ARCH - Period crossbow division questions...

[harry billings]

>Good Morning,
>
>  Okay, not everyone may be able to answer these question, but I thought
>  I'd ask since someone might know.
>
>  First, would there be anything that would make period crossbow bolts
>  different than the style we use today for SCA shooting? Yes, we could
>  use more period glues and tips, but since any style head besides
>  broadhead is allowed, this shouldn't be an issue of the crossbow bolts
>  I've seen. (ie. 2 or 3 feathers with field points)
The bolt most of us use are "period". The ones I used with the plactic
knocks ground down flat were not "period" so I could only shoot them in the
open div. I am modifing my bolts to have a copper fing on the but which will
pass as period and will hopefully reduce the missfires I have been having.
>
>  Second, what is a rifle style butt in comparisson to the style on most
>  Iolo bows?
Rifle butts are concave to conform the the sholder better most if not all of
Iolos bows are period.
>
>  I realize that I won't be in the top 3 for period crossbow in the
>  Known World, but it would be fun to shoot it.
I was the only one to shoot period crossbow last year never made the list
but may be this year "yea right".
>
>Ciao,
>
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