[Archers] Da Vinci Lever Spanning Crossbow

[Lorelei Elkins]

After looking at your videos, (very cool) I found this one from Rick
Steves.  Check out the video at 3 minutes 37 seconds in.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSqoEhWd9cM

Lorelei


On Fri, Sep 3, 2021 at 2:01 PM Garth Groff and Sally Sanford <
mallardlodge1000 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Noble Friends of the Bow (and Crossbow!):
>
> While digging around for more information on San Marino's crossbow
> federation I ran across a brief film demonstrating Da Vinci's design for a
> lever-spanning crossbow. Da Vinci's design is in the Codex Atlanticus
> (hmmm, how appropriate for us!) dating from 1485. According to Wikipedia,
> the design was never produced, that is, until recently when a working model
> was built to the plan.
>
> Sorry the video is only in Italian:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyx5FInv7OE&list=PLGeyxE4ZGlbcPlCORHoh0h1f3fOgWXokj&index=5
>
> Here's the Wikipedia page:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_fire_crossbow
>
> Is this cool, or what? So here's a question for our DEM to address: Is
> this weapon SCA legal?
>
> The next question has to be, is anyone making these things in
> medieval form (they are available as modern compounds)?
>
> Yours Aye,
>
>
> Lord Mungo Napier, Shire of Isenfir TA Marshal
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