[Ansteorra-missile] Combat Crossbow Question

[Eadric Anstapa]

HL Agnarr Thorvaldsson wrote:

>Hey Eadric 
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>Since your online...  At King's roundtable, the Kingdom Earl Marshal stated something in the GOoS meeting about 800lb for X-bows.  Is this a new poundage for all x-bows or only for those x-bows that fire Siloflex / golftube / Fellwalker type bolts?  I'm curious as I currently have 35 crossbows in various stages of construction and I want to make certain that they meet Kingdom standards before I have to redo the prods.  
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>Thanks
>
>HL Agnarr Thorvaldsson
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The Ansteorran limit is still 600 Inch-Pounds for any crossbow.  Which 
is the SCA limit for anything that shoots thin shafted ammo.  These 
would typically be referred to as "light" crossbows.  We don't have any 
plans to change our standards anytime soon.

Gulf Wars conventions also have a limit that "light" crossbow may not 
exceed 75#.  So while a 80# @ 7.5" xbow would be legal in Ansteorra (and 
other place) it would not be legal at Gulf War (or in Trimaris).  This 
is the third year that this restriction has been is place because there 
where excessive complaints of bolts hitting way too hard and bruising 
too much (with certain ammo).

The SCA standard for "heavy" crossbows  or those that shoot siloflex and 
golf tube arrows  is 1000 Inch-Pounds.  Gulf Wars as additional limits 
that these "heavy" bows may not exceed  800 Inch-Pounds or 90#.  These 
additional restrictions where placed on heavy bows this year because we 
had too many complaints last year from  people getting shot with 
siloflex/omarad crossbow bolts last year.  This new restriction is what 
Sir Randall was referencing.  The complaints came primarily from the 
Trimarians because all the heavy bows were on our side last year  but I 
don,t blame them.  I don't wanna get hit with those things either.

The Gulf War rules are available online  at

http://www.gulfwars.org/combatarchery.html   

if you have any questions of if anything is unclear  PLEASE ask.

Regards,

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HL Eadric Anstapa
Ansteorra
eadric at scabrewer.com