well, i have seen some very expenive xbows breakdown too, but joey, i would have to say,"yes i would try it" jus to play with and have fun on weekends.......and i hate to say it, but i think its cabable of takin a small deer with it....its not the fps that kills the deer , its the energy being used is what kills the dear, u only need about 70-90lbs of energy to take a deer down, and thats a proven fact for whoever posted that site lastweek, on fps and energy on bolts and grains................jmo