rapid-fire archery

[Johan Larson]

Here's a nifty video of an archer rapid-firing arrows from a back-quiver.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=1o9RGnujlkI

Looks like she manages a sustained rate of fire of about 1 shot per second.

[The Colonel]

Interesting to know what the draw is on that bow...

[Ronnke]

This guy claims to have a world record for speed archery, true or not, he has an impressive RoF.

http://www.youtube.com/user/larsande.../6/dKY9FpRGyJI

[Johan Larson]

Originally Posted by The Colonel

Interesting to know what the draw is on that bow...

She doesn't seem to be pointing the bow-arm shoulder to the target, which means she is relying mostly on arm- rather than back-strength.

She is also bending her bow-arm rather than keeping it straight while dipping the bow down to her waist and up again for each shot.

Given her technique, I suspect the draw weight is low. 60 lb, maybe?

[sjard]

At my best I had a rate of fire of about one per second with a 65lbs. bow (35 arrows in about 30 seconds). But that was almost 20 years ago now (were the early 90s that long ago?). This was shooting at a paper plate at about 30 feet.

I won a few SCA speed shooting competitions with that bow.

I couldn't quite get half as fast with my 90lbs. bow however.

Edited to add range.

[roguebfl]

Using Fast-Draw(Arrow) and GURPS Martial Arts Quick-Shooting Bows p.119-200 you can fire 1 per second, but it takes 3 rolls
You need to take an Attack or All out Attack (Determined) maneuver

• Fast-Draw(Arrow) to draw the arrow
• Bow -6 to ready the arrow
• Bow -6 to attack.

Weapon Master (Bow) and/or Heroic Archer will modify this a bit

[Anaraxes]

Looks like about 1.5 seconds per arrow in the video.

I couldn't tell much about accuracy just from watching.

he has an impressive RoF

I was less impressed by this one in terms of RPG combat archery. The bow seems very light (he's holding it in front of him), and the shooter is blissfully unconcerned with accuracy. He's going only for flicking as many arrows off the string as possible. Maybe this is what it looks like if you have a thousand friends with you to darken the sky with arrows at Agincourt.