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Tom Johnson wrote:<br>
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<div><font size="2">I have a question about period Crossbows and
Royal Rounds. After reviewing Royal Round rules, I noticed that Period
crossbows are not allowed to have any sights on them. I have an Archer
who has a crossbow that he wants to use as period. Maiaki has done
much research on this item and even entered it in A & S competions
as a period piece. Some of you may have seen this crossbow, it is the
Dragon Bow he first brought to the last AoB. It has a small simple
open rear sight. My question is " Is there any room for exception on
the no sight rule if proper documenation is available ? Thanks for
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The rule for NO sites in the period crossbow division is in line with
the requirements for the period crossbow division in the IKAC. Any
"period" royal round needs to also be worthy of being part of a
"period" IKAC score. Our in-kingdom rules might at times me more
strict than the wider rules when we choose to hold ourselves to a
higher standard, but we should not be less strict. <br>
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The <u>no sites</u> rule has been in place for decades within the IKAC
and while it has been discussed many times it has always withstood
scrutiny. It is intended that the period division be a more
challenging environment.<br>
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The good news is that the craftsman has plenty of opportunity to shoot
his fine bow in the Open division.<br>
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On a related note, as many of you know I spent a a little over a week
in Germany recently. While there I had the opportunity to visit
several museums and I paid close attention to the arms and armor
collections. I got to see quite a few very nice crossbows. Some were
smaller bows for hunting small game or target shooting, some were
clearly for warfare and others were larger siege crossbows. Some where
very plain and utilitarian while some others where very ornately carved
and inlaid pieces of art. I remarked at the time that strangely enough
none of the bows that would be classified as "period" for the SCA had
sights on them while the one bow that did have sites was post-period. <br>
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Doubtless there may have been some crossbows in late period with sites.
However, for the purposes of a level playing field in the Royal Rounds
and in the IKAC, sites are not allowed in the period crossbow division.<br>
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Regards,<br>
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Arcus Eadric Anstapa
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