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1 posted on 11/01/2009 3:04:18 AM PST by Scanian
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To: Scanian

I figured he had been hit one to many times already when he did that. I wonder if the league required some brain scans?


2 posted on 11/01/2009 3:19:01 AM PST by Dem Guard
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Mongol bowmen in the 12th century fired arrows with better accuracy than today’s Olympic contestants, at six times the distance, and from the backs of horses in full gallop. Still feeling pretty proud about your short game at the country club?

The Mongols had better accuracy at 420 meters than Olympians do at 70? I doubt that.

Even firing an arrow such a distance was considered a remarkable feat, and it is doubtful that it was ever done with any consistency with arrows heavy enough to have military effectiveness.

Military archery beyond 100 meters at most was always an "area effect" weapon. Massed archers fired at a massed enemy. At such ranges there was no attempt to hit an individual target. Also no need to try.

5 posted on 11/01/2009 3:51:42 AM PST by Sherman Logan ("The price of freedom is the toleration of imperfections." Thomas Sowell)
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To: Scanian

By gawd, he’s right!

No shower for me today!

Honey! Go fix me a sammich!


6 posted on 11/01/2009 3:57:51 AM PST by Adder (Proudly ignoring Zero since 1-20-09!)
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