Slinger Range

**Lazy O** · 05-19-2012, 07:46

That makes 2, and still below the composite bow range .

**Brave Brave Sir Robin** · 05-19-2012, 13:45

Your composite bow ranges are from 500-1000 years after our time frame and several thousand miles to the east. FAIL

**vartan** · 05-20-2012, 02:51

Originally Posted by Brave Brave Sir Robin

Your composite bow ranges are from 500-1000 years after our time frame and several thousand miles to the east. FAIL

We could just look at the Olympics and say bows are a godsent, they fire so lonnggggggg... but people, context is important. Check your historical context!

**Lazy O** · 05-20-2012, 07:37

That range is on a relatively light (I use a word "relative") bow designed for use on Horseback, if you pick a heavy bow for use on foot,100-120#, and STILL assumethat it would be weaker, at most how many metres can you cut out from the range? 10 or 100?

**Brave Brave Sir Robin** · 05-20-2012, 08:07

A larger bow requires a larger arrow which weighs more and has more surface area.

**Lazy O** · 05-20-2012, 08:32

People use all kinds of arrows for different purposes , irrelevant . And sorry Larger is not correct, Heavier is more appropriate .

**Arjos** · 05-20-2012, 10:39

Iirc persian slingers were outranging hellenic self bows, while later on lead ammo outranged them all by a lot...
Also I think that most of your ranges for the composite bows are related to the Hunnic and Turkic ones, which were far superior to the Persian and Scythian versions...