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Gimlis Ghost:
Years ago a friend who is a Vietnam veteran showed me a simple crossbow he had made that was a duplicate of the crossbows used by the Montagnard tribes he'd encountered.

Would such a bow meet the requirements for primitive archer forums?

I've also run across videos on even more primitive crossbow designs.

Pat B:
A few folks here have made primitive cross bows. Have at it.
 I have a primitive cross bow that probably came from Viet Nam or the Philippines. Looks like it's made from mahogany with a fiber string and simple trigger.

Gimlis Ghost:
I've been told that a very simple crossbow was commonly used by settlers in East Tennessee at one time to conserve gunpowder  and occasionally built and used by youngsters for small game hunting well into the 20th century.
Could be that the design stemmed from the Border Reiver Crossbow since its said many early settlers here were veteran Irish and Scots mercenaries who had served William of Orange.

Recent threads on Indian style Horn & Sinew Short Bows brought the subject to mind. Something along those lines would make for a very efficient prod for a compact crossbow.

Pat B:
Be sure to do a build along with pics.   :OK

stuckinthemud:
Lots of us build crossbows that qualify as primitive.   This was one of tbe most recent http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,68057.0.html

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