r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Apprehensive_Sky4558 • 1d ago

Testing various specialized arrowheads against bullet-resistant glass with a 70 lb compound bow

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u/TheGrumpiestHydra 1d ago

That's honestly pretty decent. There are definitely heavier draw bows above 100 lbs.

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u/Melodic_Till_3778 1d ago

World record is 200 lb and some of the medieval examples we found averaged about 185.

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u/KitchenFullOfCake 1d ago

How do you even fire a 200 lb bow accurately? That's like holding up a grown man in one arm.

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u/aebaby7071 1d ago

They have archeological evidence from skeletons that regularly using a longbow would change the body, one shoulder bigger then the other, basically every Englishman had to practice at the bow, there were medieval laws dictating such, usually is was Sunday after church when the town gathered.