A. The magazine, full of arrows, pushed forward by the lever. The bowstring is caught in the notch above the trigger.

B. The crossbow just before it is discharged. The trigger, as its lower extremity is pressed against the surface of the stock by the action of the lever lifts the bow string out of the notch.

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