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<p>M'Lord Ivan and Noble Friends of the Bow,</p>
<p>To my surprise, I just discovered that today is the anniversary
of the Battle of Crécy. A Wikipedia article has the following to
say about crossbow shooting rates (remember this is the
mid-1300s):</p>
<p>"The Battle of Crécy is often exemplified as a battle in which
the longbow defeated the rival crossbow. The crossbow had become
the dominant ranged infantry weapon on the continental European
battlefield: the choice weapon for expert mercenary companies. The
crossbow was favoured as it required less physical strength to
load and shoot than a longbow, and could release more kinetic
energy than its rival, making it deadlier at close range. They
were, however, hampered by slower, more difficult loading, their
cumbersome shape and their range, in which the longbow had the
advantage. Later developments in more powerful crossbows in the
15th century, such as the windlass-span crossbow, negated these
advantages, while advances in bow technology brought to Europe
from armies on crusade introduced composite technology; decreasing
the size of the crossbow while increasing its power. A common
claim about the crossbow is a reload time of one bolt every 1–2
minutes. A test conducted by Mike Loades for Weapons That Changed
Britain - The Longbow found that a belt-and-claw span crossbow
could discharge 4 bolts in 30 seconds, while a longbow could shoot
9.[12] A second speed test conducted using a hand-span crossbow
found that the weapon could shoot 6 bolts in the same time it took
for a longbow to shoot 10." [
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Crécy">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Crécy</a> ] Quoted from The
Longbow Vs The Crossbow Speed Test - Video 17. 11 April 2009 – via
YouTube.</p>
<p>I don't always agree with Mike Loades, but I respect that he puts
many of these old chestnuts to scientific testing. He is also an
expert archer himself.</p>
<p>Yours Aye,</p>
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<p>Lord Mungo Napier, That Crazy Scot<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/26/16 4:35 AM, Garth Groff wrote:<br>
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<p>M'Lord Ivan,</p>
<p>You have your answer from some of our best crossbow shooters in
Atlantia using our sport-weight bows. However, our crossbows are
fairly light compared with a medieval military crossbow. I
occasionally shoot a Siegfried combat crossbow without a foot
stirrup, which is a close replica of a Scottish latch, a
short-range crossbow light enough to be spanned on horseback
(no, I'm not an equestrian). I can probably get off five shots
in a minute, but am noted as a very slow archer even with a
longbow.<br>
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<p>Historically speaking, your friend is probably correct about
two or three bolts in a minute by a medieval military
crossbowman in the 14th or 15th centuries. By then military
crossbows had become very powerful and took complicated
windlasses or other gear to span. Comparing such weapons to what
we use today in the SCA is like mixing apples and oranges.</p>
<p>Yours Aye,</p>
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<p>Lord Mungo Napier, Who Usually Shoots a Period Longbow<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/25/16 9:51 PM, Bob Welenc wrote:<br>
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am looking for information to settle a discussion point.
How many bolts can an archer loose in 60 seconds. One
individual says that a professional can only loose 2 or 3
bolts in 60 seconds and I believe that the number is
noticeably larger. Although I do shoot a crossbow on
occasion, I have never shot a timed round. Any
experienced information would be helpful. Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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