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<DIV><SPAN class=656560919-01042013><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>Having
recently finished With A bended Bow: Archery in Medieval and Renaissance Europe
it mentions here that shafts of longbow archers were 1/2 to 3/4 inch in
diameter. The book reasons that the reason for the thickness was in part
due to the nature of the wood the shafts were made out of and in part due to the
draw weight of the bow and part due to the weight of the point on the
shaft. Thus, considering crossbows were of signicantly higher draw weights
it is not surprising that the bolt diameter would be 3/4 inch or
larger.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=656560919-01042013><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=656560919-01042013><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>Just
my readings....................</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=656560919-01042013><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=656560919-01042013><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial>cog</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr lang=en-us class=OutlookMessageHeader align=left><FONT size=2
face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
archers-bounces@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org
[mailto:archers-bounces@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Groff,
Garth (ggg9y)<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, April 01, 2013 2:13 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
archers@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Archers] REALLY BIG
X-bow Bolt<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Noble friends of the Bow,<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>While rambling through the web site of the Federazione
Balestrieri Sammarinesi, I came upon this photo and was amazed at the size of
the bolt: <A
href="http://www.federazionebalestrieri.sm/photo/today">http://www.federazionebalestrieri.sm/photo/today</A>
. That monster must be at least ¾”, maybe even a full inch. Very
wicked!<o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Yours Aye,<o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Lord Mungo Napier, The Archer of Mallard
Lodge<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Read “The Tale of Mungo Napier”: <o:p></o:p></P>
<P
class=MsoNormal>http://people.virginia.edu/~ggg9y/napier1.html<o:p></o:p></P>
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