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(01-09-2015 04:58 PM)Icarus Wrote:  

(01-09-2015 10:37 AM)Surreyman Wrote:  

If i thought civil unrest was possible, i'd buy a crossbow at least.

I agree. A crossbow allows one to hunt animals and to kill hostiles without making too much noise. And there is no need for ammo, for arrows can be reused.



Ideally, one would live in a large building where one's neighbors are one's buddies. In case of social unrest, the whole building could be defended by a cohesive platoon-sized unit.

Here's my nerd speculation:

In a situation where you would need to draw and release quickly i'd say a regular recurve bow with a low draw weight would be superior to any other ranged option outside of a firearm. The reason why it's better than a crossbow is speed. Crossbows are traditionally used for static defense.

Plus a plain old modern recurve will have plenty of power and a modern crossbow or bow will overpenetrate anyways. It's not like on TV/movies.. that arrow will easily blow through a person in most cases.

You also get historical bonus points for firing an arrow at a rampaging muslim from a recurve bow.

Triple bonus points if you do it on horseback.