![]() ![]() The bolts themselves look like they have a notch cut halfway down their length for the string to set in. Posted: Wed 11 Apr, 2007 1:40 am Post subject: Give me all your money, or I will fling an enormous rock at your head. I've had too much caffene, so my engineering student side has taken over my brain. ![]() The only problem I can really see would be the screws. I don't know enought about period manufacturing techniques to make a call on whether or not it could be built. It's quite the impressive feat of design. That's the first time I've seen something like that, all the crossbows I've seen get pushed from the back like a regular arrow. On second inspection, it looks like the pump handle actually becomes the firing block I mentioned earlyer, actually staying in the rear position till the weapon is fired. Good old reliable gravity takes care of that. It makes sense though, as you don't have to have a sping to feed the bolts into place like a modern magazine. I found it interesting that it's a top feed design. The trigger simply pulls down on a presumably spring loaded block to release the string. The last picture in the PDF shows a pump that, when pulled back, recocks the string and loads another bolt into place. From what I can gather, it's a pump action weapon. Posted: Tue 10 Apr, 2007 9:46 pm Post subject: ![]()
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