<DIV>How do the marshalls know if any Joe Schmo who is an authorized fighter, but not authorized combat archer isn't out there shooting his crossbow or bow with no idea what the rules are. This seems to present a safety concern for the fighters and spectators.<BR><BR><B><I>Richard Threlkeld <rjt@softwareinnovation.com></I></B> wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">We inspect the fighter and his/her weapons separately and mark each of them. Any correctly marked fighter may use any correctly marked weapon in an appropriate way. We do not require the weapons only be used by the fighter for whom they were inspected.<BR><BR>In service,<BR>Caelin on Andrede<BR><BR>________________________________<BR><BR>From: ansteorra-archery-bounces+rjt=acm.org@ansteorra.org on behalf of jspinks@ix.netcom.com<BR>Sent: Fri 7/30/2004 8:47 AM<BR>To: eadric@scabrewer.com; Archery within the Kingdom of Ansteorra<BR>Subject: Re: [Ansteorra-archery] Some Gulf War XIII Combat Archery Stats<BR><BR><BR><BR>Having not been to Gulf War yet (maybe next year) and not knowing the procedure I would like to inquire of one thing- I understand the logic of getting equipment inspected in bulk but are there no direct records of authorized combat archers and marshals that could use the
equipment? If safety is the main concern then it would seem we should know who is using the equipment.<BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: Eadric Anstapa <EADRIC@SCABREWER.COM><BR>Sent: Jul 27, 2004 4:48 PM<BR>To: ansteorra-missile@ansteorra.org<BR>Cc: ansteorra-archery@ansteorra.org<BR>Subject: [Ansteorra-archery] Some Gulf War XIII Combat Archery Stats<BR><BR>The Ansteorran Archery Marshallate has kept logbooks at our<BR>inspection points at Gulf War for the past two years. This past<BR>year the Meridians joined us so now we have data that may or may not<BR>have some meaningful information depending on how you want to look<BR>at it. For me at least it is interesting and may be useful to our<BR>command and marshallate.<BR><BR><BR><BR>There appear to have been about 140 archers at war. We say "about"<BR>because sometime a unit will send one person down to get all their<BR>gear inspected so it is difficult to get an exact count on the<BR>number of archers. Some archers would
come and get 5 or more sets<BR>of equipment inspected. <BR><BR>There where 114 unique medalion numbers that came through the<BR>inspection point so we are pretty sure there where at least that<BR>many archers.<BR><BR>There where 174 distinct bows or crossbows inspected so there<BR>theoretically could have been as many as as 174 archers on the field<BR>at one time.<BR><BR>If ya go by where the bows or crossbows came from:<BR>31% of the archers where from Meridies<BR>30% of the archers where from Ansteorra<BR>28% of the archers were from Trimaris<BR>5% from the Middle<BR>3% from Calontir<BR>1 archer each from kingoms of Atlantia, West, and Aethelmarc.<BR><BR>Ansteorra and Allies were outnumbered 3/2 with roughly 60% of the<BR>archers with Trimaris and her allies and 40% to Ansteorra and our<BR>Allies.<BR><BR><BR>There were 103 crossbows inspected at war. <BR><BR>There were 3 heavy crossbows over 600 IP. All three heavy crossbows<BR>were from our Midrealm allies. <BR><BR>Average in/lbs
for crossbows was 466. Low was 228. High was 782<BR>(heavy crossbow, there was an 800 limit). <BR><BR>It looks like the average crossbow by GW Kingdom was:<BR><BR>Meridies 425 Inch Pounds<BR>Ansteorra 481 Inch Pounds<BR>Trimaris 491 Inch Pounds <BR><BR><BR>There were 71 bows inspected at war. There were 11 heavy bows over<BR>30#. One heavy bow was from Aethelmarc, the other 10 frm the Middle<BR>and Calontir. Average bow poundage was 30#. Low was 16#; high was<BR>48# (heavy bow). <BR><BR><BR>There 4237 total bolts, and 2417 total arrows. <BR><BR>Of those 240 arrows/bolts where of the large tube designs for heavy<BR>bows and crossbows. <BR><BR><BR>There were 321 wooden shafted bolts, none were from Ansteorra. 80<BR>from Atlantia, 107 from Meridies, 174 from Trimaris. <BR><BR><BR>There were 104 wooden arrows of which only 6 where from Ansteorra,<BR>80 where from Trimaris, 18 from Meridies.<BR><BR><BR>For APDs 41% were Asgard APDs, 31% were Siloflex APDs, 23% were Golf<BR>Tube APDs, and
5% where some other minor types.<BR><BR><BR><BR>Regards,<BR><BR>--<BR>Arcus Eadric Anstapa<BR>Kingdom Archery Marshal, Ansteorra<BR>eadric@scabrewer.com<BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Ansteorra-archery mailing list<BR>Ansteorra-archery@ansteorra.org<BR>http://www.ansteorra.org/mailman/listinfo/ansteorra-archery<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Ansteorra-archery mailing list<BR>Ansteorra-archery@ansteorra.org<BR>http://www.ansteorra.org/mailman/listinfo/ansteorra-archery<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>> ATTACHMENT part 2 application/ms-tnef name=winmail.dat<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Ansteorra-archery mailing list<BR>Ansteorra-archery@ansteorra.org<BR>http://www.ansteorra.org/mailman/listinfo/ansteorra-archery<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><p>
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