But this equipment has the advantage of small weight and size. I get 500+ rounds from the Kevlar servings just keep the rail greased and you can learn to serve a bow string in 10 mins on YouTube.Last update on / Affiliate links / Images from Amazon Product Advertising APIĬompared to high-performance crossbows, pistol crossbows have the smallest shooting range and can be used for training, small game hunting, or entertainment. So if you’re just looking for some twang and bang fun and don’t want to worry about serving repair or hitting the bull’s eye all the time, the viper is a good buy but If you want something that’s really accurate and hits good and hard the Cobra is the way to go, just buy a cheap serving tool and some 100lb test twisted Kevlar kite string to reserve it with. The Cobra has a weak 11mm dovetail rail, lousy safety system only locking the trigger ( no anti dry fire and can misfire if bumped just right ) and is hard on string servings with the grav drop string catch system. ( I did put a laser on the bottom 20mm picitany rail and could zero that just fine but it did not improve accuracy. The viper makes more noise ( twwaaanggg ) when fired, only moderately accurate, harder to cock even at onl y a 50lb bow and worst of all the top 20mm picitany rail has a steep downward slope to it, so steep I could not use a red dot scope on it, I could not raise the dot up high enough to zero the scope and had to remove the red dot and go back to the open sights. The Cobra is more accurate, penetrates more and is easier to cock even having a heavier 80lb bow on it. The Viper is really light weight, has a superior safety/anti dry fire, string catch and release which will make you’re string servings last much longer, 2x 20mm picitany rails and finger guards. The Viper ss is made mostly of a carbon/plastic material with a only few metal parts and is very light weight, the Cobra is all metal mostly aluminum is about twice as heavy as the viper and the only plastic parts on it are the 11mm dovetail rail, pistol grips and trigger. They are both 20” long and 17” wide bow tip to tip uncocked and have identical 6” power strokes. I have two crossbow pistols now, the PSE viper ss 50lb rated at 215fps and the Cobra 80lb crossbow pistol rated at 160fps. Its light weight and feels well made other than a plastic trigger. Expect 170 to 190 fps with plastic bolts.ĭry fire arm should be removed or altered to allow aftermarket bolts. I aimed for an old hole in ply wood from my pellet gun and the arrow went right into that hole I was aiming at. It's accurate at 15 feet where I sighted it in. The xbow is completely composite material even the trigger is plastic which I dislike. I opted to just leave it out, the safety engages automatically each time you draw the string back anyway. You can probabl y add a little step with a dab of glue or tape on the anti dry fire arm so the aftermarket bolts engage it. The reason for the dry fire issue is the original bolts are a little thicker so can move the dry fire arm up out of the way for the safety to be disengaged otherwise you cant disengage the safety. These bolts fly at 190 fps so a bit faster than the included bolts. Now I can fire the widely available plastic bolts easily. All it took was a few soft taps and it slid out and I removed the dry fire arm. It's as simple as punching out a single pressed in metal retainer for the anti dry fire arm. My other plasticĪrrows "Speed Track pack of 60" do not engage the anti dry fire mechanism so I removed it. Mine came with 3 plastic arrows with metal tips. I did not measure the draw weight but did Chrono several arrows after assembly.
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