Originally Posted by
bigcountry
Its not the velocity or KE that makes the arrowgun easier to shoot 60 yards, its the ability to have a gun trigger, gun stock, and usually a rest.
And for the record, you said a bolt looses KE faster. This is dead wrong.
My example wasn't about power stroke, as I clearly laid out, a bolt of equal weight, drag coef and fletch. Everybody knows that power stroke is usually shorter. Everybody knows that its made up with draw weight. We all know this. You clearly said a bolt looses energy faster. Total lie made up by you.
You also said bows with heavier arrows has more energy. Total lie. A bow has only a fixed amount of energy, no matter the size of the arrow. The efficiency only goes up less than 1% comparing 350gr arrow to 800gr. Don't believe me, conduct your own tests. Bligblulls already did this a few years ago.
This is another lie. A bolt is already stabilized. It is still spinning. It doesn't follow the greenhill formula, like a bullet, it has fletch to stabilize. Did you really think it was going to start tumbling like a bullet after it crosses the sound barrier? This is a total lie. Your also not mentioning archers paradox. Look it up. A compound usually looses energy due to oscillations of the arrow hense the forgiveness of an arrowgun due to spine. No compound, and especially trad bows are immune to paradox. Go do a video search for archers paradox.
Just a few weeks ago, on the history channel, there is a competition/reality show showing marksman competing called top shop. Two men competed against each other with arrowguns. Niether has any experience with arrowgun. Both was able to hit apples at 40 freakin yards after an hour practice session. Try that with a new shooter with a compound. Do some research.
Get an education
First lets get this clear ....I do not lie. You should try and conduct yourself with at least a little dignity and stop acting like a 5 year old.
How many times do I have to say...I never said a xbow is harder to learn. Can we stop with this point or can you not help yourself?
Yes the bow has a fixed amount of energy built into it but it makes a different what you shoot out of it. A very light arrow and a heavy arrow will carry that enery down range differently. Stand 70 yards away from a pitching machine and let it hit you with a 100 mph baseball and a 100 mph tennisball and see the one that carries the energy the best.
A shorter lighter arrow does lose energy faster thats just a fact.
I said the xbow and bow are much alike in the effective kill range...not which one is easier to shoot. You guys said the xbow was a long range weapon over the bow. Its not. They both are very similar. I can post a graph showing the xbow arrow and compound shooting nearly the same until it gets out to about 50 yards and the xbow arrow drops a little more. But there is no need in doing this because you said you didnt believe anything from the internet anyway.....you can't lose can you ... you only believe what to say and call everyone else liars no matter what they say or show you. Childish on your part.