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Draw weights of Horn Bows

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HoorayHorace:
Since they were a weapon of war, what kind of draw weights did these bows have?

I read somewhere that Turkish bows went pretty high in lbs.

Tc:
I am sure that the average draw weight for war bows was around 100# which is hard to believe today. But after 3-4 months of training a healthy man can draw a 100# bow with no problem, so just imagine what a man can do with a lifetime training...

mikekeswick:
From reading Adam Karpowzi's book I think it was higher average than 100#. Maybe more like 120 -130#. There are significantly heavier bows in the palace museum.
I could shoot 100# after a couple of weeks of trying......but on horseback at full gallop, shooting 10+ arrows a minute at likely moving targets.....you can see why you had to train this sort of thing.

HoorayHorace:
Thanks for the replies.


Seems like 120lb sounds about right.


My horse bow is 95@30, and still training to get on top of it.

PatM:
A person does not keep getting stronger throughout their lifetime. ;)

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