Page 3 of 5 - TenPoint Crossbows Nitro 505 XERO Reviews

I spent a lot of time searching for a replacement for my old crossbow and was on the fence about spending this much on a crossbow. I came across the Vapor with the Xero optical and this thing is quite impressive so far. I was easily burying the nocks shooting 70 yards out with a new block target. Can’t wait to see what it does next season to the deer. The optical matched with this bow is a killer combination. No more gap shooting or guessing how far out my target is. Just range, lock on and shoot. The cocking and decocking system is a huge plus as well. Couldn’t be happier with this purchase.

I’m very please with the quality of the bow. The cocking process is more involved than my older xbow and takes some getting used to. I guess that is to be expected with the high velocity performance. Make sure that you use a practice broadleaf that you will be hunting with when you site in. If you use a standard field tip you bow will be WAY off.

As soon as a live deer target presents itself, I am confident my Nitro 505 will be a killing machine!

Great crossbow. Fast, accurate and hard hitting. Garmin has a learning curve but matches the bow well. Be ready to buy extra bolts due to the kinetic energy when hitting target.

Half way through the Pa archery season, I decided to upgrade my equipment. The Nitro 505 with the Garmin X1i is so much more than I expected. I can’t say enough about this setup. It was a breeze to sight in and the accuracy was phenomenal. The Center Punch broadhead did just that at 27 yards putting a 1 7/8” hole dead center through his heart. Ten point with a TenPoint. Doesn’t get any better than that.

The bow is fine but the AlphaBrite 400 grain arrows are useless at this velocity. The AlphaBrite inserts depart mid-flight and can be found laying on the ground short of the target. This bow was sighted in with conventional Alpha nocks and when checked is consistent. The accuracy with AlphaBrites when shooting deer is terrible. We have wounded 2 deer without recovery. Finally diagnosed the problem last night on an 8-point where the point of impact was about 15" left and 8" higher than the point of hold. The LED and insert were recovered about 40 yards from the blind, well short of the target, glowing in the grass. Fortunately, the deer died mercifully and allowed me to diagnose the serious problem with your arrows.

I have owned several crossbows prior to making this purchase. This crossbow far surpasses any of my others in way of quality ease of use and reliability

After 10 shots we had the acudraw break, we got it fixed and got it back..now first time using it since we got it back (trying to sight it in) and the whole string exploded. String snapped and injured my hand, string parts went everywhere. Luckily ,my 9 month old son who was behind me in his pack n play wasn't injured. I do not recommend, if I could give 0 stars I would just for the possibility of my son getting hurt by the exploding string.

Read all warning labels on bow and follow directions

String broke on 3 shot. Bow string not up to power of bow. Wish I had done More research as I am not the only person who has had this problem.