I saw his eye get close and I was like, "do crossbows kick back enough for a bite?" Lololol yep!

I like how crossbows have basically no recoil and he's still manages to scope himself

First thing I thought was "he's gonna get a bolt through his foot?" Glad I was wrong lol

“crossbows don’t have recoil , i refuse to believe that” *bop*

Whenever I see “how not to” in a video my first thought is someone is gonna die a gruesome death

I know I ain't thr only one who thought he was gonna shoot his foot 😂😅

“Ah… That hurt.” -This Guy

At least it wasn't a .308 That hurts far more, I can tell you.

"no way a crossbow could have recoil right?" *s m a c k*

I never thought I'd see someone get scoped with a crossbow.

I like how the build up came to him calmly saying, “Ow that hurt”

Keep your fingers out of the danger zone when you load the arrow.

Me seeing his eye get that close Me: does he know about the thing called recoil? Less than a second later " that hurt" Me: he does now.

Gotta at least commend him for not overreacting. Just a simple “Awh, that hurt.”

Boy sure is brave putting his hands or fingers anywhere near the danger triangle on that crossbow

Yes folks, crossbows do indeed have recoil.

Video game: this crossbow can be used to silently kill enemies from a distance Crossbow: squeals like a warehouse full of pigs when drawn _”S T E L T H W E P O N”_

Whoever was recording said “nah this is a teach able moment, pulllllllll.”

watching this video literally had me on a rollercoaster of emotions

Him saying "Ah" so cassually made me laugh.

"Don't put your eye to the scope you dingus!" - my reaction

I got more anxiety when his thumb was in the way of the line, I was "this guy is gonna have 4 fingers on that hand now"

Never heard a crossbow scream like that while cocking

Some things you learn the hard way. Guarantee he’ll never get scoped again for the rest of his life. That’s better than a 100 warnings from someone else.

Everyone: That’s it? Everyone knowledgeable about crossbows: Oh! Glad that’s just it.

For anyone wondering what the mistake was: He didn't use the explosive/thermite rounds.

Never shot a crossbow before, I hardly do any archery, but him holding his hand so close to the string and scope made me wince ngl

That trigger discipline great tho, love seeing it. Just gotta work on not giving yourself scope eye😂

I can just tell that his dad was telling him how to use it and he was like “no dad I know what I’m doing” then he pulls this stunt

"Crossbows are virtually silent" _(draws bow)_ *MY EARS*

My KZfaq algorithm always shows this video every 3 months and it's still Eye catching to watch

Newton’s Third Law: For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

Imagine doing almost everything right just to get scope punched. XD

I gotta say all the scenarios my brain was running through. I was prepared to see something pretty nasty. this is definitely the best case scenario. Also I’m glad he is not hurt.

Just a little friendly advice, learn to aim without the scope first, cause you won’t always have access to one 😊 keep shooting and never put the scope against your eye aswell, always look through the scope from about an inch to an inch and a half away from the scope, you’ll have a better view too, also, don’t close your left eye, learn to aim with both eyes open. Keep shooting 😊

Always have a peasant load and fire your crossbow. 101 level stuff here.

I was tense for ages about what might go wrong, but when he readied up with his eye against the scope, I knew right away how it was going to go wrong... 😂

me out loud: “that’s gonna hurt” him less than a second later: “that hurt”

He done got “Scope Bit!” 🤣🤣

The moment he put his eye on the scope I was saying to myself, oh boy

Gotta say, I'm impressed at his discipline keeping his finger off and away from the trigger until he was ready to shoot. It took me weeks to fully break my nephews of that habbit.

I'm more concerned about having his hand in front of the bowstring when loading the bolt. Good way to lose some fingers if it miss fires

😂🤣😂 I was waiting for the kiss. Didn’t disappoint!

I eye started hurting as soon as the video started. Guess I knew wtf was about to happen 😂

I've never heard a crossbow string scream in agony get some bow wax on that he's chafing lol fr

"Every action has an equal and opposite reaction" - Newton

Thank god he didn’t lose a finger. I was freaking out.

Well, lets commend the lad for the safe way he handled it.

This dude put his eye on the scope like the german sniper from Saving Private Ryan lmao

First i was: oh no is he going to put a bolt there and hit his foot?🤔 Then: No No No the hand! Watch your hand😬 And then: Ah the scope's gonna 😘 you 😅

Aye, you've earned your patch. You're a pirate now. 😂

Dad needs to teach this kid the fundamentals

Could've been worse. Hopefully learned his lesson. Saw a guy lose the tip of his thumb because he was careless with a crossbow.

1. Needs to lube the string 2. Make sure to put the bolt down correctly 3. Don’t put your bloody eye inside the scope🤦🏻‍♂️

I saw him scope in and immediately went "NOOOOO!"😂

I was scared...I relaxed. And then I was scared again. *THWACK*

"Scope Eye" was a right of passage for us at Sniper School. 😂

When he put his eye on the scope "literlly", i got flashbacks and my mind was like *Thats a bit to close, fk he can't hear me its a video it already happend*

Alternate title: awkward silence and anxiety, the video.

As soon as he lined up… “Eye relief, bro!”

After seeing that loading process I have even more respect for Gordon in hl1

This the type of dad to let his son get slightly hurt to learn a valuable lesson

A lesson was learned that day. Treat your gear accordingly.

At the start I thought he was gonna shoot his foot off 😂

First I assumed his foot, then his hand while loading. But that eye relief taught him well

“That hurt” One of the most profound quotes on KZfaq.

I love how he watched the whole thing and recorded it and saw how close his eye was getting “eh I’m not gonna say anything this is a teachable moment”

"Oh, that hurt!" Yes, from watching! 👀

Done that once but not with a crossbow it was with a 308 patriot bolt action

I like how he clicked the safety off before he had even picked it up.

Ah yes, proper weapons safety

Got to say that has to be the first time I saw someone get scoped by a crossbow

"awh, that hurt." Yeah, I bet it did.

How does one scope eye themself with a crossbow 😂

The positioning of his fingers inserting the bolt was enough for me. 😮

Love the little "ah that hurt" when you do something a bit dumb and learn humbly real quick lmao

Probably should be titled “How not to shoot with a scope”

Atleast he didn’t put his finger on the trigger till he was ready to shoot. That’s like the biggest thing noobies forget

As soon as he got close I knew he was gonna get the recoil from the sight in his eye🤣

Man gave himself a temporary monocle. Hope he's alright.

The moment I saw how close his head was to the scope, I could sense the dread of what would happen.

I like that he just says: *"ah"* And the dad is like: it hurt?

That long pause made me think I was being trolled 😂 like, the video was going to cut off without him ever shooting it. How "not" to shoot a crossbow lol

This kids got more trigger discipline than some adults.

He sets everything up, as carefully as he could, peers through the viewsight, pulls the trigger, and awh! Right in the eye. 😖

The anticipation was killing me 😂

That build up I was expecting for the crossbow to explode

I like how the suspense built up to him scoping himself😂😂😂

Scope eye with a crossbow that's a first for me

Lol I though he was going to shoot his foot until I noticed the arrow wasn’t in

I thought this was gonna be worse, but then I saw him put his eye right up to the scope, and thought, “oh thank god.”

Lets just say "how not to shoot a weapon with scope"

This kids needs training before messing with a crossbow.

Went way better than what I expected 🙏 Be careful man ! 😬

Oh the shooting sound is incredible

Everyone expecting to see someone die or get shot, you're on the wrong website.

Well, at least he put his finger on the trigger only when he was ready to fire

I was expecting the bolt to rocket-man off the crossbow before he pulled the trigger, but instead he just gave himself a pirate eye

Oh damn. Crossbow Scope-eye. Didn’t see that coming. Pun totally intended

I like how no one notices the fact his hand is in the path of of the bow string. It's not really as common knowledge as it should be, but putting your hand up in the path of the string is as dangerous as pointing a loaded gun at your hand, but you don't need an arrow to get hurt. Cross bows can have twice as much draw weight if not more than any other standard bow (compound,recurve, long) and have taken and broken fingers. Hes lucky he put his hand back down onto the foregrip because he definitely would have been missing flesh on his thumb if his hand did not move.