<div dir="ltr">I've included below the text and reference materials that have the specifics, but here's the short version.<br><br>The new rules from Society state UMHS and Siloflex rubber stopper missiles may not have more than 1" of foam padding at the end. Ansteorra's current rules state you must have a minimum of 1" of foam padding at the end. In conjuction with my interim Missile Marshal, Ld. Jean Paul de Calmont, we have decide to take Ansteorra down to Society minimums, and require only 1/2" of foam padding. We'll be signing this into Law at King's Round Table this weekend. The new requirements also state that the padding must be firmly attached, and not wambly. <br>
<br>I would hope that crossbowmen with very strong crossbows will be polite in their construction.<br><br>Marshals will need to be more rigorous in their inspections.<br><br>Finally, as noted below by Ld. Jean Paul, there is a distinct possibility that Meridies and/or Glenn Abhenn might push for 3/4" of padding on the blunts, so it's recommend that when re-working your blunts aim for that margin.<br>
<br>Sieur Jean Paul de Sens,<br>Earl Marshal<br><br><b><br>Effective immediately</b>
by the Society Earl Marshal & the Deputy Society Earl Marshal for
Combat Archery, the following changes to equipment are required due to
repeated incidents of helm penetrations:
<ul><li>Combat Archery ammunition may have at most 1" thick padding on the tip after taping.</li><p>
</p><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">All UHMW</span> & Siloflex/Rubber Stopper ammunition <span style="font-weight: bold;">must have a
side wrap of foam added</span> that brings the total diameter of the blunt to
at least 1.5" after taping. This wrap must extend from the tip to at
least 1/2" over the UHMW or Siloflex itself.</li><p>
</p><li>All fletches on any arrows, bolts, or thrown weapons can project no further than 1/2" from the shaft, or must be 1.5" thick.</li><p>
</p><li>NOTE: All Marshals need to be rigorous in their inspections of
all tips (arrows & thrusting) and mass weapons. Ensure that the
foam is firm, will not bend over, returns to shape when compressed, and
can not be easily pushed into a legal helm more than 1/2".</li></ul>
<p>________________________________________________________<br>
Siegfried Sebastian Faust<br>
Society Combat Archery Marshal</p><br><p>This is posted in the News and Notes section here; <br></p><a href="http://marshal.ansteorra.org/archery/" target="_blank">http://marshal.ansteorra.org/archery/</a><br><p>and
it was also posted to the Kingdom archery lists by myself as KMM.
Siegried on a later email clarified that it was required no matter what
size of the blunt, if it is a UHMW cored blunt it requires a side
wrap. This was to make the ruling as simple (single UHMW standard) as
possible and to allow current ammunition to be modified simply. Now,
another concern is that when Gulf War was at 1/2" minimum padding
several years ago, the collective Earl Marshals from the participating
Kingdoms demanded that we go to a higher level of padding since they
(crossbows) were hitting too hard. All four Kingdoms raised the
minimum to 3/4" padding. If this could be brought up with those
Kingdoms via your channel this would help go a long way in reducing the
possibility of future changes for our ammo again.</p>
<br>If you need anything else please let me know and I'll do whatever I need to do.<br><br>JPdC</div>