At 40 yards, our test team consistently shot better groups with this crossbow than anything else (though the Barnett Hyper Raptor was close behind it). Even better, fixed-blade broadheads hit ...

Given the Barnett crossbow’s name, it seemed fitting to take aim at the deer silhouette side of the target. I used a Primos Trigger Stick Gen 3 tall tripod to steady the Whitetail Hunter STR.

The top two budget crossbows, the Barnett XP405 and the Wicked Ridge Invader M1, were equally accurate but the Invader M1 was far easier to cock due to its integrated cocking mechanism. The version of ...

BARNETT. When the Barnett engineers got together to begin work on the RAPTOR FX crossbow, they had very specific goals in mind: Accuracy, Lethality, Shootability, Comfort, Affordability and Value.

According to the Archery Trade Association, which tracks crossbows' share of the overall bow market, "crossbows have steadily increased their presence, going from 14.9% in 2007, to 21.3% in 2009 ...

The photos tell a grisly tale: Amputated thumbs. Sliced thumbs. Thumbs with the tips cut off. Nationwide, at least two dozen hunters claim serious thumb injuries from Barnett Crossbows. Although ...

As the number of injury lawsuits against the crossbow maker, Barnett Outdoors LLC, starts to mount, I-Team 8 has learned a federal consumer investigation is also underway against Barnett, the ...

While a quality crossbow ran for $500 or more, he said, Barnett was selling bows in the $299 range, he said. "They had to cheapen things up, and that's how they did it — cutting some of the ...

The new Demun line of miniature, “pistol-style” crossbows from Barnett are surprisingly potent given their extreme compactness, and the AccuStrike Pro is both the family’s most powerful and ...

The performance gap between compound bows and new crossbows seems to be widening exponentially. In the last few years of crossbow testing, we reviewed bows — the Ravin R500, Tenpoint Nitro 505, and ...