Just so you guys know if you plan on shooting these in your back yard at a target or something make sure you stock up on the darts. I went through 20 or so darts in 5 minutes and only recovered three. Even the darts that hit the target punched through and kept on going until they burried themselves under the grass into dirt. It's a pretty powerfull crossbow and almost every time darts go completely under the lawn at which point you need metal detector to find them and dig them out.
Just so you guys know if you plan on shooting these in your back yard at a target or something make sure you stock up on the darts. I went through 20 or so darts in 5 minutes and only recovered three. Even the darts that hit the target punched through and kept on going until they burried themselves under the grass into dirt. It's a pretty powerfull crossbow and almost every time darts go completely under the lawn at which point you need metal detector to find them and dig them out.
My lightsaber spanks it.This is nothing compared to my Wind Force bow.
These things are deadly. Very powerful to say the least. The darts are pretty much one use only. Any thing you hit with usually destroys them because they hit so hard. It gets pricey buying new darts all the time.
And even if you miss and the dart lands anywhere within 20 yards from you, it's still a gonner in my experience. Burries itself right under the lawn. So yeah, one time use and very deadly, definitely not a kids toy. One thing I did though was tie a knott on one side of the string and it made the crossbow even more powerfull since string got shorter.
All, I'm not sure if anyone has actually gotten anything they ordered from these guys. Here is a link to the BK Industries forum where I included my entire email string of run around.
http://www.bkindustries.net/shop/Boards/Topic.aspx?TopicID=5#15
It looks like I'm not the only one.
http://www.bkindustries.net/shop/Boards/Topic.aspx?TopicID=3
This is a major scam it appears.
Mods, please pin this info if you can so we can perhaps organize everyone from Anandtech that was ripped off.
-Alex