Bear X Desire XL Self-Cocking Pistol Crossbow with 3 Premium Bolts

This crossbow is fun to shoot! I was able to adjust the sights and consistently hit the target at a short distance. It seems to be well made and solid.

This crossbow is no joke and so fun. Assembly is pretty straight forward. It took me probably 5 minutes. Then sighting the crossbow in took me about 10 minutes to get it shooting how I wanted it. It shoots pretty accurately. I posted a picture of my group. I also have taken it out now and hunted rock chucks. I won’t post a picture but I will say it is very deadly and very capable of killing varmints.Also as a side note, I have purchased a cheap red dot sight and it mounted nicely to the bow and makes it even more accurate.Overall this is a great crossbow and so much fun to shoot.

I just upgrade to the Bear X Desire XL From my old Cobra System pistol crossbow. This pistol crossbow is so much more enjoyable to shoot, especially since I using the old 80lbs. limb (vise the 60 lbs. that came with the crossbow). Installed my red dot and I was sighted in, in less than 20 shots. For around $60.00 you can't go wrong, would highly recommend.

I read all reviews and took note of the issues, so I added super glue to both bow ends and lightly hammer tapped the ends on. I also turned the crossbow upside down and put super glue on and around the single safety clip screw. I’m hoping all that helps prevent the same issues. I did read it’s ok to use 7.5” bolts witch I did buy see pics length and girth are bigger but fit perfectly. I also got the wax and have waxed the rails and sting. Says to do it every 20 shots. The wax is like chapstick easy to apply to the string I used a quetip for the rails. I have fired the bow 10 times so far to get the scope I added aligned. Shots good and is fun. For me this is potential silent self defense. It is recommended to replace the string every year with normal use and I did have a hard time stringing the bow and may have fraid a tiny bit I’ll have to replace the string eventually there around $10+ keep your stringing string that comes with the bow there about the same price.I’m giving 4 stars instead of 5 because the issues I planned for should not exist and instructions should have been more clear. Item was also shipped in its own box sitting out for all to see and was not a strong or protected box at all. Good quality items should be treated as such.

This is no joke, I've shot the rifle style of bows, this one keeps up with the best. Adjustable front and rear stock make for a good fit ,the sights are a little hard to see, but very accurate.I wish it came with 3 more arrows and a extra string . All in all a good deal

I thought it was going to be fun and unlike some, I was not troubled by the assembly process or the truly rather poor pictures accompanying the instructions. I thought I was getting something nice and fun.Like many customers in the lower ranges of the reviews here, I got off two shots before the third broke one of the tips on the bow. Very disappointing. I then looked up crossbows and crossbow pistols on the sporting good sites and found that to get a real one you would need to put out about $1000 or 20 times more what this thing cost. But never fear, the coming tariffs will make this one cost three times as much, and it will still be junk.

This will take out small game if you get close enough.

So I'm giving the Bear X Desire XL 5 stars not because I think it's the best pistol crossbow of its class. 5 Stars because it far out preforms anything I've shot for less than $100. I've attached a red dot scope and the accuracy is great. I get 4 to 6" grouping from 60 ft away standing. I bought this to mount a fishing reel and use it for fishing. After using for intended purpose will return to update. You can get broad hunting heads for small gameThough I've not used it for such there's no doubt this thing is killing a coyote or smaller. Highly recommend, Not a toy. Keep up with maintenance. Such as keep your strings waxed. Keep screws tight. If you shoot arrows into trees or something hard it will damage the arrow it comes with and they will become compromised. They are cheap so you'll want to buy better quality arrows. Some people have issues with arrows coming apart. Fix this by adding a drop of hot glue into the ends then put back together. Also, you can strengthen arrows by taking them apart and filling them with hot glue. However they will be heavier but this is also good for fishing arrows where you want more weight because this is a 50/60 lb draw. This crossbow is made of plastic though it's a high quality plastic I would not recommend putting a higher lb limb. You can do that with something like the Adder but not this. The one issue I see is I have the stock adjusted all the way out for better leverage of cocking. But imo if there's a break or failure it will be here. That's the weakest part of the crossbow. Hope this helps anyone thinking of purchasing..Edit: I made the modifications for Bowfishing before the review posted. I have used it and was successful at hitting a fish although was not able to land because I was using the line that came with reel and it snapped on me. Will definitely upgrade Line to try again.