Re: Meteoric Iron Arrows
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Originally Posted by DouglasCole
Real war arrows could hit1500 grains, or just over 0.2 lbs, and were much more efficient at capturing the energy from strong bows. The 0.1-lb. value for GURPS is probably a nice mix between flight arrows (which were and are very light) and heavy war arrows, which include the 0.2-lb. example above.
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There is one English author (Asham?) who complains that no longbowman in his time was capable of shooting half-pound war-arrows anymore - implying that, at one point, there were archers who could.
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Last edited by DanHoward; 09-13-2012 at 11:21 PM.
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09-13-2012, 11:17 PM
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