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"Medieval" Archery Tricks


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Might the bamboo have something to do with the way it's structured in bows not being reflected in your source?

Bamboo gets used for back, belly and core. Plus it has ridiculously good crush strength (~ compressive strength), so I think it should fit pretty well into the formula. 

 

Really, I think this is a simple semantics thing: 'bamboo'  refers to an entire tribe with over 1000 species, so your samples are variable to hell and back. It's like trying to pin down the mechanical properties of 'wood'.

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Not "Medieval" but certainly the best place to put this.

 

The most complete ancient crossbow unearthed with terracotta army

 

http://www.ecns.cn/2015/03-20/158884.shtml

 

I'm not going to hold much stock one way or the other but the article claims those Chinese crossbows had a range of 800 meters, which sounds rather fantastic.

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