Product failure report

[NorthernRaider]

I bought this bow only a year or so ago from Crossbows4you in Harrowgate, its a carbine version of the Armex Tomcat pistol crossbow but comes with what was originally advertised as a 100lb draw compound limb set up. After a while i revisited the same online shop and noted they had downgraded the bows advertised rating to 80 pound draw, followed a month or so later I saw they had down graded it to a useless 60 pound draw.

So after this revelation sank home I removed the compound limb and gave it away, I replaced it with a recurve 80 pound rated limb from a Tomcat.

This bow has only fired around 30 bolts in the time I owned it, but during this weekends RV at Castle NR when my son was test firing it the trigger release mechanism failed ( after only 30 shots) after disassembly today i can report the trigger mechanism though very simple in construction it was made of such poor materials that it was terminally worn and binding badly. The trigger release spring is the smallest thinnest spring I have ever seen used on a trigger and the metal so soft and malleable it would be classed as junk metal if used in anything else.

Compared to the bows marketed under brand names like ARMEX this product which is only available from crossbows4you is junk.

I will not replace it like for like or even with a Tomcat, I will replace it with a small compound bow instead like the PSE mini or micro burner.