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[DarkKnight]

Hey, guys,

I saw this while perusing an outdoor hunting shop :

link here

I'm curious if this foam ball crossbow is:
- good/worthy
- gets decent ranges (box doesn't say)
- worth the price of $19.95 at basspro.com (http://www.basspro.c...__SearchResults)
- potential for modifications

The outdoor shop I saw this in seemed to market it for young-uns and for accuracy. Noteably the box lacks any detail of ranges. And, yeah, balls tend to have terrible aerodynamics and ranges. The thing that interests me is the stock is solid, hard plastic...

That said, could this be a worthy (cheap) contender to the holy-grail crossbow and +bow?

[EDIT - corrected URL]

Edited by DarkKnight, 09 September 2008 - 10:43 PM.

[badger]

Don't even waste the money. In general, ballguns are not worth the time or money, save for the Trigger Fire.

[Retiate]

That said, could this be a worthy (cheap) contender to the holy-grail crossbow and +bow?

Not a chance. Look how it fires, it pulls back a string that hits the ball with a little plastic cup. I don't see any modding potential in this at all short of sticking a plunger tube on there and extra bungees and springs, which is pretty much just a homemade on a crossbow-shaped base.

[Magic]

One, I believe forsaken has already discovered this and it's not worth it, I may be wrong. Second, Badger MOST ball guns aren't worth it, look at the singled doomsayer ball gun. It gets great ranges.

[badger]

You did see where I said "in general"? That doesn't mean "all". It is a term I used to generalize the genre. I did not include that blaster as I have no experience with it, but I do own it. There are always exceptions, but it seems that the ones that are worth it have a trigger and plunger assembly. This one is definitely NOT worth it.

Edited by badger, 09 September 2008 - 11:15 PM.

[DarkKnight]

Thanks for the info and opinions!

Shucks. And here I thought I was on to something. Maybe a mod here or there and so forth... Alas, my modding skills currently include chopping up a BigBlast and adding a 7000milC LED lights with accompanying push-button . Course, I'm limited by available tools and funds - but that's another story ...

Thanks again!

[Banshee]

So... why the hell is this in modifications???

[DarkKnight]

It's in modifications because:
1) I'm asking about the possibility of modifying this crossbow.
2) wondering if it's possibly in replacing the Nerf crossbow or the homemade +bow
3) wondering if it's worth purchasing this crossbow...

I apologize if this is in the wrong topic section, but don't get too amped about it .

[Captain]

I've used one before, the balls go about 10 feet flat. It can't really be converted to fire darts without some kind of elaborate expensive overhaul, so it will not ever be as great as the +bow or Xbow. This gun is just not worth it, like the sportsman shooting shotgun FA24 reviewed and then destroyed in frustration.