Talk:Arrow
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"It predates history". I have thought this was a stupid statement since before the beginning of time :-) How can something predate history? cbm 08:23, 2004 Feb 12 (UTC)
- There is some more precise (?) history in Bow (weapon).
Somebody else supply how-to for using a crossbow and maybe something on how arrows differ from darts. (removed this from the article) --cprompt 02:51, 13 May 2004 (UTC)
There is some redundance with archery, especially in the instruction chapter. Both articles could perhaps use some more editing to better complement each other. --blades 23:58, May 15, 2004 (UTC)
The instructions for shooting a bow and arrow are very poor, and could be dangerous. I recommend dropping this until someone competent in providing archery instruction rewrites the section. For one thing, when drawing the bow, the arrow should be pointed towards the ground. --69.5.156.155 19:10, 19 Sep 2004 (UTC)
"The instructions for shooting a longbow were obviously not written by someone who has shot a bow in English 15th Century armour. There are several points I disagree with: 1.It also acceptable to use a three finger draw, especially with a high powered bow. 2.You cannot pull the string back to your face if wearing a jack (Linen body armour) and a sallet (helmet). The jack restricts the strings movement if the archer pulls it back to his face. Also when wearing a sallet you have to keep the string away from it to avoid snagging and damaging the string on it. In fact to shoot in an English military style it is necessary to pull the string back to a position about 6-8 inches parallel to the ear. This makes it impossible to aim down the length of the arrow. Aiming therefore becomes far more intuitive as you are shooting across your body. --82.211.73.130 16:06, 29 Sep 2004 (UTC)
