https://cunnan.lochac.sca.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Talk%3ACrossbowTalk:Crossbow - Revision history2026-06-11T01:01:00ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.39.3https://cunnan.lochac.sca.org/index.php?title=Talk:Crossbow&diff=25955&oldid=prevCian at 12:40, 23 January 20062006-01-23T12:40:17Z<p></p>
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</table>Cianhttps://cunnan.lochac.sca.org/index.php?title=Talk:Crossbow&diff=13880&oldid=prev144.137.119.138 at 17:10, 22 January 20062006-01-22T17:10:02Z<p></p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>I don't think that the statement aboput crossbow accuracy is accurate (no pun intended), and crossbowmen were higher paid so they must have been on some use. Using a crossbow for a modern person isn't quite as easy as it looks particuarly when pulling the string back to be caught. Perhaps this is what the auther is referring to?</div>144.137.119.138