Archery and Zombies

[Darkness]

"Slings and Arrows, Bows, Crossbows, Woomeras, etc., may also prove useful, in killing zombies."

"I have always been fond of the silent strike of a well placed arrow. If done right, they can be quite deadly. But how do they hold up against Zombies? Let's talk."

[vortec1]

They can be ZED killers I have the bow and crossbow. I prefer the crossbow cause its that much more accurate!

[Darkness]

"Not only more accurate, but there are many more things you can do to a bolt, to make it more deadly, than you can do to an arrow."

[vortec1]

Originally Posted by Darkness

"Not only more accurate, but there are many more things you can do to a bolt, to make it more deadly, than you can do to an arrow."

You, have that right Darkness bolts and arrows are different and you can twick them to do what you want and hit where you want!

[Darkness]

"You can also make them do super cool stuff, like explode."

[vortec1]

Originally Posted by Darkness

"You can also make them do super cool stuff, like explode."

Explode, thats worth its weight in gold!

[detpat]

I've seen numerous attempts at explosive arrows and bolts and i have never seen a single one that i would consider safe to carry on my person. If you try that stunt the zeds will be disappointed when they show up at the big noise and only find an appetizing smelling sticky spot.

I personally prefer the bow to the cross bow, I have yet to meet an archer that can outshoot me with a crossbow and certainly not keep up in rate of fire.

[Behemoth]

Originally Posted by detpat

I've seen numerous attempts at explosive arrows and bolts and i have never seen a single one that i would consider safe to carry on my person. If you try that stunt the zeds will be disappointed when they show up at the big noise and only find an appetizing smelling sticky spot.

I personally prefer the bow to the cross bow, I have yet to meet an archer that can outshoot me with a crossbow and certainly not keep up in rate of fire.

Yeah, you're right, however the inexperienced would find the crossbow much easier to operate.

[Darkness]

Originally Posted by Behemoth

Yeah, you're right, however the inexperienced would find the crossbow much easier to operate.

"Yes they would. And crossbows come in pistol grips styles, that use a form of clip action for the bolts."

[detpat]

there was a magazine fed crossbow a thousand years ago in china.

[Darkness]

Originally Posted by detpat

there was a magazine fed crossbow a thousand years ago in china.

"Way cool! I heard about that was wasn't sure."

"The exploding bolt, if done right, can be useful if you are good at head shots. No head, no brain. No brain = Dead Zombie. Right?"

[AN OLD SHOE]

crossbows were fed by magazine and some looked like revolvers but with more than 6 rounds

[detpat]

the Chinese model was the only repeating crossbow. I know a couple people who made a very nice research project out of re creating it. It's a little weak, but undeniably works.

[DarthJoe8]

Originally Posted by detpat

I've seen numerous attempts at explosive arrows and bolts and i have never seen a single one that i would consider safe to carry on my person. If you try that stunt the zeds will be disappointed when they show up at the big noise and only find an appetizing smelling sticky spot.

I personally prefer the bow to the cross bow, I have yet to meet an archer that can outshoot me with a crossbow and certainly not keep up in rate of fire.

What type of bow do you shoot? I shoot longbows and your right on about the rate of fire. I'm not sure of how effective shooting an arrow in the head of a zed would be.

[detpat]

I've seen photos of people who have been shot in the head with bows and also seen skulls of people who have been killed with bows in the original period. {battle of Wisby} and they worked just fine.

i have used modern compound bows and used to shoot a Howard Hill tembo II longbow in both target and hunting applications [my bow was 125 lbs pull] and i only sold it when i realized that i wasn't shooting it enough to keep up the particular muscles. When i did rarely shoot, i was shaking after 15 round or so.

The year i bought it Howard was on the cover of archery world magazine with the Elephant he took with a Tembo II bow like mine.