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what lbs makes it a warbow insted of a longbow
mspink:
Im sure the first deadly argument with a bow in a cave over fireburnt rabbit scraps wasnt settled with a one hundred pound bow. It may not have been war by conventional standards but it most certainly was war for the guy who didnt have to share the rest of the rabbit, Id say a warbow could be any bow that could end a mans life.
Yeomanbowman:
mspink,
whilst you are technically right I think you have the wrong end of the (bent?) stick. This thread refers to the English medieval/Tudor warbow not paleolithic bows.
Rod:
On the other hand the use of draw weights in the 100 lb range are probably of far greater antiquity than many of us might think.
Rod.
alanesq:
I am sure you are right
I know these days most people think of a 100lb bow as being very heavy but once you get over this idea and start trying heavy bows you soon find you think of a 100lb bow as being a very light bow
nickf:
alan,
I find 110# pleasant to shoot, but after 40shots my shoulders hurt pretty much, and I quit. I won't say that 110# is really heavy, but neither would I say 100# is very light.
Nick
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