Armex Tomcat Mk2 80lb self cocking pistol crossbow

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Reviewer: Adam from West Midlands   
Awesome pistol crossbow, have never used a crossbow before so thought this model would be a good introduction before moving up to the full size versions. Really comfortable to hold with a nice heavy feel, accurate and I only had difficulty when putting the string on, but managed after the fifth or so attempt with help. First time ordering from Blades and Bows, very high quality of service and rapid delivery, will definitely use again in the future. Thanks.

Reviewer: Tim from London   
Great little crossbow, I put mine together inside of ten minutes and had it firing. The string can be hard to put on solo, but I'm a fairly big bloke and a bit of leaning on it did the trick. Service from blades and bows was superb, ordered friday arrived monday morning. I also bought the big straw target, 30 bolts and a spare string, well worth the price and lots of fun in the back garden.

Reviewer: Ahmed from London   
Seeing this crossbow for the first time was incredible, neatly packaged, lightweight and highly durable and for the best price ever, you get the crossbow and its appliances and get three bolts for free, plus the wooden structure gives it a urban like effect, the delivery comes next day.

Reviewer: Derek Blower from Warrington, Cheshire   
Excellent pistol crossbow. Assembly was straight forward and considering I'm not a very strong person I managed to string it myself without difficulty. It seems very well made and shoots perfectly. I am very pleased with it. Many thanks.

Reviewer: Dave Sheppard from Bristol   
This is an excellent Crossbow. Very powerful, easy to assemble and use. It's very accurate with the standard sights and easy to adjust them. The service from Blades and Bows was first class with a very quick delivery time and very pleasant people answering the phones when you ring to enquire about products. I cannot rate them highly enough. Dave Sheppard.

Reviewer: BazR from Wirral   
Over the last twenty years Ive tried all the crossbow pistols on offer in the UK and this one, after early days, feels like it might be the best so far; it is solidly made, powerful and accurate, and, unlike its predecessor, well finished with an acceptable trigger and good safety catch. The open sights & scope rail are both very good (again, far better than earlier offerings), and at the price a very respectable little sporting pistol. Great fun, but, 'cos of it's power, to be treated with respect. Very impressed, well done.

Reviewer: William Field from Wales   
I have never bought a crossbow before, and I must say, WOW! This crossbow sure does kick a punch! At first I wasn't too sure on it, being thirty pounds and everything. But I have to say I am shocked at how great this crossbow is and how powerful it is! One thing I recommend, with the self-cocking system, I noticed that some of the paint was getting scratched off every time I went to cock it. That is, where the cocking system would slide along the side of the crossbow frame work, it would make a scratching noise and ware the paint a bit, solution to this is to apply some grease of some sort and this basically makes loading/cocking the crossbow much easier. Amazing product, worth the £30!!

Reviewer: Dean from Dorset   
Me and a friend brought a cheaper crossbow and were extremely disspointed as the design caused the bow to brake its own strings: each time the bow shot, the string would smack and damage itself against the cocking arms. This design has removed the flaw and is the perfect crossbow pistol. If you want an introductory crossbow, skip the others and choose this.

Reviewer: scott from leicester   
bought a few things off bladesandbow, you provide a great service! plus your stuff is good quality and is well priced. just tested this tomcat mk2, its a top quality pistol crossbow, very well made, looks and feels good. the trigger is very light for a crossbow i was surprised :-), also nice and accurate :-).

Reviewer: Gordon from Scotland   
I am very impressed with this pistol crossbow. It is very well made and should last for years, and is very powerful for it's size. It arrived prompty and was well packaged. I would have no hesitation in recommending both this product and bladesandbows for their service

Reviewer: Ozzy from Kent   
Wow! fast delivery... 2 days! Opened up the box... good solid construction, mostly metal with solid plastic grips that are also excellent, as good, if not better than wood! It was easy to put together, very easy to cock, first shot, the sights were a little out but very easy to zero in, after 6 shots consistent grouping, very accuarate (only shot at 10 yards though) trigger nice and light, not 'snatchy' very smooth. I'm very happy with this purchase, if I'd suggest anything to the manufacturer, I'd say metal trigger please instead of plastic, and same for the sight rail, metal not plastic, but other than this, very happy!

Reviewer: John David Reap from uk   
A nice pistol crossbow, with plenty of power .. at a good price.. It is accurate enough to hit a 2" circle at 8-10M so knocking over a rabit would be easy, if hunting wasnt banned.. Use the correct sort of target, a box stuffed with cloths is fine.. The bolts will penetrate about 4" and pull out easily...dont use the hard heavy duty insulation foam (loft insulation from B&Q), the bolts will go in 4" but dont pull out, I had to cut them out..

Reviewer: david from norfolk   
lovely little pistol bow,lots of fun at a very good price,very easy to load,and a lot of power,very fast delivery,many thanks blades and bows,for your fast sevice.david.

Reviewer: chris from scotland   
great feeling pistol crossbow,nice weight and looks! easy set up and shoots like a dream a great wee starter crossbow and very powerful!well impressed service and shipping.....perfect!!! will be shopping here again cheers chris

Reviewer: Mark from Bournemouth   
Unbelievable. This little crossbow is superb value and its power suggests a much more expensive price tag. Loads of fun to use and very accurate once you get used to the kick up. Love it and superb service to boot, thanks B&B's.

Reviewer: Robert Patterson from Northern Ireland   
Received the Tomcat Mk2 last night. Very quick delivery. Had it up and running in 10 minutes with no problems and it seems to shoot very well. Can't fault it at this price. Many thanks.

Reviewer: john jones from west mid`s   
Hi my pistol crossbow came today very impressed with delivery speed and packaging, very nice piece of equipment, simple to put together. i cant wait to put it through its paces. blades and bows are on the ball with its next day delivery i also like there equipment, iv`e had a good look through it and they will be hearing a lot from me in the future. regards, john.

Reviewer: Kane from Derby   
First crossbow I've bought and decided upon this after doing a bit of research. Excellent power for such a small bow and for £30 its incredible value. The metal construction gives it healthy weight so it doesn't feel like its going to break after a few uses. It's a definite two man job to attach the string as you'd struggle and could end up damaging it if tried alone. Only down side to it is I broke the flights off the bolts after a few uses of shooting into cardboard, but don't let it put you off as bolts are cheap and easy to replace. Highly recommended to both beginner's and advanced users. All round fun!

Reviewer: john from Arran   
Great little bow, accurate light and powerful, gonna try fitting a spool and refine some barbed bolts for fishing.

Reviewer: Christopher Wilson from United Kingdom   
For the price and excellent pistol and with plenty of grease and wax will last as long as any crossbow would, just wish the cocking arm was changed as i dont like the shape of it. if anybody has one please note the two holes under the grip, i think these are meant for a picatinny rail so you can mount a laser or torch, only problem is the distance of the holes are not standard with picatinny rails so a bit of modding is needed unless armex supply one in the future? mine now has an agog sight, under barrel grip with built in torch and laser and i have crafted an attached quiver using the rubber arrow grips from a standard bow quiver. sprayed the cocking arms gunmetal black too.... looks quality

Reviewer: KHIMAERA from ESSEX   
This was my first order with B&B & I ordered the Tomcat Mk2 going on the strength of reviews & I found the review videos a lot of help. This bow is great value for money for only 30 quid & assembles quickly (the bow string is the hardest bit). I took this over to some waste ground well away from kids etc to try it out & was not disappointed, only thing is I bent 2 of the bolts by aiming at thick scaffold boards so be warned, but you can pick up new bolts cheaply anyway. The advice & support I got from the staff was second to none, overall a very positive experience so keep up the good work.

Reviewer: Gareth Liddiard from Chorley   
Great service and next day delivery. Tomcat was straight forward to assemble, took about 10 minutes. More powerful than I expected with great accuracy. Well packaged and even included some free molybbenum rail grease. Excellent product, excellent company and great value for money. Highly satisfied.

Reviewer: RDM from West Midlands   
I have ordered things off the internet for a few years now and the service i have received from blades and bows is second to none i was kept informed constantly through out the whole process so thank you. Now on to the Pistol Crossbow WOW it packs a punch first one i have owned and i love it really well made, great weight, accurate and easy to use this has convinced me to go the extra mile and purchase a rifle crossbow next month. cant thank you enough.

Reviewer: Pat from Kent   
i took delivery of tomcat 11 must say this is an awsum piece of kit service was next day delivery and staff were very helpfull on the phone,this pistol crossbow is so easy to use and has plenty of power for size.So pleased im now going to by rifle crossbow

Reviewer: Mr newton allison from Lincolnshire   
What a fantastic service can't fault wish all company are this good Great quality cross bow value for money

Reviewer: Daz Lewigy from North Wales   
A brilliant crossbow with very very good accuracy. Tough to string thou when you get it :) I have had a few problems hence the 4stars instead of 5. one of the cocking arms fell off BUT Blades and Bows sent out a replacement that arrived express service the next day :) so A++ for customer service. Then a plastic cover fell off (found the screw that had come loose and put it back together) then the spring loaded latch on the cocking rear bit just flew off again i found the bar had fell out.............. TRUTHFULLY, a brilliant bow but check the screws when you get it AND once every 30 shots or so.

Reviewer: Ben from UK   
Wow. Ive had air rifles and pistols for a while but the Armex Tomcat Mk2 80lb self cocking pistol crossbow is the most fun ive had for ages! an incredible buzz! amazing service with such prompt delivery. will definatley be buying more off of your site and will make sure that if my freinds are going to buy they come straight to you! outstanding the whole package! thanks so much :) Ben.

Reviewer: Matt from SE   
Delivery and service are excellent with this company. I ordered on the weekend and it arrived on Tuesday. The bow is a massive improvement on the original, it's heavier and has metal construction as opposed to the older cheaper plastic one. The mechanism is pretty much the same. The build quality is not great. First of all the bow stave centre point lines that you use to line up the bow before you fit it are not central. When i first fitted it the bow was wonky by about 2cm. I used a ruler to measure an equal distance in he end and now it is fine. If the bow is not aligned equally then it wont shoot straight. The others main concern is the cocking mechanism scraping against the body. It literally carves metal from the body. You have to lube up the cocking mechanism to prevent this. The string is harder to fit than the older bow, i am unsure why but managed it with a homemade paracord stringing string after a few attempts. Once complete you have a heavy and straight shooting crossbow with enough power to penetrate an inch into hardwood and therefore i expect that you could take small game with this at about 20 meters. The sighting system is as good as the older model. The trigger pull is the biggest improvement, you can now squeeze the trigger without pulling the whole thing up and ruining your aim. Much better than the mk1. I'd give this 4.5 out of 5, it is an overall improvement on the MK1 but the build quality still leaves much to be desired, however, for £30 this can be forgiven. I saw this same bow for sale for £70 in a gun shop recently, for £70 i would be unimpressed but £30?, that's a good price for a decent bow. I would love to see a picatinny or weaver rail on the underside to fit a fore grip to for extra accuracy.

Reviewer: CS from Lancs   
First time I've ordered from Blades and Bows. Really quick delivery and a superb hand held crossbow. It was more powerful than I thought and if there is any advice I would give it would be to make sure you decide what targets you aim for. It will send a bolt straight through an empty bean can at 10m which will damage the flights on the bolt.I'm shooting into targets attached to a telephone directory with a substantial backstop so I'll be able to use the bolts again and again. Brilliant bit of kit which I bought on the back of the Airgun Gear video. I wouldn't hesitate to use Blades and bows again

Reviewer: joe from notts   
service was second to none, i have never had an item come so fast. crossbow is awesome. tighten all the screws when you put it together and check them every so often as you shoot they can work loose. plenty of power and with practice pretty accurate too. would have been nice to have contoured pistol grips like the forend furniture but thats just personal. buy spare end caps they are cheap as chips and will definately need replacing. all in all a gret little crossbow for the price.

Reviewer: the plinker from berkshire   
Brilliant! I now have 2 of these. As much fun to shoot as some of my air pistols costing over 10 times as much. Think about what you use as a target, the bolts stick firmly into wood at 10m and will go straight through foam insulation damaging flights. Use a big back stop, as if you miss you will never see the bolt again! Use the supplied grease on the groove of the cocking mechanism and wax the string often. Top Tip.....buy extra bolts at the same time it stops walking backwards and forwards as much. Great service from B and B as well.