c/historyartifacts · by PugJesus@piefed.social · 283dOrnate hunting crossbow for shooting stones or lead pellets, France, ~1720 AD 36 points · 6 comments · view on lemmy.world
6 Comments
BrotherL0v3@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 283d
Does the string just flick the pellet at the end of its travel? The channel for the bullet looks much further forward relative to the bow than I'd expect.
PugJesus@piefed.social · 2 pts · 283d
Not sure. I'm used to seeing stonebows with a pouch for the stone in the middle of the string.
altphoto@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 283d
Good for drones.
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 2 pts · 283d
Why would you shoot stones or lead pellets with a crossbow instead of targets, people or animals?
PugJesus@piefed.social · 2 pts · 283d
A burning hatred of spherical munitions
PugJesus@piefed.social · 1 pts · 283d
https://wallacelive.wallacecollection.org/eMP/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=61548