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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Lord Mungo it is absolutely SCA legal and I will say again our rule. Our rules states “no modern rifle stocks which are not consistent with the spirit of our game.” That is hardly modern and therefore is perfectly acceptable….<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Janyn<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> Archers [mailto:archers-bounces@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Garth Groff<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 17, 2014 5:05 PM<br><b>To:</b> archers@seahorse.atlantia.sca.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [Archers] Early Crossbow with Stock<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Noble Friends,<br><br>After some searching I finally turned up an in-period crossbow with a rifle stock, at least a nascent one: <a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/22397?rpp=30&pg=1&ft=crossbow&pos=10">http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/22397?rpp=30&pg=1&ft=crossbow&pos=10</a> . As you can see, this is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and they have dated it to 1570-1600. <br><br>Now here's the question: Is this SCA legal? The rule says, "No <i>modern</i> rifle or air rifle stocks or pistol grips." I believe because of the inclusion of the word "modern" in the rule, a crossbow of this type would be perfectly legal. Comments?<br><br>Now the problem is to find one like this. :~)<br><br>Yours Aye,<br><br><br>Lord Mungo Napier, Shire of Isenfir TA Marshal<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>