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Bolts Used with Crossbows
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The Crossbow
Chapter IV
The Bolts Used with Crossbows
Fig. 9. - A Store of Crossbow Bolts, Shafts and
Heads
The crossbowman is aiming at a target to the left of
the picture.
As the result of numerous experiments with crossbow bolts
of different weights and shapes, I have found that bolts of seasoned yew,
weighing from 2 1/2 oz. to 2 3/4 oz., and measuring about 12 in. in length
by 1/2 in. to 5/8 in. in diameter, fly the straightest and furthest; bolts
of these dimensions being similar to those to be seen in museums and intended
for use in the military crossbow which had a strong steel bow.
The light bolts which I have tried, weighing from 1 1/4
oz, to 1 1/2 oz., did not in any instance, however true their flight, carry
nearly so far as the heavier ones,
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