Crossbows.

[MilfHunter]

After looking further at the link polarbear posted;

https://preppersshop.co.uk/

Crossbows caught my eye. The want is strong.

I quite like the look of this one

https://cdn.ukcrossbows.co.uk/image/cache/catalog/products/archery/crossbows/rifle/130lb-cobra-rx-recurve-crossbow-ek-archery-1493x1333.jpg.webp

So who owns a crossbow? And should I buy one?
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[Riejufixing]

Can't think what I'd use it for, where can you shoot with one, so what good are they?

There's a "review video" from the vendor with a nice girl in a pink hat wholly missing a target with one of these things here (0:56):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_pMnt2Uifg

[MilfHunter]

[wr6133]

If you want to prep for the end of days that much just go to France, legally buy a black powder revolver and just carry it back. Or apply for a shotgun ticket, depending where in the UK you are they can be as easy as buying a lotto ticket.

I wouldn't buy what you linked. It's a Walter Mitty website look at the shite they sell, I've heard of Cold Steel making knives but not crossbows.

Look here these are the real deal https://www.barnettcrossbows.com/ designed to take out large game.

[WD Forte]

Checkpout JeorgSpraves channel
let him show you the 'features'
some great stuff there

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zPDx6HQ_9w
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[panrider_uk]

After having my garage broken into twice I've thought that having a pistol style one would be quite nice to have
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[wr6133]

[Ayrton]

I have a pistol crossbow I bought ages ago. I do olympic style archery as a hobby, so I have plenty of bows but I dont really have any interest in crossbows. Most of the stuff you find on websites like that are cheap crap designed for a bit of messing about with in the garden for people that think they are prepping for the end of the world

wr6133 is right, they wont be as powerful or accurate as you think. My mate had a cheap 70lbs one and it was very under powered for the draw weight, especially when I compared it to my 30lbs bow and wasn't very accurate either. A lot of people think that because it says 70lbs on the box that must mean it's really powerful, when a lot of that power is wasted because of the cheap limbs.

What's your reason for buying it? they are good for some fun, but I'd want a gun for any end of the world shit.

[MilfHunter]

I've looked at the Barnett range and the one I initially posted does look like a toy in comparison to the TS380.

Not cheap but affordable.

https://www.outdoorhobbies.co.uk/ekmps/shops/gophergames/images/barnett-ts380-crossbow-full-package-9764-1-p.jpg

My requirements are quite simple it needs to be reliable and shoot where I point it.

I won't be target shooting or turning it into some kind of hobby it will more than likely spend its entire life in my bunker collecting dust.

I only want one because I can/if walking dead ever happens and I need to become the new Negan.
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[wr6133]

[Polarbear]

I have a couple of crossbows. A cheap pistol one with a self loader that I can load quicker than an air rifle and a really nice wooden one that will put a bolt through a much thicker bit of wood than most (legal) things at close range.

They are a bit of fun and actually the big bow has cheap laser dot that I have sighted and isn't too bad accuracy. The pistol bow I have bought some fishing bolts to try when I go in the Nene river later this year.

They are not toys though. They can really do some damage. Put it this way, I have some antique flintlock and percussion cap guns that I have fired (home made balls and black powder) and I'd rather have the big crossbow if I had to depend on it.
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[TbirdX]

If its end of days stuff then you'll be the man who brought a crossbow to an assault rifle and grenade fight
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[Polarbear]

[gbrand42]

Any chance of it mis-firing and taking the owners head clean off at the gums? Just asking
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[MilfHunter]

Think I have settled on the TS390.

It's a beast;
https://youtu.be/NfDh0R8pTb

Any other recommendations? I don't want to spend more than a bag of sand.
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[Hetzer]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfDh0R8pTbw

£995!
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[Rebel]

Overkill for something that will sit in a cupboard.

[Fisty]

That's an expensive toothpick.
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