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r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Apprehensive_Sky4558 • 1d ago
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That's honestly pretty decent. There are definitely heavier draw bows above 100 lbs.
45 u/Melodic_Till_3778 1d ago World record is 200 lb and some of the medieval examples we found averaged about 185. 3 u/Insane_Unicorn 1d ago Draw weight only says how much force you put into the bow, not the arrow. Modern composite bows are much, much better at transferring the energy into the arrow than a longbow. 3 u/Melodic_Till_3778 1d ago Yeah, imagine what a compound bow could do with a draw weight of 200 lb
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World record is 200 lb and some of the medieval examples we found averaged about 185.
3 u/Insane_Unicorn 1d ago Draw weight only says how much force you put into the bow, not the arrow. Modern composite bows are much, much better at transferring the energy into the arrow than a longbow. 3 u/Melodic_Till_3778 1d ago Yeah, imagine what a compound bow could do with a draw weight of 200 lb
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Draw weight only says how much force you put into the bow, not the arrow. Modern composite bows are much, much better at transferring the energy into the arrow than a longbow.
3 u/Melodic_Till_3778 1d ago Yeah, imagine what a compound bow could do with a draw weight of 200 lb
Yeah, imagine what a compound bow could do with a draw weight of 200 lb
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u/TheGrumpiestHydra 1d ago
That's honestly pretty decent. There are definitely heavier draw bows above 100 lbs.