/k/ - Weapons

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>>645300

If you're not interested in archery, go away. This thread is specifically for anons who are interested in archery, not for people to throw insults at each other.

I had an autistic fascination with archery when i was a teenager, my grandparents bought me a bow, had some fun with it and got bored.

Archery is basically in the same spot as swordfighting. If you want to learn a skill that is largely irrelevant, but fascinating to learn, and gives you a glimpse on the past of long ranged combat, by all means go ahead. If you want to hunt abbos with your bow, or something like that, you are making a big mistake. While applicable, it is also clunky, has penetration / deflection issues, and if you miss and the animal runs away with your arrow under their skin, you lose an arrow, and those shits are expensive.

>>645319

Thanks for the advice. If I was going to buy myself a bow, I would get myself a compound bow because they have a mechanical advantage over traditional or recurve bows and they're generally more powerful and accurate.

>>645301

FAG

Bows are fun. Cocking a crossbow was the hardest shit I ever did when I was a kid. Turkey hunting with a bow is pro tier hunting and don't forget it. Not a crossbow though, nothing about a crossbow is pro tier

can I get a compound bow without all the gay shit hanging off it?

>>645436

All those attachments that come with a compound bow have a purpose, however compound bows are adjustable, so if you wanted to take all those attachments off it, all you would have to do is use hex/Allen keys to remove them.

I have a modern compound bow with all the bells and whistles, and also a plain mongolian composite bow. Guess which one is more fun?

>>645513

Nice.

>>645513

>>645512

>>645436

Compound bows are merely the latest, most technological advanced and modern iteration of bows. Like all inventions and weaponry, they improve over time. Even weapons more simple and ancient than bows like blades, knives and clubs see new improvements as technology improves. Hating on compounds is as gay and autistic as hating on AR15s with the latest lights, optics and lasers attached. Nothing wrong with prefering oldschool stuff, but dont dismiss the modern advances in tech because "muh tradition"

>>645529

Whatever goes for you I guess.

>>645513

Nice bow.

Say, is it better to get a recurve or longbow for a first bow?

>>645319

In survival scenarios (Not SHTF, but I'm talking long term sustainability) the bow and arrow has the prime advantage of being 100% sourceable from local materials in any part of the world a white man should be in. The latest and greatest compound with space-age laser aiming sight maybe not, but something suitable for taking game can be made from very few tools and materials.

>>645541

As a first bow? Well, my first bow was a recurve bow, just as I have a recurve bow now too. Recurve bows have a greater effective shooting distance than longbows, they are shorter than longbows in the same strenght, but as far as I know, they recurve bows are more expensive than longbows of the same strenght. Moreover, recurve bows are more expensive to fix , while longbows are more sensitive to humidity and heat. Longbows are cheaper than recurve bows, but you wont be able to use it for more than 10 years without having to fix or replace it, depending on how you maintained it and what kind of damage it have. A properly made and maintained recurve bow will last for more than 20 years, but it will be more expensive to be fixed because of the many components it have. If you want to be a horse archer, you wont be able to do so without a recurve bow, and I doubt you'll be able to be so with a longbow.

tl;dr Try both of them and see what you like. My opinion is that start with a longbow, and if you git gud, get a recurve bow.

>>645361

Bear (the company) has decent beginner compound bows for said purposes. Look and ask around obviously. One is to look at/determine your comfortable price range. Find out what FPS you want to achieve, what power (draw weight) you're comfortable with (80-100lbs), and what fits your budget. I'm not an expert or even an amateur really. Spend your shekels carefully or not at all.

>>645436

Sure. A lot of "kits" will come with all that stuff (quiver, noise dampener, etc.) pre-attached, but it can all be removed. Some come bare. At bare minimum a bow with some sights and practice is all you need to shoot Orks with.

>>645512

The Mongolian of course. Modernity has its advantages, but going "fud" puts you closer to nature.

>>645513

Sexy. More and/or details? I said compound bows are superior but that's of course subjective. You can't re-string a compound bow in the field for instance, let alone make one.

>>645641

On that pic it's a 40 lb biocomposite Hungarian laminated bow. It's made almost entirely of natural materials, with lamination on the bow to make it more resistant to humidity and heat. Sure, compound bows are easier to learn how to use and it's eaiser to learn how to aim with it, making it a more effective weapon for hunting purposes. But what's the challenge in it? I think it's a more glorious moment when you get to the point where you can shoot a common pheasant from 50/100 meters with your composite bow than with a compound bow that is equipped with all the hi-tech stuff on it. But as I said, whatever goes for you…

>>645551

>checking ID quads btw

You cannot source arrows that would be anything above shit tier, unless you waste incredible amounts of time finding and making them.

I am far from pro, but for me, from my personal understanding, the process is as follows:

<find enough long straight elastic sticks and debark them

<dry them up and throw away 90% that deform while drying

<harden the tips with the fire

<add feathering

<test flight trajectory to know where it goes when you shoot it into a target

>you now got an instamulchable one time use projectile that has severe penetration problems

<add a stone chip to the point to imitate a broadhead

>fuck up flight geometry and weight distribution

<do this a hundred times until you get a steadily working silicate broadhead hardened feathered straight arrow

>assuming you survive that long in the wilderness to acquire that skill

<do this in advance

>waste hundreds of hours that you'd better be working, earning money, and using the money to buy carbon shafts/steel tips that akshyually last

Survival archery is a meme.

>>645298

>>645301

I just don't understand what the benefits of a compound bow are over a crossbow at that point? You're using simple machines to make the arrow fly farther faster instead of relying on your own strength, so isn't a crossbow preferable at that point, or am I just retarded?

>>648467

Crossbows have a much shorter power stroke than bows do. Both have their uses.

>>648467

Most crossbows use a mechanical cocking device, which makes them much slower to reload. Whether or not that's a problem for you depends on your situation.

>>645529

>Hating on compounds is as gay and autistic as hating on AR15s with the latest lights, optics and lasers attached. Nothing wrong with prefering oldschool stuff, but dont dismiss the modern advances in tech because "muh tradition"

and what would that make firearms? also you assumed I hate compounds when I just want one that doesn't have buttplugs hanging off both ends for +1 accuracy. and a structure like a klingon sword to save two ounces.

where's something svelte, robust, and handy?

think i might settle for a takedown re-curve bow.

>>648467

Powerful crossbows have a much lower rate of fire than something like a longbow would have.

>>648707

Learn to greentext and go back to 4chan

>>648900

no

Twang

>>661422

>ugly whore with too much makeup

>european union flag

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