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Old 09-10-2015 | 09:44 AM
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Bob H in NH
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Only question I'd have with mechanicals on a crossbow is would they handle the much shorter, so much faster, acceleration. The power stroke is much shorter, but much more force, would this cause the mechanical to open before leaving the bow?

Other than that, once it leaves the bow, your two sets of numbers are close enough that they'd be very close in Momentum and KE, so penetration would be a toss up
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