bow fishing so I put on a vortex viper red dot which is just a holographic quick point handgun sight but works great on it for bow fishing and general shooting out to 30 yards. So to sum it up in order to get the most out of it there are about $200 in upgrades that should be done and about $200 in supplies you should have on hand for it. Would I buy it again? Yes! Hope this helps.

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.