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I have never seen one on a SCA crossbow but I am sure someone has done
it and I just haven't seen it.<br>
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While conducting personal research I HAVE seen numerous examples on
extant period crossbows. Strangely, I saw tons of them in Denmark and
only a few in Germany. I got some good pictures in Denmark where they
seemed mostly cool with people taking snapshots. In Germany virtually
every time I would pull out a camera the security guard would sweep
down on me.<br>
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Here is a picture I took of a crossbow in the Danish National museum.
Notice the little switch under the kneeling shooter. Unfortunately the
crossbow was in class display case and this was the only angle I could
get.<br>
<a
href="http://www.scabrewer.com//scapics/copenhagen/Misc/Copenhagen-087.html">http://www.scabrewer.com//scapics/copenhagen/Misc/Copenhagen-087.html</a><br>
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Here is another two crossbows from the Danish Royal Armories. You can
clearly see how these little switches work to trap the tickler and help
prevent accidental discharge.<br>
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href="http://www.scabrewer.com/scapics/copenhagen/Thursday/Copenhagen-Thur%20024.html">http://www.scabrewer.com/scapics/copenhagen/Thursday/Copenhagen-Thur%20024.html</a><br>
and<br>
<a
href="http://www.scabrewer.com/scapics/copenhagen/Thursday/Copenhagen-Thur%20026.html">http://www.scabrewer.com/scapics/copenhagen/Thursday/Copenhagen-Thur%20026.html</a><br>
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another crossbow in the same collection<br>
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href="http://www.scabrewer.com/scapics/copenhagen/Thursday/Copenhagen-Thur%20052.html">http://www.scabrewer.com/scapics/copenhagen/Thursday/Copenhagen-Thur%20052.html</a><br>
and<br>
<a
href="http://www.scabrewer.com/scapics/copenhagen/Thursday/Copenhagen-Thur%20053.html">http://www.scabrewer.com/scapics/copenhagen/Thursday/Copenhagen-Thur%20053.html</a><br>
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And two crossbows fro the Danish Museum of Hunting and Forestry. My
apologies for the poorer pics here. The class cases and lighting made
if VERY difficult to get good shapshots.<br>
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Crossbow 1<br>
<a
href="http://www.scabrewer.com//scapics/copenhagen/Friday/Copenhagen-Fri%20021.html">http://www.scabrewer.com//scapics/copenhagen/Friday/Copenhagen-Fri%20021.html</a><br>
and<br>
<a
href="http://www.scabrewer.com//scapics/copenhagen/Friday/Copenhagen-Fri%20022.html">http://www.scabrewer.com//scapics/copenhagen/Friday/Copenhagen-Fri%20022.html</a><br>
and<br>
<a
href="http://www.scabrewer.com//scapics/copenhagen/Friday/Copenhagen-Fri%20023.html">http://www.scabrewer.com//scapics/copenhagen/Friday/Copenhagen-Fri%20023.html</a><br>
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Crossbow 2<br>
<a
href="http://www.scabrewer.com//scapics/copenhagen/Friday/Copenhagen-Fri%20027.html">http://www.scabrewer.com//scapics/copenhagen/Friday/Copenhagen-Fri%20027.html</a><br>
and<br>
<a
href="http://www.scabrewer.com//scapics/copenhagen/Friday/Copenhagen-Fri%20029.html">http://www.scabrewer.com//scapics/copenhagen/Friday/Copenhagen-Fri%20029.html</a><br>
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Obviously the tickler design has to be one that will allow such
safety's to work.<br>
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Regards,<br>
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-EA<br>
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Lawrence wrote:
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<p><b><font color="#008000" face="Times New Roman">With the style of
crossbow that has the release lever on the bottom…is there a way to add
some kind of safety so it wont release when you bump the lever until
you are ready to shoot?</font></b></p>
<p><b><font color="#008000" face="Times New Roman">I figured with all
of the very good crossbow men we have that this has already been
figured out.</font></b>
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<p><b><font color="#008000" face="Times New Roman">Thanks for any
help!</font></b>
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<p><b><font color="#008000" face="Times New Roman">Lance</font></b>
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