Little $39 Hand Held PSE Viper Crossbow Pistol - Toy, Right?

COOL!

I'll have the head of game management and shooting sport on my manor pick up a few

Thanks

Thanks for the link as well.
Only one I see on Amazon is $47.41

Cool, I'll see if I can talk me mom into buying me one.

All the guys in my LARPing group are gonna be totes jelly

We obviously need common sense Amazon control.

Just ordered a couple for my 4 year old twins, thanks for the heads up! They're going to love them.

Think it's a targeted marketing campaign? Would make sense. TD is a relatively small site, but I imagine the demographic is right up the alley of something like this.

And seriously ya'll, be careful. The directions aren't the best and the safety is not explained. After I assembled I thought the trigger assembly was stuck until I figured out that one, it will not dry shoot and a bolt must be pressed back firmly, and two, the little red safetey switch has two sections... one up-down that releases the rear stock for auto-cocking the bow string, and two the front section of the red safety (in-out) must be pressed in, in the forward position to fire. Pull the switch out on the bow is supposedly "safe". There was also a gray area as to the location of the two plates that go in front of and behind the bow limb when fastening to the pistol itself. A little common sense finally told me the metal side and section had to go against the set screw that tightens in place. Assembly otherwise would be a 2-3 minute ordeal if instructions would have been more clear.

But be careful regardless, this thing is not a long range threat and probably not very effective after 15 - 20 yds. But inside of 30 feet it could really mess someone up if critically placed. 215 feet per second is a deadly projectile at closer ranges. The fact that it is virtually silent compared to firearms, plus small compared to compound bows and crossbows, gives this think a lot of covert potential in certain circumstances. I just hope the gun alarmists don't start bringing their protests to these as well. Properly supervised it's a great tool to teach a child to handle a weapon, learn appropriate respect, and a healthy fear of foolish handling.