Meteoric Iron Arrows

[Anthony]

Originally Posted by DanHoward

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.

Well, implying that he thought that there were archers who could. Or that he was just exaggerating or making stuff up. In any case, I don't see why shooting a half pound arrow is hard unless you have specific requirements for how far you want the arrow to go.