please tell me just one negative to crossbows
04-08-2005 | 01:48 PM
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RE: please tell me just one negative to crossbows
Umm..... I'm sorry I must have missed it, could you please show me where in that paragraph he states that a crossbow IS NOT a bow?
Would you not agree that it is implicit?
04-08-2005 | 01:48 PM
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RE: please tell me just one negative to crossbows
ORIGINAL: BigJ12
Umm..... I'm sorry I must have missed it, could you please show me where in that paragraph he states that a crossbow IS NOT a bow?
Umm..... I'm sorry I must have missed it, could you please show me where in that paragraph he states that a crossbow IS NOT a bow?
ORIGINAL: thesource
I agree, crossbows and hand held bows are different, and crossbows don't belong in archery season. But hey, that's just my opinion. How about the opinion of the reknowned
Norb Mullaney: (But hey, don't let physics get in the way of a good argument!)
Since when does Crossbows don't belong in archery season become a crossbow IS NOT a bow????
Semantics again - getting weaker BigJ....
04-08-2005 | 01:56 PM
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RE: please tell me just one negative to crossbows
Your kidding right. Just because you post someone's OPINION it's the truth? I would rather stick to the Dictionary and definitions. But if it's opinions you want I have them as well look below. I found this on the internet as I'm sure you found yours.
WHAT IS A CROSSBOW?
A weapon for discharging quarrels and stones that consist chiefly of a short bow mounted crosswise near the end of a stock. An archery weapon consisting of a lath mounted to a rigid stock, having a mechanical means to hold and release the drawn bowstring.
HOW A CROSSBOW WORKS
A crossbow works just like the simple bow and arrow. In order to know how a crossbow work, we need to understand how a simple bow and arrow woks.
The bow or lath is made up of a strip of flexible material (as wood) with a cord connecting the two ends (string) and holding the strip bent when the bow is strung. When the string is pulled the bow bends further storing up motive energy. The energy is store as long as the string is still pulled. An arrow or bolt (slender shaft of wood) is set with one end on the pulled string. When the pulled string is released, the stored up motive energy is transformed into projectile energy which projects the arrow forward towards the target. This is mainly because of the elasticity of the material of the bow and its ability to store up energy.
The crossbow is a modified version of bow and arrow. It has various components. The crossbow is loaded by standing or putting a foot on the stirrup and pulling the string back by hand or with the help of various kinds of instruments (Wippe, Goats foot or Gaffle, Windlass or Cranequin system).When the string is set behind or locked by a latch, a bolt is set or put on the track (a groove or path on the stock made for it). After having set the bolt and removed the levers used to pull the string, you can take aim and press on the trigger (lever or pistol type) which releases the latch and the string which projects or shoots the bolt.
A weapon for discharging quarrels and stones that consist chiefly of a short bow mounted crosswise near the end of a stock. An archery weapon consisting of a lath mounted to a rigid stock, having a mechanical means to hold and release the drawn bowstring.
HOW A CROSSBOW WORKS
A crossbow works just like the simple bow and arrow. In order to know how a crossbow work, we need to understand how a simple bow and arrow woks.
The bow or lath is made up of a strip of flexible material (as wood) with a cord connecting the two ends (string) and holding the strip bent when the bow is strung. When the string is pulled the bow bends further storing up motive energy. The energy is store as long as the string is still pulled. An arrow or bolt (slender shaft of wood) is set with one end on the pulled string. When the pulled string is released, the stored up motive energy is transformed into projectile energy which projects the arrow forward towards the target. This is mainly because of the elasticity of the material of the bow and its ability to store up energy.
The crossbow is a modified version of bow and arrow. It has various components. The crossbow is loaded by standing or putting a foot on the stirrup and pulling the string back by hand or with the help of various kinds of instruments (Wippe, Goats foot or Gaffle, Windlass or Cranequin system).When the string is set behind or locked by a latch, a bolt is set or put on the track (a groove or path on the stock made for it). After having set the bolt and removed the levers used to pull the string, you can take aim and press on the trigger (lever or pistol type) which releases the latch and the string which projects or shoots the bolt.
04-08-2005 | 02:01 PM
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RE: please tell me just one negative to crossbows
I can find just as may quotes that say a crossbow is a bow and is archery as you can to the contrary. Again they are just people's OPINIONS like yours and mine. But mine has the dictionary definition to back it up, does yours?
04-08-2005 | 02:14 PM
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RE: please tell me just one negative to crossbows
WHAT IS A CROSSBOW?
A weapon for discharging quarrels and stones that consist chiefly of a short bow mounted crosswise near the end of a stock. An archery weapon consisting of a lath mounted to a rigid stock, having a mechanical means to hold and release the drawn bowstring.
HOW A CROSSBOW WORKS
A crossbow works just like the simple bow and arrow. In order to know how a crossbow work, we need to understand how a simple bow and arrow woks.
The bow or lath is made up of a strip of flexible material (as wood) with a cord connecting the two ends (string) and holding the strip bent when the bow is strung. When the string is pulled the bow bends further storing up motive energy. The energy is store as long as the string is still pulled. An arrow or bolt (slender shaft of wood) is set with one end on the pulled string. When the pulled string is released, the stored up motive energy is transformed into projectile energy which projects the arrow forward towards the target. This is mainly because of the elasticity of the material of the bow and its ability to store up energy.
The crossbow is a modified version of bow and arrow. It has various components. The crossbow is loaded by standing or putting a foot on the stirrup and pulling the string back by hand or with the help of various kinds of instruments (Wippe, Goats foot or Gaffle, Windlass or Cranequin system).When the string is set behind or locked by a latch, a bolt is set or put on the track (a groove or path on the stock made for it). After having set the bolt and removed the levers used to pull the string, you can take aim and press on the trigger (lever or pistol type) which releases the latch and the string which projects or shoots the bolt.
A weapon for discharging quarrels and stones that consist chiefly of a short bow mounted crosswise near the end of a stock. An archery weapon consisting of a lath mounted to a rigid stock, having a mechanical means to hold and release the drawn bowstring.
HOW A CROSSBOW WORKS
A crossbow works just like the simple bow and arrow. In order to know how a crossbow work, we need to understand how a simple bow and arrow woks.
The bow or lath is made up of a strip of flexible material (as wood) with a cord connecting the two ends (string) and holding the strip bent when the bow is strung. When the string is pulled the bow bends further storing up motive energy. The energy is store as long as the string is still pulled. An arrow or bolt (slender shaft of wood) is set with one end on the pulled string. When the pulled string is released, the stored up motive energy is transformed into projectile energy which projects the arrow forward towards the target. This is mainly because of the elasticity of the material of the bow and its ability to store up energy.
The crossbow is a modified version of bow and arrow. It has various components. The crossbow is loaded by standing or putting a foot on the stirrup and pulling the string back by hand or with the help of various kinds of instruments (Wippe, Goats foot or Gaffle, Windlass or Cranequin system).When the string is set behind or locked by a latch, a bolt is set or put on the track (a groove or path on the stock made for it). After having set the bolt and removed the levers used to pull the string, you can take aim and press on the trigger (lever or pistol type) which releases the latch and the string which projects or shoots the bolt.
Who's point are you making?!! LOL
04-08-2005 | 02:17 PM
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RE: please tell me just one negative to crossbows
Semantics again - getting weaker BigJ....
First it was "A crossbow is a firearm" remember?....... I shot that down. Now it's "well it's not a firearm but still not a bow" and I will shoot that down as well. Because you can post till your heart's content all of the OPINIONS you want, it still wont change the Legal definition.
04-08-2005 | 02:18 PM
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RE: please tell me just one negative to crossbows
ORIGINAL: BigJ12
Do you see where I'm comming from? lets leave the opinions out and look at the facts....like the definition.
Do you see where I'm comming from? lets leave the opinions out and look at the facts....like the definition.
BigJ - if you are an ex-NFLer, then you are a college grad. Clearly, we can move beyond simple definitions and explore the research, can't we?