no more range than they have, the .22
unit can BRAIN deer, the crossbow has no repeat-multiple hit cability, no concealment capability, and I can MORE easily carry 2000 rd of 22lr and the.22 unit than you can carry a fighting rifle and a crossbow. The "reuse" of the xbow is a big factor to you, cause you MISS a lot. Even if all I shot was small game, 2000 rds would feed me for years. all that will happen with a xbow is you'll have to get TWICE as close as I will have to get (given a scoped .22 unit and can) and that means you will FAIL twice as often, epecially at dusk and dawn,the times most likely to SEE game. Arrows get DAMAGED by misses,expecially xbow bolts. Impact with a rock will dent, bend, shatter them, knock off the nocks, etc.. Impact with wood means that you will need to be exposed,moving, NOISY for HOURS as you try to dig it out. sliding thru the grass tears off the feathers fairly frequently, too. that's IF you can FIND the pos, and finding them often means you are exposed to enemies for long periods of time.