Archery: Now a Live Martial Art

[W. Rabbit]

you could add a couple plywood planks.

That would destroy the bolts. If the bolt hits anything solid it will usually deform. There is just too much energy, about equivalent to a .32 caliber pistol.

A bolt has about twice the energy at a hundred yards that a 70 lb compound could have max, at point blank range.

I've tried different things...really heavy pillows, plastic bins.

My next project? Home-made ballistics gel.

https://youtu.be/gT7Yxgtzteo?t=188

[Bneterasedmynam]

Really, nobody's challenging me to produce crossbow video??? I am so disappoint.

They won't let me bring the crossbow to the guild range, it's too dangerous to others outdoors and practically stupid to use it indoors. I literally have to drive to upstate PA and find some field. 109 ft-lbs of delivery, so it's got the stopping power of a small caliber handgun. I've lost a lot of bolts just because they have a habit of blowing through backstops and embedding themselves into the earth forever.

Did you know crossbows require heavy applications of lube? Now you do.

I made fun of the Walking Dead one night..."Daryl doesn't use any lube!! ha ha".

Nobody thought I was funny.

I'm sure there's a deleted scene of Daryle "greasing" his crossbow. What no props for Michonne and her katana?? lol

[W. Rabbit]

I'm sure there's a deleted scene of Daryle "greasing" his crossbow. What no props for Michonne and her katana?? lol

At the rate he fires, he'd have to stop and grease it in between zombies and he'd die fast.

Personally, I think this is Mythbusters-worthy...but a crossbow is probably NOT an effective anti Zombie weapon. It's too slow to reload, and too much maintenance required every half dozen shots or so, without which it will deteriorate fast, it will become less effective or even break at which point you're zombie chow.

Honestly I've never used the lighter crossbows, but I know this is true for the heaver ones (150+ lbs). The Ghost is 175.

[Bneterasedmynam]

At the rate he fires, he'd have to stop and grease it in between zombies and he'd die fast.

Personally, I think this is Mythbusters-worthy...but a crossbow is probably NOT an effective anti Zombie weapon. It's too slow to reload, and too much maintenance required every half dozen shots or so, without which it will deteriorate fast, it will become less effective or even break at which point you're zombie chow.

Honestly I've never used the lighter crossbows, but I know this is true for the heaver ones (150+ lbs). The Ghost is 175.

I can't imagine Daryl's crossbow is very strong, his bolts get easily stopped by squishy zombies. I'm not sure how fast the lighter crossbows shoot, but my compound bow shoots at around 320fps and can penetrate a 16 gauge steel shield, so I can't imagine a squishy zombie would slow it much.

[W. Rabbit]

I can't imagine Daryl's crossbow is very strong, his bolts get easily stopped by squishy zombies. I'm not sure how fast the lighter crossbows shoot, but my compound bow shoots at around 320fps and can penetrate a 16 gauge steel shield, so I can't imagine a squishy zombie would slow it much.

He used a Horton Scout HD 125 (125 lbs and about 250 fps) and a Stryker StrykeZone, which is 160lb/380 fps. So, a nice upgrade.

However, the one he uses on the show is digital. A strong person can load a 125 manually, but very few people could load a 160lb draw without a tool, so doing it as fast as Daryl does on the show requires digital effects (which in fact is exactly what they do).

http://www.amazon.com/Horton-Scout-1...pr_product_top

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0052B3OSW

[Bneterasedmynam]

He used a Horton Scout HD 125 (125 lbs and about 250 fps) and a Stryker StrykeZone, which is 160lb/380 fps. So, a nice upgrade.

However, the one he uses on the show is digital. A strong person can load a 125 manually, but very few people could load a 160lb draw without a tool, so doing it as fast as Daryl does on the show requires digital effects (which in fact is exactly what they do).

http://www.amazon.com/Horton-Scout-1...pr_product_top

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0052B3OSW

I suppose Hafthor Bjornsson could manually load a 160 draw crossbow pretty fast, but the guy that plays Daryl isn't very big. Plus I'm not sure Hafthor would need the crossbow to kill zombies.

[W. Rabbit]

I suppose Hafthor Bjornsson could manually load a 160 draw crossbow pretty fast, but the guy that plays Daryl isn't very big. Plus I'm not sure Hafthor would need the crossbow to kill zombies.

Even he would need to wear gloves, or risk losing all of his fingers each and every time he reloaded.

[Mr. Machette]

The crossbow would be a terrible weapon ahainst zombies. Slow rate of fire. Marginal accuracy (compared to mdoern arms). Bulky.
In fact most of the weapons in Walking Dead are more for dramatic effect than realism. Lets be honest. Daryl would be beter served by a rock hammer but dang if he doesn't look super cool throwing bolts through zombie heads. Badass.

Mongol invaders on the other hand...

...the ol' x-bow is just what the women and children of the village ordered. The old school equalizer.

[Bneterasedmynam]

The crossbow would be a terrible weapon ahainst zombies. Slow rate of fire. Marginal accuracy (compared to mdoern arms). Bulky.
In fact most of the weapons in Walking Dead are more for dramatic effect than realism. Lets be honest. Daryl would be beter served by a rock hammer but dang if he doesn't look super cool throwing bolts through zombie heads. Badass.

Mongol invaders on the other hand...

...the ol' x-bow is just what the women and children of the village ordered. The old school equalizer.

I doubt even their guns would be functioning well, they have hot humid weather every episode and they don't exactly treat their weapons good. And Michonnes katana would look like shit unless we are suppose to believe that she polishes it every day. Of course she's kinda crazy so maybe she does.

[Bneterasedmynam]

Even he would need to wear gloves, or risk losing all of his fingers each and every time he reloaded.

Yeah even a 70lb compound is hell on the fingers I couldn't imagine 160.

[W. Rabbit]

I'm almost positive Daryl has killed at least one zombie with a hammer.

If you really tally it up they've killed zombies in a hundred different ways.