tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post6797811126041147952..comments2024-03-29T07:33:41.566-04:00Comments on The Silicon Graybeard: Pretty Durn ImpressiveSiGraybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-26086070728360356922013-12-14T19:58:16.388-05:002013-12-14T19:58:16.388-05:00I'd like to see him try, although I'm pret...I'd like to see him try, although I'm pretty sure "going through" ain't gonna happen. <br /><br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-32346674560866619282013-12-14T17:48:30.526-05:002013-12-14T17:48:30.526-05:00I wanna see that thing go through a vest w/ a chic...I wanna see that thing go through a vest w/ a chicken plate.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-48923136021190233482013-12-13T21:10:08.848-05:002013-12-13T21:10:08.848-05:00'Course, there are the years of training and t...<i> 'Course, there are the years of training and the regular practice required to develop and maintain proficiency,</i> not to mention a lack of magazine-fed longbows. Yeah, I know that came a couple of hundred years later. <br /><br />The longbow was the most terrifying weapon of its day. I remember reading an old piece somewhere on how longbows could lead to extinction, they were so efficient at killing the other side from far away. <br /><br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-81564342218906207302013-12-13T20:07:53.369-05:002013-12-13T20:07:53.369-05:00Years ago, there was a guy around here who had a D...Years ago, there was a guy around here who had a Demo:<br />He'd dress up a bale of straw in an old Kevlar vest, back off, and shoot it with a .357, then go dig the deformed bullet out of the front of the vest.<br />Then he'd shoot it with a longbow. Through the front, through the straw, and out through the back.<br />And rate of fire is pretty good with a longbow, too. 'Course, there are the years of training and the regular practice required to develop and maintain proficiency, so maybe there's a reason firearms became popular.Eric Wilnerhttp://siliconvalleyredneck.typepad.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-57536487235328816772013-12-11T23:03:04.563-05:002013-12-11T23:03:04.563-05:00"Medieval crossbows wouldn't penetrate th..."Medieval crossbows wouldn't penetrate the armour of the day" Really? Is that why Continental European armies had lots of crossbow armed men? Just to annoy the armoured knights and men at arms?<br /><br />No - they were WAY more powerful than 150 pounds (I can draw a 150 pound crossbow by hand using a stirrup) but the ordinary Medieval ones that used a windlass could (and often did) exceed 500 pounds. The strings of those brutes were 1/2 inch diameter ... <br /><br />Phil B<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-59341724292846395472013-12-11T22:35:44.984-05:002013-12-11T22:35:44.984-05:00No surprise here. Modern Kevlar armor is not desig...No surprise here. Modern Kevlar armor is not designed to stop sharp objects like knives or arrows. Soft body armor worn by most law enforcement officers is designed to stop most pistol caliber rounds. It is ineffective at stopping rifle (including 22lr) rounds unless the wearer is using a trauma plate that is designed to stop rifle rounds. gun monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14318003335917613152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-25796644091843108392013-12-11T21:57:21.762-05:002013-12-11T21:57:21.762-05:00Pretty cool, but I think naming it a "Tactica...Pretty cool, but I think naming it a "Tactical Assault Crossbow" is a BIG mistake.<br /><br />Those first two words are bound to draw attention, and then the sh1t storm will start.<br /><br />My best buddy back in Illinois was a serious bow hunter, and he had a crossbow of 1980's vintage. We were screwing around in his house one day, and he shot it at the kitchen wall from about 10'. <br /><br />The bolt went through TWO plaster and lath walls, across the yard, and buried itself into the outside wall of his garage.<br /><br />We were both stunned at the penetration it had.drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.com