bought my predator a few days ago and have shot it everyday 30-50 times and i am in love with this xbow...........golf ball size pattern at 40 yds and boy does the bolt get there in a hurry!!....sure beats the heck out of the d-stryker i had last year,this xbow shoots faster and smoother than the ds did when it actually shot like it was supposed to do...dontget me wrong the ds shot good when it actually shot but nothing like this predator.....i heard all kinds of bad things about the trigger on the predator but to me the trigger is pretty smooth(knock on wood).......take care guys