[Archers] Crossbow tripod

[Garth G. Groff]

M'Lord Siegfried and friends,

Agreed. And after I made my post, I found a more detailed picture on 
their site which shows how their crossbows attach. It is almost like a 
mounting for a machine gun, in that  the crossbow has a large swivel pin 
which fits into a metal hole in the stand. However, like I said it isn't 
exactly the tripod we were originally discussing, but the concept of 
locking the crossbow into some sort of mount is what I understood we 
were originally talking about.

Still, I hope all of you who were interested enjoyed looking at the 
site. They seem like a very serious group, and we could all learn 
something useful from what they do, whether it is history, costume, or 
their shooting competitions.

Kind regards,


Lord Mungo Napier, Shire of Isenfir TA Marshal

On 6/6/2011 11:02 AM, Siegfried wrote:
> I can say for myself, that the special made shooting stations that those
> people use, is certainly not what I am talking about.  Those are not
> portable at all, (IE, a shooter wouldn't be carrying that around from
> station to station at a competition) and if ever appeared for an event
> would be for a custom shoot where it was provided to all.
>
> My post was referring to simple wooden sticks ... or slightly enhanced
> versions with a V at the top, such as seen here:
> http://is.gd/kIA4cP (URL shortened)
>
> When discussing tripods, I am discussing simple wooden ones, such as:
> http://is.gd/T8AjSe  or  http://is.gd/dDv4YI
>
> ( And there's also bipod versions: http://is.gd/m9psgE )
>
> My own experiments in the past were with a simple stick, ala a walking
> stick.
>
> Siegfried
>
>
> On 6/6/11 7:44 AM, Garth G. Groff wrote:
>> Noble friends of the bow,
>>
>> While this isn't exactly a tripod, the shooting stand used by the
>> Federazione Balestrieri Sammarinesi gives you a pretty good idea of what
>> we've been discussing:
>> http://www.federazionebalestrieri.sm/page.aspx?x=GUGbmI7OPWV15JD19XfuNmD5F39HS68b04GTwHGrt8osY9%2bgokAVmQ%3d%3d
>> . Thumb through is album and you will see how they shoot their
>> competitions. It is pretty hard to miss the target with a rig like this.
>>
>> Even if you aren't a crossbow shooter, you might enjoy exploring their
>> site:
>> http://www.federazionebalestrieri.sm/home.aspx?x=k3ZKA5hfSVvR9n6sxLjPlyDarO1cuodb
>> . Lots of interesting costumes and pagentry.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>>
>> Lord Mungo Napier, Shire of Isenfir TA Marshal
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