Officials said the compound bow and arrow is as powerful as a machine gun

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Such a remark is just plain and simple, ignorant! There is no doubt a compund bow does produce lethal capability, but a broad statement such as that is unsupported, lacking any factual element. A baseball bat is potentially lethal too, but can't be compared to a firearm.
 
Arrows are every bit as deadly as bullets they are just very slow on the first shot unless you carry a cross bow and those are very slow on follow up shots. Also, as any bow hunter knows arrows don't have much "stopping power". Game shot with an arrow seldom drops on the spot but bleeds out and must be tracked a ways. In organized warefare arrows were highly effective when shot in mass and rained down on soldiers 100 yards away who were only armed with swords and spears but they would be impractical against firearms in close quarter combat where a determined man who was mortally wounded with an arrow might still be able to return fire before bleeding out.
 
Maybe they'll lighten up on gun laws and crack down on archers.

I hear gangbangers are doing bow and arrow drive-bys these days....:rolleyes:
 
That does it - If it was on tv or in the news paper it must be true. I have always wanted a machine gun - but now I am going for the crossbow!!! Much cheaper to shoot also - just a win-win situation. This will get me into reloading also.
 
They can probably kill as quickly as FMJ, and the wound, at least from a 3 blade broadhead, is much harder to repair. A demo video I saw was a hunting arrow w/broadhead puncture a steel coffee can full of sand and the body armor behind it. I wouldn't want to be on the receiving end.
 
Even though the classic Welsh-designed longbow, developed in secrecy and used in the English Army at the medieval Battle of Crecy (or Poitier) in France was not a compound, it changed the battlefields.
This was the Hundred Years' War.

Not only did one arrow penetrate a French knight's chain mail, but went through the thigh, a section of the saddle and injured the horse.

The nobility were not only shocked by the power, but by the accuracy of a weapon operated by common, non-noble foot soldiers. Each yeoman shot an arrow about every 5-10 seconds?

The French nobility lost the 'cream of the crop' in that surprising onslaught, and above the fallen were the hundreds or thousands of the delicate colored feathers on the arrow shafts. This is in the abridged version of Churchill's "History of the English Speaking People".
 
Typical small-time reporter trying to make it big by inflating a story, hoping it will take her with it...
 
I remember, it was well over ten years ago, watching on the news, a couple of guys in Dallas IIRC did a drive by with a crossbow. No one was hurt. I imagine getting ballistics off one would be pretty easy.
 
I used to carry my compound bow concealed, but I had problems with printing. And of course there was the endless debate over whether or not you should carry it in condition one. Of course I explain to people that it is useless to carry it at all if it is empty. Then there is polymer vs alloy, and arguing over which caliber of arrow is the most likely to stop an attacker with one shot. I gave up.
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I think the real question is if you were carrying with it cocked and locked or not.
 
Heeelllllooooo Owen. Two people were shot with the arrow and neither exited. Must have been mouse load arrows:D.
Archers who travel to Africa with the bow do something like put a 2112 arrow inside a 2512. Some load the arrow with sand. They are seeking deep penetration.
Easton and others make "solids" for bowhunting dangerous game.

The choice of an arrow with slicing edges up to three inches wide or a 45acp with wound trauma makes you think. Can I have a couple of days to think about it?
 
A bow and arrow has killed every animal that walks this planet. Except a yeti, and as soon as a bow hunter can find one, it will be dead.
From squirrels to elephants.
Check out the Pope and Young web site. See the records for yourself.
I just got done shooting a archery league, and saw some really good shooting.
3D will start soon and some really good guys will take to the woods to kill foam deer all over America.
A new compound will reach speeds of 350 fps with a 350 grain arrow. At 70lbs of pull.
There are a few crossbows that will reach 400 fps.
My Bow-Tec at 53 pounds of pull, will get a 365 grain arrow going right around 285fps. It has a let off of around 70%. I can turn it up to 70lbs if I want to.
Not bad for a stick and a string.
They are no 30-06 but will do the job just as good.:)
 
If I ever sustain a serious wound, I hope its a gunshot. Cuts (and that's what an arrowhead does, through and through) are harder to treat than holes. Anything with an edge justifies shooting, IMO.
 
Sounds like that's what cops told the newsweasels, who wil parrot anything from an "expert" and know nothing about the subject matter. I saw one article referring to an "assault submachine gun." For sheer concentrated twaddle it's hard to beat the mainstream Media holding forth on guns.
Yup - "maroons" according to Bugs.
 
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I used to carry my compound bow concealed, but I had problems with printing. And of course there was the endless debate over whether or not you should carry it in condition one. Of course I explain to people that it is useless to carry it at all if it is empty. Then there is polymer vs alloy, and arguing over which caliber of arrow is the most likely to stop an attacker with one shot. I gave up.
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Dude, I am disappointed that you gave up so easily. You obviously were not using the correct holster. I carry my broadsword concealed and the only comments I get are usually from hot women that ask-"Is that a broadsword in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?" :what:


:p
 
Officials say the compound bow and arrow is an extremely powerful weapon. Police say Black is also a psychiatric patient who isn't taking his medication.
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I see no reference to a machine gun any where in the story.. Why add what isn't their
 
In trained hands a compound bow is at least as accurate as a handgun and can repeat about as fast as a single shot hunting rifle.
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I may be splitting hairs here, but actually, a compound bow is, in my opinion, more acurate than a handgun, at least in terms of acuracy per hours spent practising. A decent compound, with a peep sight, front sight, and trigger release, using arrows tuned to it, is going to take less time and training to become proficient in its use, than a handgun. At least thats been my experiance.

They are no 30-06 but will do the job just as good.
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I don't know. I've heard a lot of people say that 30-06 would not work for elephant, but Howard Hill took 3 with a long bow.

Just saying...

i think i saw a cossbow machine gun in a hollywood movie once... it may have been a vampire movie...
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It wasn't the endish scene in Serenity, was it?
Chris "the Kayak-Man" Johnson
 
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Dude, I am disappointed that you gave up so easily. You obviously were not using the correct holster. I carry my broadsword concealed and the only comments I get are usually from hot women that ask-"Is that a broadsword in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?"
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I carry my cutlass concealed under my black trench coat. Nobody notices it until I pull it out to take somebody's head.
 
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