Me? Y'u talkin ta me? Y'u talkin ta me? Ok; I know very little about Compounds and less about cross bows, me I prefer a good ole yew long bow or a composite recurve or a composite Turkish horsebow such as the one used in "King Arthur" by I believe it was Tristan. Anyway wheelies ain't traditional so go for a proven weapon! Hope this helps
Hmmm, welp what can you carry more of? Arrows for the bow, Bolts for the crossbow, or 303 shells. But then again. You can make arrows and bolts I guess. Hmm, I think I will stay here by the fire, drink whiskey and ponder that some.
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I have an older compond that i am pretty good with been wanting a cross bow but cant hunt with them in my state so havent dropped the cash yet. i have shot crossbows before they are an easier trasition for a rifleman in my opion.
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While I can have a ball with bow or crossbow,I can hit much better with my rifle and the "bullets" dont cost nearly as much.Still,I must have all three,along with speers and slingshots. sam.
Brace height is the distance from the string (while the bow is strung) to the riser.
You might check your local pawn shops for a good deal. Lots of times those guys don't know the value of bows and you can get a good one. (some of them do but most are into guns).
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My local Gun&Pawn has several compound bows, even a couple left-handers.
I have two good recurves, one an older Bear TD45 take-down model. The other is a traditional laminated wood bow made in Korea - got it when I was into Renaissance Faire stuff.
Get the rifle, THEN try a bow. The rifle will serve as a good hunting/survival weapon, with less training needed. Bows have a much longer 'learning curve'.
Crossbows are illegal for hunting in a lot of places. They are also very specialised, and slow to reload. Not a good 'survival weapon', IMHO. A cheap crossbow will be worthless.
You can get a decent recurve for under $200. PSE makes some, including their budget priced "Kingfisher" bowfishing model. I think mine was under $100, as I bought it off Ebay.....
Three Rivers, Cabellas and other archery places have bargain longbows and recurves. Right now, Sportsmans Guide has a PSE longbowfor $199.
I would avoid a cheap crossbow for one simple reason. You get less than you pay for with stuff made in Vietnam....
Hovey Smith has a great book out called "Crossbow Hunting" that has informaton about one budget X-bow that turned out to be less than a bargain. You would be better off buying a used Horton or Barnett crossbow.
If the Enfield was not tampered with by home gunsmiths, it might be tempted, but for $200 I would go with the PSE longbow...
History is very interesting Bow's are great for the amout of aimed shot that can be deliverd but require's allot of training to be really proficient, Cross bows were to equip troops with a more powerfull and accurate weapon without all the training required of long bowmen, earliest firearms were the hand Gone and the Matchlock for defeating body armor of the day, since most of the proposed targets would be un-armord a reversion to older tatictics would work Like a Bola, Boomerang, Dart gun
In days of old the reason it took so long to train the fine English longbowmen was because their bows had a 75-135 pound draw weight.
It was more a matter of building the strength and technique than anything else.
Up till two years ago I had not touched a bow in decades, since I was in college. I figured it would take me a long time to be able to hit the target again and maybe a year to get decent.
It took all of about three weeks.
Most of that was in developing shoulder strength to boot. Thing is, my recurve only had a 50 pound pull. I am sure if I was shooting a lonbow with twice that much draw weight it would have taken a long time to learn to shoot again.
