Kodabow’s “Tactical” Crossbows
Kodabow manufactures crossbows patterned after the AR-15. Their bows features an M4-style adjustable stock, weaver rails and AR-15-esque pistol grip.
From the webpage for their Alpha Strike bow ...
155 lb Draw Weight Lightest draw weight in the Kodabow product line. Key benefits include "easy to cock" weight and all the strength and craftsmanship of heavier weight bows. Can be upgraded to a heavier draw weight with optional extra set of limbs. Quiet and dependable. Modular core platform provides additional accessory mounting positions. * 13 3/8" power stroke * 272 fps @ 350 gr arrow * 57.5 lbs of KE * Automatic Safety and Anti-Dry Fire System Patented Kodabow trigger system (CFT), Solid Rail Technology (SRT) with hardcoated finish, Dual Limbs with Dynamic Flex Energy Storage (DFES), Machined Riser and adjustable military style stock. Weaver style rails. Includes cocking rope and destringing aid.
Price is $874.98.
For a real AR-15 crossbow, see the PSE TAC 15.
My name is Chuck Matasic and I am the President and Founder of Kodabow. Appreciate the comments about Kodabow.
I believe there are no crossbows in the current special warfare equipment inventory. (We have a SEAL on our Board.)
Other items work better, quieter, and are smaller.
But the other “items” would probably not deliver the high level psychological excitement in the bad guy camp as dropping in a few 400 grain arrows moving at 300 fps with broadheads attached.
Kodabow has a tactical appearance and we utilize some of the AR operating characteristics for the high suitability in hunting applications.
We use the real stuff — so you could take the recoil tube and put in on an AR — no imitation – real commercial tube. No MIM, no plastic parts (apart from the composite grip and stock)
All made in ther USA except the optics.
The adjustable stock fits different users; it is easier to cock a crossbow in a shortened position; the ergonomics of the safety lever are quick and instinctive for the user – what you would want in a battle rifle but also ideal in hunting applications versus a push pull pin ….. or a noisy “click” safety that can be heard 40 yards away.
For the last 100 years (and longer) — returning troops used many of the the same combat weapon systems and technologies for sporting applications when they came home and headed to the field for deer and other game.
Hats off to all the veterans and “tactical hunters” out there.
One aspect of our crossbow that is somehat unique is that because the user can string the bow in the field with the supplied destringing aid, the entire bow can be taken down and put in a 7″ x 7″ x 21.5″ box along with a dozen arrows — so the crossbow would be relatively easy to pack and then set up at a destination. Maybe the biggest difference between a Kodabow and an AR is that your ammo cost for a day of shooting is zero dollars with a Kodabow. “Strike with Deadly Precision.” http://www.kodabow.com / CM
Chuck, thanks for your comments.
@Komrad
There is a reason to want a crossbow that uses the same grip and trigger as an AR-15 – it allows the user to take their experience shooting an AR and carry it over to the new weapon.
Now I have no idea whether the trigger on this bow or others like it is even remotely like an AR, as I’ve never shot them. If they aren’t virtually identical it becomes much harder to justify.
In addition, crossbows have an abysmal accurate range in comparison to almost any rifle (i.e. 12″ of drop at 30 yards) and I wonder whether you wouldn’t have to practice with the crossbow so much that a common fire control group would have limited usefulness.
I like the idea of a powerful crossbow for specialized uses, but why do they have to fit on AR lower receivers? I know that this particular model doesn’t, but why bother?
You have to drop a few hundred on the receiver and that’s one less gun ready to go at any given time. Is there a price advantage to using an AR lower?
It may be cool, but tactical?
As much as I’d like to condemn this as ‘tacti-cool’, I know from some very reliable sources that despite the advances in suppressor technology, there are certain units that still utilize a crossbow for specialist work.