yeah I get the historical side of X bows, did a bunch of reading on them yrs back
I was just thinking that an X bow from the 60's that was in the Olympics.
as again, a bolt that short, doesn't have a LOT of support on the barrel of the bow and being behind the limbs, would be pretty darn dangerous IMO
NOT saying they didnl;t use things like that or that is what this shot, just saying
that would scare me to try to fire out of it, even if bow was in safe working order.
As time has a way of doing strange things under tension and being bent!
I seen a few X bows come apart over the yrs, NOT a pretty sight to see