I have no experience of crossbows and this is my first crossbow.

This has not arrived yet and I am looking forward to this arriving.

I have just been reading some reviews about the Barnett Quad on the review centre and it all seems a little bit worrying!

A lot of the reviews said the bow snaps after less than a hundred shots.
Someone else said they had a lot of trouble with the bow breaking a lot.

Another had the thing fall apart and has a scar on his face and is now scared to fire the bow.

These are not the kind of things you want to read to fill you with enthusiasm.

What do you guys think about all this?

Another one post on the reviewcentre said you should always use heavy aluminium bolts on this bow.
He said carbon bows are too light and like dry firing.

I thought Barnett's own bows were carbon?

This whole things is confusing me.

Please can you let me know as much info as possible for me to understand all this?

This my first post, so I thank you for your time in replying to this post.