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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Good afternoon everyone, I just wanted to take a minute to discuss again what is considered “non compliant” in Atlantia vs what is acceptable. I originally was involved with this topic at Pennsic again this year, then at an event right after Pennsic and now again this weekend. I had sent a note to everyone after Pennsic stating that we have law governing “triggers” on crossbows and they should not be “failed” for this reason. I stand by my words and want reiterate once again that no marshal should be failing crossbows based on the trigger mechanism alone as we have no precedent to do so. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This is not a finger pointing at anyone and I understand that this topic can be a difficult one to address. If you find yourself in this situation I would also ask that you ask the help of a marshal, regional or DEM who might be more experienced. I don’t want archers being turned away because of mis-information. It has been my observation that many of these instances have involved marshals that I never see at Unevent or a University marshal’s class, which is alright but I am beginning to think that our refresher classes are not conveying the proper information. Please ensure if you are teaching marshal you follow the Target Archery handbook and the MiT and Instructor handouts posted on our Atlantia archery pages maintained by Master Jonathas. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For clarification, the crossbow in question this weekend I failed for safety related reasons with the action, not because it had a “gun stock” or “trigger.” Baron Mors is currently producing crossbows with a “gun stock” that are perfectly legal and were documented in the 1400’s. The gun stocks we are talking about are actual modern rifle stocks or crossbow stocks converted to SCA use. Also the all aluminum bodied crossbows like a few shoot at Pennsic are not considered “Spirit of the game” and we don’t allow them in Atlantia.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The reasons to fail a crossbow as stated in our rules and training materials are the following:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Shoot through prods or split prods<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Trackless design where the bolt does not ride in a track and the string floats in the air<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Modern gun stocks or all aluminum body construction (modern)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>4.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Safety issues with any part of the crossbow<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sorry about all of the words, I hope this helps ease the confusion going forward. I thank all of our marshal’s for the jobs you do! Please keep up the great work!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>In Service,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Janyn<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>