The best lightweight crossbow targets

This is one of those categories where the specification you want is the one nobody prints. Two targets on this entire site publish a weight figure. Everything else gives you dimensions, a speed rating and sometimes the words "integrated carry handle", and expects you to work it out. So that is what this page ranks on: published dimensions first, published weight where it exists, then whether the maker states a handle, then the speed rating that has to clear your bow.

The reason to care is simple. A target that lives in the garage and gets dragged out twice a year is a target you shoot twice a year. A target you can pick up with one hand and set at the end of the yard in twenty seconds is a target you shoot every week, and shooting every week is what actually produces a tight group in October. Our best crossbow targets roundup ranks on stopping power; this one ranks on whether you will bother.

In detail

Five targets you can carry one-handed

01450 fps for thirty dollars

$35.48/Amazon

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Delta McKenzie Speedbag Revolver

Delta McKenzie

8.5/ 10

A 12-inch cube, 15 pounds, six shootable sides with calibration grids, rated to 450 fps, for about the price of three broadheads. The rating is the headline: almost nothing else at this price is rated past 400 fps. It is small, so it is a practice cube rather than a sight-in target for a beginner.

Published spec	Value
Speed rating	Up to 450 fps
Dimensions	12 x 12 x 12 in
Weight	15 lb
Faces	6
Faces detail	High-contrast graphics with calibration grids
Weather	UV and moisture resistant shell
Fill	High-density proprietary

What it does well

• 450 fps rated at the lowest price of any target here
• 15 pounds and 12 inches, so it moves anywhere
• Calibration grids help you track a sight-in

Where it falls short

• A 12-inch face is small; expect to miss it while sighting in
• No broadhead rating

Our rubric

Stopping power

8.4

Arrow pull

8.2

Portability

9.6

Durability

7.8

Value

9.6

02Broadheads at up to 500 fps

$159.99/Amazon

$167.62 5% off

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Rinehart 18-1

Rinehart

9.0/ 10

Eighteen shootable faces of self-healing foam, broadhead capable, rated to 500 fps and explicitly crossbow approved. This is the one target on the site that handles the two hardest things at once: a 470 fps bolt and a fixed broadhead. 15 inches a side and light enough to carry by the handle.

Published spec	Value
Speed rating	Up to 500 fps
Faces	18
Dimensions	15 x 15 x 15 in
Broadhead capable	Yes
Foam	Signature series self-healing
Crossbow approved	Yes
Carry	Easy-carry handle

What it does well

• 500 fps and broadhead capable together, which is rare
• Eighteen faces means you rotate rather than shooting out one spot
• Self-healing foam closes the hole behind the arrow
• Light with a carry handle

Where it falls short

• Expensive next to a bag target
• Fifteen inches is a small face for a beginner at 40 yards

Our rubric

Stopping power

9.4

Arrow pull

8.6

Portability

9.0

Durability

9.4

Value

8.0

03450 fps from a six-sided foam cube

$129.95/Amazon

$141.49 8% off

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Morrell High Roller

Morrell

8.6/ 10

High-density self-healing foam rated to 450 fps across six sides with 21 bullseyes, and an EZ-Tote handle. 450 fps covers every bow here except the R470, and the six-sided rotation is what keeps a target alive through a season of practice.

Published spec	Value
Speed rating	Up to 450 fps
Faces	6
Bullseyes	21
Foam	High-density self-healing
Weather	Waterproof, fade resistant
Carry	Integrated EZ-Tote handle
Dimensions	Not published

What it does well

• 450 fps covers almost every bow on this site
• Twenty-one bullseyes across six faces
• Waterproof foam that resists fading outdoors

Where it falls short

• No dimensions published
• No broadhead rating stated; treat it as a field-point target

Our rubric

Stopping power

8.8

Arrow pull

8.6

Portability

8.4

Durability

8.6

Value

8.6

04Easiest arrow pull of the foam targets

$77.50/Amazon

$99.99 22% off

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Block Classic

Block

8.2/ 10

The original open-layered Block: arrows stop with friction rather than force, entering between unglued layers that grip the shaft as it heats and release it as it cools. That mechanism is why the Block pulls easier than a solid-foam target. 18 by 18 by 13.5 inches, two-sided, high-contrast faces.

Published spec	Value
Dimensions	18 x 18 x 13.5 in
Faces	2
Technology	Patented open-layered friction design
Arrow removal	Heat and friction grip, then release on cooling
Faces detail	High-contrast black and white
Carry	Lightweight and portable
Speed rating	Not published

What it does well

• The open-layer design gives the easiest pull of the foam targets here
• An 18-inch two-sided face
• Light enough to take to camp

Where it falls short

• No speed rating published, which is a real gap for a fast bow
• Layered targets can separate over time
• Two faces only

Our rubric

Stopping power

7.6

Arrow pull

9.4

Portability

8.6

Durability

7.6

Value

8.6

05The only bag rated past 450 fps

$46.50/Amazon

$69.99 34% off

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Hurricane Crossbow H21

Hurricane

8.8/ 10

21 by 21 by 12 inches rated to 520 fps, built for crossbow bolts rather than rated down from a compound target, with deer vitals on the back offset from the front aiming points so the two sides wear in different places. Tri-Core technology is the stopping structure. The only bag target here that will take a 470 fps bow.

Published spec	Value
Speed rating	Up to 520 fps
Dimensions	21 x 21 x 12 in
Faces	2
Back face	Deer vitals, offset from the front aiming points
Front face	White grid with orange circular aiming points
Technology	Tri-Core
Carry	Heavy-duty handle
Built for	High-speed crossbow bolts

What it does well

• 520 fps is the highest published rating of any target on this site
• Built for crossbow bolts rather than rated down from a compound target
• A 21-inch face catches the shots a 12-inch cube does not
• Offset front and back aiming points extend target life

Where it falls short

• Field points only — not a broadhead target
• Costs roughly twice the cheapest foam cube here
• The listing claims nothing about weather resistance

Our rubric

Stopping power

9.4

Arrow pull

8.8

Portability

8.2

Durability

8.2

Value

8.8

How we picked

Published dimensions, smallest cube first. Then published weight where the listing prints it. Then a stated carry handle, because a 15-pound cube with no handle is harder to move than a 20-pound one with a good one. Then the published speed rating, which is a hard filter rather than a ranking factor - a target below your bow's speed is not a lightweight target, it is a consumable. Our scoring axes are on the methodology page.

The portability table

The trade you cannot avoid

Stopping a 450 fps bolt requires a certain amount of material doing a certain amount of work. You can get that from volume - a big block with plenty of depth - or from density, which is what a well-built bag does with compressed fill in a smaller package. What you cannot do is have a target that is small, light and rated for a fast bow all at once, which is why the Delta McKenzie is 450 fps rather than 520, and why the Hurricane H21 that is rated to 520 fps is the biggest footprint on this page.

So the sequence is: look up your bow's published speed, add margin, and buy the smallest target above that figure. Buying a 450 fps target for a 430 fps bow is sensible. Buying it for a 470 fps bow is buying a target you will replace. Best targets for high-fps crossbows is the list for bows at the top of the range, and crossbow target stopping power explains what happens when you get this wrong.

Bag or block, for a target you carry

Both work, and they fail differently. A bag is usually lighter for the same stopping power and pulls arrows more easily, but it is field points only - broadheads destroy a bag fast. A block takes broadheads and holds its shape, but for the same speed rating it is bulkier. For a target that lives by the back door and gets used for 20-yard field-point practice, a bag is the better carry. For one target that has to do everything including the broadhead confirmation before the season, a block earns its bulk. The full comparison is on bag vs block targets.

What the top three are each for

Delta McKenzie Speedbag Revolver

12 x 12 x 12 in, 15 lb, 450 fps, six faces with high-contrast graphics and calibration grids, a UV and moisture-resistant shell and a high-density proprietary fill. It is the only fully specified target on this page and it is the cheapest. The calibration grids are a genuine extra for a sight-in session, because they let you measure how far a group is off rather than eyeball it - see how to sight in a crossbow.

Rinehart 18-1

15 x 15 x 15 in, eighteen faces, rated to 500 fps, broadhead capable, and built from Rinehart's signature self-healing foam with an easy-carry handle. It is the lightweight pick for anyone who needs one target to take both field points and broadheads, and the 500 fps rating covers every bow on this site except the very fastest. It costs considerably more than the Delta McKenzie and it is worth it if broadheads are part of your routine.

Morrell High Roller

Six sides, twenty-one bullseyes, high-density self-healing foam, waterproof and fade resistant, with an integrated EZ-Tote handle, rated to 450 fps. Morrell does not publish dimensions for it, which is why it sits third despite being an obvious carry target - the handle is molded in rather than strapped on, which is the detail that makes a cube actually portable.

Our pick

The Delta McKenzie Speedbag Revolver, for bows up to 450 fps. Twelve inches on a side and fifteen pounds is the lightest genuinely specified target here, it has six faces, and it costs about what a pack of broadheads does. The Rinehart 18-1 is the pick if you need broadheads too, or if your bow is between 450 and 500 fps. The Hurricane H21 is the pick if your bow is faster than that and you will accept a 21 in footprint to get a 520 fps rating.

What we would not do to save weight

• Buy under your bow's speed. A bolt through the back of a target is a lost bolt and a hole in the fence. See crossbow target stopping power.
• Shoot broadheads into a bag. It destroys the target and tweaks the blades. Best broadhead targets has the list that takes them.
• Leave it outside permanently. Weather-resistant is not weatherproof, and a soaked target stops arrows differently.
• Shoot the same face until it fails. Rotate. It is free and it roughly multiplies the target's life by the number of faces.
• Use a layered target as a backstop for a 470 fps bow. At the top of the speed range you want volume, not portability.

A target you carry is a target you use

The best crossbow setup in the world shoots the group its owner has practiced for, and the single biggest predictor of practice volume is friction. If getting the target out takes two trips and a dolly, you will shoot a dozen bolts in August and then hunt. If it takes one hand and twenty seconds, you will shoot through the summer. That is the entire argument for this category, and it is why we would rather you owned a 450 fps bag you use weekly than a 520 fps block you resent.

Pair it with matched arrows and a routine: three bolts at 20, three at 40, rotate the face, put it away. Best crossbow bolts covers the shaft tolerances that make a tight group possible, and crossbow accuracy at 50 yards sets out what a realistic group actually looks like.