please tell me just one negative to crossbows
04-08-2005 | 02:23 PM
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RE: please tell me just one negative to crossbows
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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.
Who's point are you making?!! LOL
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.
Who's point are you making?!! LOL
Mine!
For the last time I never said a crossbow is exactly like any other bow Christ, READ MY POSTS. It's a FORM of a BOW!
04-08-2005 | 02:24 PM
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RE: please tell me just one negative to crossbows
Gotta love it BigJ. I live in NY, and OUR definition is as follows: (from the 2004 Hunting and trapping syllabus)
Bow - Includes long (stick), compound, or recurve bow
That's MY legal definition....and you walked right into it.
Bow - Includes long (stick), compound, or recurve bow
That's MY legal definition....and you walked right into it.
04-08-2005 | 02:36 PM
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RE: please tell me just one negative to crossbows
ORIGINAL: BigJ12
For the last time I never said a crossbow is exactly like any other bow Christ READ MY POSTS. It's a FORM of a BOW!
For the last time I never said a crossbow is exactly like any other bow Christ READ MY POSTS. It's a FORM of a BOW!
Here's a quote DIRECTLY from one of your posts!!!!
So everything is the EXACT SAME THING except a crossbow has a stock and keeps the string cocked, but it's like some kind of "leap of faith" for some of you to see that. Sorry but my six year old can see that they are the same.
Yea, Yea - I know. "I said except and I said and"....
You're busted.
04-08-2005 | 02:37 PM
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RE: please tell me just one negative to crossbows
You guys calling crossbows non-bows probably call this animal a dog. I mean, sure, the definition of this animal clearly shows that it is a cat, but dammit you've been told all your lives to call it a dog and you'll not be told wrong !
LOL - a crossbow is a bow, like it or not. Two working limbs and a string to propel an arrow.
BTW - a crossbow bolt IS an arrow (I love guys arguing that too !)
04-08-2005 | 02:39 PM
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RE: please tell me just one negative to crossbows
Well the dictionary isn't opinion is it?
Yes, try this.......
Tyrannosaurus rex
n : large carnivorous bipedal dinosaur having enormous teeth with knifelike serrations; may have been a scavenger rather than an active predator; later Cretaceous period in North America
Cretaceous period
n : from 135 million to 63 million years ago;
Now, would you say that is FACT OR OPINION OR THEORY?
04-08-2005 | 02:40 PM
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RE: please tell me just one negative to crossbows
BigJ - if you are an ex-NFLer, then you are a college grad.
And I agree you can move past simple definitions and explore into them however you can't change the definition.
04-08-2005 | 02:44 PM
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RE: please tell me just one negative to crossbows
Tyrannosaurus rex
n : large carnivorous bipedal dinosaur having enormous teeth with knifelike serrations; may have been a scavenger rather than an active predator; later Cretaceous period in North America
Cretaceous period
n : from 135 million to 63 million years ago;
Now, would you say that is FACT OR OPINION OR THEORY?
n : large carnivorous bipedal dinosaur having enormous teeth with knifelike serrations; may have been a scavenger rather than an active predator; later Cretaceous period in North America
Cretaceous period
n : from 135 million to 63 million years ago;
Now, would you say that is FACT OR OPINION OR THEORY?
04-08-2005 | 02:49 PM
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RE: please tell me just one negative to crossbows
Legal definition.
From the Merriam-Webster Dictionary-
Main Entry: cross·bow
Pronunciation: -"bO
Function: noun
: a weapon for discharging quarrels and stones that consists chiefly of a short bow mounted crosswise near the end of a stock
Pronunciation: -"bO
Function: noun
: a weapon for discharging quarrels and stones that consists chiefly of a short bow mounted crosswise near the end of a stock
From the Webster-Merriam dictionary again
Main Entry: 3bow
Pronunciation: 'bO
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English bowe, from Old English boga; akin to Old English bugan
1 a : something bent into a simple curve b : RAINBOW
2 : a weapon that is made of a strip of flexible material (as wood) with a cord connecting the two ends and holding the strip bent and that is used to propel an arrow
3 : ARCHER
Pronunciation: 'bO
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English bowe, from Old English boga; akin to Old English bugan
1 a : something bent into a simple curve b : RAINBOW
2 : a weapon that is made of a strip of flexible material (as wood) with a cord connecting the two ends and holding the strip bent and that is used to propel an arrow
3 : ARCHER
Main Entry: ar·cher
Pronunciation: 'är-ch&r
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin arcarius, alteration of arcuarius, from arcuarius of a bow, from Latin arcus bow -- more at ARROW
1 : a person who uses a bow and arrow
Pronunciation: 'är-ch&r
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin arcarius, alteration of arcuarius, from arcuarius of a bow, from Latin arcus bow -- more at ARROW
1 : a person who uses a bow and arrow
Now I also don't believe a dictionary defines anything "legally". State. Local and Federal law do that. We've discussed at length their definitons, and how crossbows are not legally defined as bows.
04-08-2005 | 02:51 PM
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RE: please tell me just one negative to crossbows
Yea, Yea - I know. "I said except and I said and"....
You do realize that it's a form of communication. You know there are certin words in the english language that you can use to explain that there are differences in items. Such as ........the word "except" or the word........"and"