[Ansteorra-missile] Clear the bow!

[Donnchadh Beag mac Griogair]

Personally, I don't see that the extra layer of foam adds that much 
benefit.  I've been shot in unarmored spots with baldars, and they're 
harder than a 2 layer UHMW.  Certainly doesn't hurt as much as a glaive 
shot by some meat monkey =).  So unless there's some overwhelming reason 
we want to be different than society standards, why deviate?

Donnchadh

Pug Bainter wrote:
> The 1/2 inch padding was an oversight! There were so many edits it's amazing
> that we have our brains and not a bowl of mush. I will see where it got
> dropped and get it added back unless people want to run with it.
>
> Ciao,
> Pug
>
>   
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ansteorra-missile-bounces at lists.ansteorra.org [mailto:ansteorra-
>> missile-bounces at lists.ansteorra.org] On Behalf Of Donnchadh Beag mac
>> Griogair
>> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 4:30 PM
>> To: Missile combat in Ansteorra
>> Subject: Re: [Ansteorra-missile] Clear the bow!
>>
>> The new Complete Participant's Handbook was just released to the list by
>> the Earl Marshal. They still have to sign it, so it's not quite official
>> yet. Looking at it, for combat archery, we are going to SCA standards
>> with just a few exceptions (see below). Two of the changes I can see
>> right off are "clear the bow" rules, and 1/2 inch padding on UHMW heads.
>> I'm interested to see what other changes this brings. What else do you
>> guys see?
>>
>> ***********
>> Section 5 - Missile Weapons Conventions and Equipment Standards
>> Ansteorra requires that all combatants adhere to the SCA Missile Combat
>> Rules described in a
>> separate section of the SCA Marshal's Handbook with only the following
>> changes:
>>
>> Ansteorra restriction: Strike all wood and golf tube combat archery
>> ammunition. Only
>> fiberglass and siloflex equivalent combat archery ammunition is permitted.
>>
>> Section I.B.1. Combat Archery or the use of other missile weapons may be
>> used in
>> tournaments, melees and wars when specifically designated for such and
>> allowed by
>> Society standards.
>>
>> Section IV.D.General.4. Shall have a single solid fiberglass, steel or
>> aluminum prod. The use
>> of multiple fiberglass rods is not permitted.
>>
>> Section IV.D.Light.1. A Light Crossbow is one which does not exceed 600
>> inch pounds or 75 pounds
>> of draw strength. The number of inch [.]
>>
>> Section IV.D.Heavy.1. Crossbows shooting exclusively tube arrows may
>> have a power of up to 1000
>> 800 inch pounds or 90 pounds of draw strength, and are considered Heavy
>> Crossbows.
>>
>> Section IV.E.Shafted.3. Only wood or solid fiberglass shafted arrows are
>> permitted. Shafts should
>> have a minimum diameter of 1/4 inch and maximum diameter of 3/8 inch for
>> fiberglass or
>> 5/16 inch for wood.
>>
>> For convenience the entire SCA Missile Combat Rules of the SCA Marshal's
>> Handbook
>> (http://www.sca.org/officers/marshal/combat/archery/missile_combat_plus_su
>> pplement.pdf)
>> and all pertinent
>> Handbook updates
>> (http://www.sca.org/officers/marshal/combat/archery/index.html) through
>> December
>> 2006 are included below in Section 11 - VII. In case of conflict, the
>> version maintained on the SCA
>> marshallate site supersedes the version in the appendix.
>> ***********
>>
>>
>> Donnchadh
>>
>> William Black Dragon wrote:
>>     
>>> Hey I haven't heard anything about it in a great while but
>>> whatever happened to our getting the "clear the bow" rule
>>> approved within Ansteorra?  Where do we stand on progress
>>> toward that now?  Does anyone know?
>>>
>>> Ironwyrm
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