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Warbow speed shooting
CraigMBeckett:
Before some of you throw stones take a look at your own posts.
For instance:
--- Quote ---I believe back quivers are a Victorian invention. They're certainly not medieval.
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Posted after the question of back quivers was dealt with, what has this to do with the original post? I would also suggest that this is a perfect invitation to go off discussing back quivers.
--- Quote ---It's strange how threads on this particular forum topic often get way off track, and turn into something completely unrelated. This topic has been a perfect example... it originally started as a discussion on speed shooting, and turned into a grammar lesson. I, for one, would like to see the nit-picking and arguing stop, and keep the discussion relevant and polite.
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No not a grammar lesson, grammar does not enter into it, but rather a comment on the poor use of English by an author which turned into a question of the veracity of a quote on the supposed speed required of medieval archers and how the same could be measured. Followed by responses to direct posts
I suggest you reread the posts, you have become fixated on something you did not like.
Craig.
adb:
Good grief, Craig... give it a rest!
mullet:
Craig, there is only two people who seem to care. Why don't you two start another thread and discuss it there?
JW_Halverson:
"No not a grammar lesson, grammar does not enter into it, but rather a comment on the poor use of English"
Grammar is the proper use of a given language. I agree with adb and mullet. Start a grammatical thread, this one is about what is commonly known in military circles as "cyclical rate of fire".
I don't have a dozen matched arrows to futz with, and did my best with the six I do have and a 50# osage flatbow. Could barely get them all off in 60 seconds the first few tries, but had them down to about 45 seconds after a dozen or so rounds. Plenty of rest between rounds while I searched the hillside for stragglers even though the double hay bale target at 15 yds!!!! Unless they are particularly large soldiers and mighty close and slow moving they have little to fear from me.
ChrisM:
There are half a dozen folks in our longbow club (Companions of the Longbow, Swindon, UK) shooting 100#-plus bows. All of us can achieve 10-12 aimed shots per minute from arrows chucked into the ground. One of the lads can shoot 18+ surprisingly well aimed shots from his 90#, next summer it will be 100#. This isn't guesswork, it's one of the recorded challenges we perform from time to time throughout the year.
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