My Older Brother had a crossbow.
My older brother designed and made a crossbow out of leaf springs he picked up from a wrecking yard. Wow that thing was powerful. At 25 yards those arrows would go right through an inch board. I believe he had over 300 pounds of pull, it would take two folks to load the bow.
Andy, I watched the same program,. They said that the cross bow really change the way battles were fought because their arrows could pierce any armour of the day. After the expience with my brothers cross bow I have no doubt that the cross bow is a leathal weapon. It was the forerunner to the modern firearm.
They could get up to 400 lbs of pull and some need little pulleys and cranks to get the bow string back. Down side to the cross bow, very slow in reloading.
In many states it was banned as a hunting weapon because it was so easy to use in poaching. (No Sound!)
Keith
P.S. My brother went on to get his Masters in Industrial Art.
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