 Hello, I'm Ron Duker with Pyramid. Today we're going to talk about the Ballista pistol crossbows. These are some really fun and unique crossbows. They come as a pistol configuration that shoot 330 feet per second all the way up to a little over 400 feet per second for the reverse draw. What you're going to see with this package is you also get a lot of accessories that you can buy and add on in order to make this an actual hunting crossbow. Starting with the forward draw crossbow, what you're going to see here is a very small, very compact and lightweight crossbow. This does not come with any optics, it doesn't come with anything other than three arrows that you can see on the table here and what you see in my hand. You will need to get a sight in order to utilize this crossbow. It has a Picatinny rail so you can use pretty much anything you want that's compatible with that. The Ballista BAT forward draw comes in at just a little bit under 2.5 pounds. You've got 330 feet per second with an arrow that's approximately 250 grain. Now obviously that will go down, your feet per second will go down as you increase the weight of your arrow as with any archery product. What comes in the box, there is some assembly required. You're going to see on the bottom of the crossbow you're going to have to install the grip with three screws. You're going to have to install the forward grip with three screws and you're going to have to install the forward plate with one screw. Once you've installed all three of those parts you have your pistol crossbow completely completed out of the box. You'll note there is no optic so if you are purchasing this bow I would suggest you purchase an optic. Picatinny rail is what's on here so you can use pretty much whatever you want. Just consider when you're buying it that you're going to have this pistol crossbow could be out in front of you or could be up close so make sure that your eye relief you take that into consideration. Red dots things like that work great on this type of a configuration. Also inside of the package are three 11 inch bolts. These come with a fixed field point tip installed. You cannot remove this or replace it. So in that instance you also want to consider most likely the 13 inch Sting 1.166 diameter arrows. These are excellent arrows. They come with an exchangeable tip at the front. 100 grain comes in the box. You get six of them and you can put a broad head or anything you want on here. If you're going to be hunting the Sting bolt also comes with a stainless steel out cert. Technically insert out cert that's going to go at the very tip. That will get you up to approximately 400 grains with the total package. As you can see the profile is a very small profile. You'll see people comparing it to actually the size of a hand as opposed to inches. But this is archery so let's talk inches. 16 inches is the length of the bow. You've got eight inches axle to axle uncocked and when you cock it five inches. In order to cock this crossbow you actually have a built in cocking device which you simply can hold back or use the foot stirrup depending on how easy or difficult it is for you. And you just pull the bow back and cock it. Put by pulling this string. There's a push button safety in the back. You can actually move that to the fire position. Pull the cocking mechanism all the way back. Pull the trigger and you can de-cock the crossbow as easy as that. I recommend looking into all of the accessories that come with these pistol crossbows. They are interchangeable. I'm going to show you some of those in live right here with the shoulder stock that comes as an attachment, optics, all kinds of different things including there's a lot folks out there that are using this as a bow fishing platform. So you actually can buy an attachment that goes at the very end right here that mounts in that's a reel. So you can bow fish and then reel in like this. The Ballista BAT Reverse Draw is very similar to the forward as far as the stock and grips and what comes in the package. However this thing is shooting 420 feet per second. It's a lot faster. Same 250 grain practice arrow and this thing can really sling arrows out there fast. The Ballista BAT Platform is very similar Reverse Draw and Forward Draw. Just a lot faster. What you're going to see here is same 16 inch length. You've got a 1 inch longer so it's 9 inches axle to axle uncocked but once it cocks you get down to the same 5 inches as the forward draw. The only difference is 420 feet per second which is a big difference. 330 feet per second versus 420 feet per second and it's the same 250 give or take grain arrow. This has the exact same draw mechanism just a little bit stronger of a draw so you're pulling back 50 pounds here as opposed to 40 pounds there but think of it as like a light bow. So if you can draw back a regular bow same concept pull it back everything's cocked. You have the exact same safety button with your thumb extend back and you can actually decock this crossbow as well. You'll also see on this crossbow which can go both on the reverse and the forward is a shoulder stock. This is a foldable shoulder stock it adds an additional 10 11 inches and gives you the ability to then have more stability as well as bring some weight more closer to the shooter and gives you a little bit more stable shot as you're as you're making your shot downrange. What you'll see is is this has two buttons that you push one goes in to fold in the buttstock and the second is right here that folds it into a compact design for stowage this fits into a backpack as well as just makes it easier to carry throughout the woods. When you purchase your Ballista BAT consider that you have to buy an optic to make this crossbow accurate. This is a Ballista 3 dot red dot and green dot sight that we have available for sale. I wanted to put it on here so you can see the relativity of how big it is compared to the overall bow and you can see it's also a Picatinny mount which makes it super simple to mount and remove. Just consider whether or not you're going to be using the buttstock and how you're going to be firing this. One thing that I noticed when I was doing this is that when you have the buttstock out on some crossbows you might be up here when you're firing. On this one your cheek rest is actually pretty far back so consider that when you're making your purchase on your optic if you're going to go with the shoulder mount and shoot it primarily from there because you will need to have a larger relief eye relief than normal or average crossbow stock. This is a fun addition to any archer's arsenal. The Ballista BAT in both forward and reverse draw you're going to find to be a lot of fun as well as more powerful than you would have expected out of a pistol crossbow. I'm Ron Duker with Pyramid. Thank you for watching the Ballista BAT Crossbow. Remember to like, comment and subscribe and I'll see you next time.