Petron MKII Sure Shot Hand Bow

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In the box you get pretty much everything you need to take your first steps. The bow comes in big component parts, with the prod already strung. The assembly instructions are clear and easy to follow, so it only took about ten minutes to put it all together. Pay particular attention to getting the prod perfectly centred and level. The kit also includes a couple of aluminium arrows (known as bolts) as well. This bow does come in separate parts, but it doesn’t take MacGyver to assemble it. All you need to do is insert a single screw with a crosshead screwdriver and you’re good to go! Or, should we say, good to bow? (Probably not).The Stealth Pistol crossbow from Petron is a small and compact crossbow that is easy to use, and is very accurate at small to medium ranges. Up until a year ago, the only xbows that were competition legal were restricted to a 90 lbs draw weight, and open sights. A few people within NFAS (National Field Archery Society) used to shoot them, but they were better suited to other disciplines. However, that all changed a little over a year ago when NFAS changed their rules removing the maximum draw weight clause and instead imposing a maximum velocity of 300fps, in common with all other classes. The new rules also restricted the class to recurve bows only and best of all allowed fixed mag and focus scopes (rather like HFT). Since the changes, the class has begun to grow and the sales of cheaper starter type xbows (as well as the more sophisticated hunting type bows) have grown and grown. So I thought it was about time I gave xbow a go. As a final note; just as I completed this article the NFAS National Championships took place at Eastnor Castle in Herefordshire. I was there with my compound bow, but up against a field of 14 archers, Peter Hough, shooting a very similar bow to the one I reviewed, won the Crossbow class. This just goes to show what can be done with an inexpensive bow, and of course, a skilled archer. The bow includes a simple set of target type sights that fit onto a standard dovetail. I chose not to use these sights and instead fitted a set of scope rings and a Bushnell 10 mag scope with a Mil-Dot reticule. I got the 95 lb model; to see how easy it was to use and how far I could shoot a relatively low powered bow. The bow is also available in 40lb and 150 lbs versions.

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It really does not matter what you call them; they are the ammunition that is shot from the crossbow. As I said, there are a couple of aluminium bolts supplied in the kit, they are 16 inches long, with screw in field points and are fine to get you started, but very soon you are going to want more than two bolts.The frame is made from a high strength ballistics polymer, across which the limb and string and attached to provide a very good build quality. Specification I have been an archer for a long time, and have always made my own arrows. I am also a hoarder and always believe that ‘this will come in useful’. Well, on this occasion, I am right, and the many damaged carbon arrows that I have at the side of my workbench have found a new lease of life as crossbow bolts.