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Sir William:
That's some cool stuff right there.
Sir James A:
--- Quote from: Sir Edward on 2012-08-16, 15:58:06 ---
Yeah, longbow archers from the time, using bows in the weight range of 150 to 200lbs, typically had to practice for about 2 hours a day to keep up their strength and accuracy. Skeletons recovered from the Mary Rose, a ship that sank with a compliment of archers on it, shows that many of the archers had fused bones in their backs, from all that longbow usage.
If you're going to shoot casually, 50 lbs sounds great. At 150 lbs and more, you need to be serious about being an archer.
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That was a crazy discovery!
Compounds are definitely "lighter" at the same draw weight, especially if you have the "aim assist" (or whatever) where it kind of "snaps" into fully drawn position.
Sir Wolf:
law in england to practice after church. 6-60 year old men. in 15th c
Lord Dane:
--- Quote from: James Anderson III on 2012-08-16, 22:00:34 ---
--- Quote from: Sir Edward on 2012-08-16, 15:58:06 ---
Yeah, longbow archers from the time, using bows in the weight range of 150 to 200lbs, typically had to practice for about 2 hours a day to keep up their strength and accuracy. Skeletons recovered from the Mary Rose, a ship that sank with a compliment of archers on it, shows that many of the archers had fused bones in their backs, from all that longbow usage.
If you're going to shoot casually, 50 lbs sounds great. At 150 lbs and more, you need to be serious about being an archer.
--- End quote ---
That was a crazy discovery!
Compounds are definitely "lighter" at the same draw weight, especially if you have the "aim assist" (or whatever) where it kind of "snaps" into fully drawn position.
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Already known fact. The Huns used compound bows from horseback with extreme precision long before the English archers trained with heavier Longbows. Longbows aren't exactly ideal bows for mounted soldiers. Standing is only way to use them.
Sir Edward:
--- Quote from: Lord_Dane on 2012-08-17, 00:33:16 ---Already known fact. The Huns used compound bows from horseback with extreme precision long before the English archers trained with heavier Longbows. Longbows aren't exactly ideal bows for mounted soldiers. Standing is only way to use them.
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I think you mean composite bows. Compound bows are a modern invention.
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