replica of a medieval crossbow

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replica of a medieval crossbow

Post by marthandan » Tue Dec 28, 2010 7:00 pm

hi
i am raja marthandan from chennai. i built a replica medieval crossbow. range - 30 metres.
next step - a high performance crossbow built from alumiium, steel and fibre glass.
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Re: replica of a medieval crossbow

Post by Bhairav » Fri Oct 21, 2011 3:15 pm

Gr8 work marthandan.
Even I built a crossbow when I was a kid (a little one), and had a dream of building an semi-automatic crossbow.
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Re: replica of a medieval crossbow

Post by biking3819 » Sun Oct 23, 2011 11:43 am

Awesome job!
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Re: replica of a medieval crossbow

Post by ramtiger » Sun Oct 23, 2011 12:40 pm

its legal to have cross bow without any licence
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Re: replica of a medieval crossbow

Post by xl_target » Sun Oct 23, 2011 1:05 pm

Very well done sir.
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Re: replica of a medieval crossbow

Post by Virendra S Rathore » Sun Oct 23, 2011 2:57 pm

Thanks for sharing this. Did any of the Indian armies use it in medieval centuries?

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