A Milano la balestra di Leonardo ...

[@gn2650]

Really ingenious What would be the maximum power in lbs a crossbow with this reloading mechanism could have?

[@mannsaab9416]

Please tell me how this cocking machanism works by making an another video. thanks

[@jhndecolorado7627]

It seems the cocking mechanism works by using a built-in pair of hinged levers to push a sliding plank (like the Greek gastraphetes crossbow), holding the crossbow nut, to the drawstring before the hinge is closed and secured with a latch on the stock of the crossbow (seen in other videos). It's similar to the Martin Löffelholz's crossbow (both of them are from the Codex Löffelholz and Codex Atlanticus in the 15th Century). Another similar example would be the "Pellet and Bolt Crossbow Combined with a Wheel-Lock Gun" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (it's also on their website).

[@janneplanman6433]

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[@Greentangle]

2 mistakes. The cocking section is wrong. There is a little bar to release the cocking lever.

[@jhndecolorado7627]

Yup, there's a latch seen in the live demonstration video on the side that keeps the two parts of the stock from falling away from gravity.

[@ulungprabowo]

Also the lever should be operated from the end of the lever.