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Old January 31st, 2009, 08:18 AM

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Default Re: Crossbows vs. Longbows

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Originally Posted by JimMorrison View Post
You are gleefully missing the point. He said that working with less sophisticated equipment creates a better operator. The point boiled down to this - take a modern compound bow, and remove the sights and other "archer aids". Odds are, that the classically trained longbowman will operate that bow at a level superior to a modern archery student, who has only ever fired a bow with all of the modern accessories.
Bingo!

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For the record, I'm on neither side of the debate. I was actually arguing a completely seperate point
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