I fail to understand why people take the risk of buying a Barnett. They have such a lousy reputation for reliability and dependabilty not to mention warranty and customer service. You get what you pay for has never been more true. Maybe one in 1000 Barnett crossbows will work fairly well, BUT seems like only for a short time. The very few people who haven't had problems with them should buy lottery tickets as they have extreme good luck, but it most certainly will be short term.
People like Buckeye Bozo who has owned one for three months and hardly shoots it spews garabage about how Barnett has changed, yet the forums are full of people who had them blow up, break, fall apart, and these are the "new, changed " Barnett crossbows. WTF??
Choosing a crossbow on price alone never worked and never will!!