Cobra 80lbs Self-Cocking Pistol Crossbow

I was pretty excited when my cobra arrived. Most of the reviews made it sound so good. There were no instructions but I was able to put it together with out any. It as nice looking and seemed well constructed. I had an old telephone book ready to use as a target. I am a big man but I couldn't string it. I asked another big man to help me. We couldn't come close to stringing it. I really wanted this but I had to send it back.

having owned about half a dozen stringed weapons since childhood(mainly barnett)i now own a classic jennings unistar plus compound bow,i was initially sceptical of the quality of this item(being made in china).never judge a book by it,s cover,i have fitted a crosman ratcatcher plastic stock and a 4x32 scope,very impressed.

Great piece of gear with a great range to hit targets.I would recemend to family and friends.Or to the army or any one who is trained in useing this cross bow.Great fun to use and a gud laugh.

The Mk2 cobra with the 80lb draw is the most powerfull small pistol out there. Very accurate, very hard wearing, easy to load, and gos 165FPS. When you think that a good 120lb large bow gos 200FPS youll realise how much power these little things have got. They are only about £30 too...these are NOT a toys

cobra compound bows suck

To keep the string last longer, twist it few time until strands form up into uniied string. Don't over do it. Just until the all form up nice and tight.

String it to the bow and wax it!

This will shorten the string a bit, thus givin it slightly more power, and preventing the string hitting the cocking mechanism. Also if you are worried that it will fray from contacht with mechanism try wrapping around some thread like regular sowing thread neatly and snug ower the cocking mechanism's handles.

I'm not sure on the this one, but I wil try it tomorrow. Try wrapping two pieces teflon tape or something simmilar ower the central serving where string touches the xbow's body. It should prevent fray.

And finally onto stringing. This xbow can be troublesome to string. The way I usually string it, and I rarely have problems with this technique.

Put it onto the ground with the point pointed straight down. Put the string onto the left limb, then tilt it so that the left tip is resting on the ground, and then gently step onto the limb so it bends. After it bends sufficiently bend the right limb with your right hand and just slip the string loop over the limb. There! You strung this 80lbs baby.!

This isn't just a cobra problem it seems to be with all the pistol crossbows they just aren't well made. From what I've see they snap with the Man Kung 80lb crossbow as well and I'm sure they do with the unbranded ones as well. I've seen comments about them snapping on the 50lb crossbows too. This shouldn't pose a big problem since the strings come with two tips at least the ones on ebay do and you can get the 80lb string for under $4 I don't know how low you could get them for if bidding I usually just do buy it now if I need an item. Even if you don't want the cheap string you get two tips. Of course waxing the string adds to it's life too.

Bought it yesterday so far its great however the bolts you get with it arent anything special i had to buy a new pack within 1 hour....the pistol crossbow is very well made and the self cocking feature is super it really helps in cocking it.

Liked the bow. Seemed great but the plastic ends shattered after the 4th shot. No way of replacing them. The bow is now useless until fixed. Don't buy this unless you have replacement plasctic tips.

very good and powerful