Repeating Crossbow as an SHTF Weapon

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[@CanadianPrepper]

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[@pvzgamerlegisniana6492]

ohhh, so it's just the same as Minecraft's? It's also slow?

[@jimmymcmanusjr]

​@pvzgamerlegisniana6492 can you recommend a small reloading crossbow?

[@matthewcherrington2634]

There is a longer to load bow

[@DonaldHHout-ok2fy]

Good Evening 🌇 Nate.

[@DALucas-wf9wu]

❤Is there one for a woman 4'11".😂😂😂😢😢I sure hope so. That's an awesome bow.❤👌😉

[@legion162]

You've got Joerg Sprave to thank. Take a look at his multishot bow, the Legolas

[@BurchellAtTheWharf]

Yes, he is the slingshot and mutli shot cross godfather and legend

[@donnaduhamel6004]

want that one lolol.....

[@DirtDiggler1017]

Imagine Him Saying Hahaha Mighty German Engineering

[@yurisv7315]

​@@donnaduhamel6004search for the EK Archery Whipshot. He did a collaboration with them and made the system available, but with a modern compound bow.

[@NatureBetsLast]

There is a step up from the cobra as well shoots further with more power and you can still but a magazine on top

[@sbrazenor2]

The problem is, while the crossbow is quiet, when you yell: "Let me show you its features!" you will alert the enemy. 🤣

[@aaftiyoDkcdicurak]

Underrated comment 🤣

[@Illuzionz9821]

Followed by a hefty German laugh

[@MrRandoms254]

🤣🤣🤣 💯💯💯

[@Kishqui]

If those enemies don't immediately flee, they deserve what's coming.

[@comicstrider4851]

If the enemy hears that, they'd run away anyway, so it's fine

[@B-rdman]

“When the shizzy hits the fizzy.” - Canadian Prepper.

[@joeygil-hz9kv]

How he must be bizzy

[@Shamacanada]

He's bizzy with Lizzy

[@marleysharlena7319]

@@joeygil-hz9kv😂

[@KrisTomich]

Canada has already passed that point.

[@gabadaba5436]

Fun fact: crossbows aren't super quiet. I'm sure some are, and they're definitely quieter than a gun, but every crossbow I've shot or seen shot has had a crack audible for hundreds of feet.

[@kiefgaming1701]

Good to know👍

[@1337penguinman]

There's a thing bow hunters use called bow silencers. Basically giant koosh balls you put on the string.

[@FearlessCrusader100]

​@1337penguinman a whiskerbiscuit. Makes it super quiet. Disc of polymer bristles that the fletchings pass through to dampen vibration of the bolt/arrow. A really good surpressed bolt action rifle with subsonic ammo is still pretty though if you do it right. Running wet with replacable rubber baffles and a condom on top.

[@lAMAR658]

yup

[@Mrdestiny17]

yeah. My 170 lbs draw crossbow is way louder than my compound bow. Bowstring is thicker than it too and in any type of situation where I have to fight zombies with only a bow or a crossbow I'd take a bow (as long as it's not a long bow lol) any multi target situation and you're screwed. Plus I don't know why but I can hit targets better with the bow just guessing than I can with my crossbow and the trigger is also pretty fucking heavy so I pull shots all the time. Dont usually use a release with my compound but I have one that can be set to a hair trigger. First time I got my crossbow I had to get brand new bolts cause it was bending the hardened aluminum to the point the bolt was ruined in the first shot. Bolts are harder to replace too, no way I could get my crossbow to shoot handmade bolts more than once, it's not fancy and just looks like a recurve so I cant lower the draw weight. Love my crossbow and keep it at my bedside since I dobt have a gun but if anyone breaks in I'm shooting the crossbow once and then switching to my compound 😅

[@OutlawCaliber13]

They actually pan away because there's no poundage to his crossbow. When he fires, the bolt literally just bloops out to the ground. lol That said, yes, crossbows take a second to reload.

[@plasticspoon60]

Yeah most crossbows take awhile if youre not super strong. There are mechanical crossbows out there that are super easy to reload though. High quality ones like that and youre dropping a fortune. Like 4k.

[@mattaku9430]

@@plasticspoon60so just get strong, lol, if you’re planning to survive you’re not going to go well with a weak body

[@plasticspoon60]

@@mattaku9430 We talking about a survival situation where youre potential famished, or injured.

[@Lucas_6887]

I’ll just use the bow thanks

[@OutlawCaliber13]

@@Lucas_6887 I have both, plus projectile devices.

[@MrIdontknowww]

Just watch a German build an arrow magazine for a cordless drill powered self reloading crossbow on KZbin 😅

[@mantis0380]

We will test it on the shed to see how lethal it really is

[@demetrius7266]

Let me show you its features

[@Snibble]

He's the cutest German ever! (if it's possible to say this in a non gay way)

[@jayb3843]

That's who invented this 😂 he partnered with a manufacturer. He's actually got a whole line of innovative products, not sure exactly how many because he's always making new ones but there's probably at least 10 now.

[@TheDukeOfDallas]

​@@SnibbleJust make sure to put a giant extended release"No Homo" over it and you'll be all good to go, Brother.

[@raisnhed]

“Let me show you it’s features!” -Joerg Sprave

[@TheProstig]

"Hahaha" Joerg Sprave

[@erer4011]

Canadian government in a week: DaNgErOuS aSsAuLt WeApOn

[@Progamermove_2003]

But applauding of an ex-N@z! by their legislature is not dangerous🤔

[@HotMonkeyDik]

Yup lol

[@meroinheroin]

Americans trying to bring in an RPG into Canadian border: "let me in you tyrant!!"

[@erer4011]

If we’re disarmed the only people with weapons will be the criminals. Things would get worse lol

[@emiliosalazar9962]

@@meroinheroin Mexico, Venezuela and Brazil are three of the countries with the strictest gun laws in the entire world. Gun laws don't work.

[@The_Totes_Adorbs]

When my shotgun runs out of ammo, I just use my other shotgun

[@aaftiyoDkcdicurak]

Are you making a penis reference 🤔

[@soulcyclone360]

You know you can reload the first shot gun after it runs out of ammo, you know

[@cheesuscrust3719]

How do you shoot when U have no ammo

[@Berserker3624]

When my shotgun runs out, I’ll just switch to the Glock instead. Better rate of fire, easier to reload, bigger magazine, more deadly, y’know the works👍

[@The_Totes_Adorbs]

@@Berserker3624 They make automatic machine gun shotguns, :D you can even buy explosive rounds, napalm rounds, etc.. etc.. You'd be surprised how versatile a shottie is.

[@MalakaiSchuhart]

They aren’t arrows. They’re bolts. But yes, crossbows are often take a while to reload. Some even models require you to crank a handle to reset the string.

[@colinstock325]

This was one of the disadvantages of crossbows that made the longbow so effective at Agincourt and Crecy.

[@MalakaiSchuhart]

@@colinstock325 Yes.

[@Mechanix04]

Average load times is 30 seconds....how in the fuck is that slow....

[@duderitoz6953]

We get it youre smart your medal is in the mail smh with your pedantics

[@MalakaiSchuhart]

@@duderitoz6953 You’re*. Also, some punctuation would really help to make your sentences understandable.

[@famvirious]

That method of cocking reduces the poundage behind the shot. Also, a crossbow you can pull without a windlass and just using your two hands is not slow. With practice you can accurately shoot one 10 times in a minute

[@CW-jb4wf]

Reminds me of the Chu-ko-nu repeating crossbow from 4th Century BC. It might be a good design to memorize since it seems somewhat simple to reproduce. Or not, I don't do much crafting LOL But, a fast-firing weapon like that with a 'magazine' being used in ancient times always seemed kind of neat to me.

[@pipebombpete.6861]

It's main problem was it's low draw weight.

[@lAMAR658]

let me find out you play civ

[@lolmanboss]

Was going to say that too, if you want to cut down on many enemies at once and you have a large group as well, those crossbows are lethal. The drawback is the accuracy and range... better thing I saw was the german crank crossbow. Similar style to a lever, but uses less force to reload. Takes just a bit longer.

[@Foreignmonk34]

Chu-ko-nu's were useless against huskarls with 10 pierce armor

[@lornelorne5727]

Repeating crossbows are fantastic. But just for your information they've evolved a lot since this model. There's a new and improved V2 magazine for that EK Archery Adder you have there, there's also the Steambow Stinger 2, the EK Archery Vlad, and various 3D printable models with interesting features like double stacked magazines for holding more ammo. There's the upcoming Mei Interceptor which will evolve it further with interchangeable magazines and superior accuracy. Then you have the repeating bows (as opposed to crossbows) which have their own pros and cons. The market has really evolved!

[@joshuamaxwell8376]

I'm over here just thinking medieval era Chu Ko Nu. Lol

[@mattredfern1339]

@@joshuamaxwell8376 same but for short bow and arrow. i mean seriously i am not a big man but i regularly (most days) throw arrows all day and often enough (again every day atm) in volleys of three.

[@mhammer3186]

The problem is that this system of reloading means that the poundage will be a lot lower than a crank style reset system allows.

[@lornelorne5727]

You can actually still have a repeating crossbow with the crank style cocking - Joerg Sprave has one on his channel. But you're right about the lever cocking ones. They are still very deadly however, even with a reduced poundage. Ultimately, the poundage is a trade-off, where you choose between fire rate or power, and what's best depends on the range you're using the weapon at.

[@jocax188723]

Some say every time you reload you can hear a low, booming laugh and "Let me show you its features!" in the wind.

[@LovleyLemonade]

Van Helsing's crossbow: *Pathetic*

[@frogger2513]

Regular compound bow works pretty well too.

[@krzosu]

Shooting crossbow is easier than shooting a bow - to shot a bow and hit it actually takes a lot of skill and practice - so in comparison using crossbow is way easier.

[@ghettoleprechaun5234]

I'm going for a ruger 10/22 or similar rifle. Extremely plentiful ammo and with good aim can harvest anything from squirrel to deer

[@scarletrain2818]

Yes, .22lr is plentiful but it's not reloadable, I'd go with something like .223/5.56, it's also a common round with the added benefit of being reloadable.

[@geoffsaunderson5766]

One of those new pcp air rifles and a stirrup pump, mould to make unlimited ammo from lead! If it can drop a pig it can ruin anyone’s day!

[@ReadySetPainter]

I have a ruger 10/22 as my bugoutbag rifle. I've had ot for 15 years now as my go too survival rifle. I upgraded mine a bit, but it's such a reliable rifle. So much ammo for the weight.

[@kuiperdasniper]

A .22 with 1000 rounds that can fit in your pocket will outlast a crossbow with 10 bolts. Those bolts will get broken/lost and the crossbow itself will get wear/tear more than the simple rifle.

[@flatline827]

My Break Barrel 22's can propel a piece of Lead at supersonic speeds, or over 1,100 feet per second.That's over three Football Fields end to end and you only have to say "One Mississippi" ONCE, and the report comes back. No problem collecting or storing Ammo either. Best part? You can one finger salute the gun confiscation currently occurring in America.

[@djdc1902]

"Switching to your secondary is faster than reloading"

[@OldNavajoTricks]

I watched it evolve on Joerg Spraves channel, amazing inventor.

[@natureboy6410]

I liked his early videos that focused on handmade and customized slingshots and wrist rockets. Would be a good skill to have knowledge of for small game.

[@OldNavajoTricks]

@@natureboy6410 That's what I liked, his garage plywood creations :-)

[@natureboy6410]

@@OldNavajoTricks exactly, a useful skill that even a poor man can use and be proud of to boot! 🤗

[@pyrosmoak53]

Joerg is a legendary genius imo. I also watched the evolution and I was amazed at even step asking the way.

[@timrichmond5226]

In a survival situation what you want is the knowledge to make a selfbow from whatever materials are available.

[@kuiperdasniper]

Definitely a good skill, that just comes years later after your preps are gone and you're hopefully alive from the mass exodus of city trash

[@timrichmond5226]

@@kuiperdasniper I disagree... it is the skill and will to live that will enable you to survive. Those of us who prep by being skilled will end up taking your supplies from you...

[@RazorSharpMuenchen]

The adder now has a 18 arrow magazine available, but I recommend the 300 siege, it is a compound crossbow, quite more powerful and has a 7 arrow magazine

[@JC-uz3ey]

Congratulations, you discovered the Cho Ko Nu, a repeating crossbow from almost 2,000 years ago.

[@markvincentrufo127]

I think ancient china was the one who first invented it right?

[@JC-uz3ey]

corrent@@markvincentrufo127

[@josaflafondi3439]

The siege is twice as powerful. You gotta give it to Joerge.

[@lukeclarke1068]

You have no idea how fast I’d be putting my order in if I thought it would have the smallest chance of actually being delivered to me.

[@aaftiyoDkcdicurak]

Damn that sucks where do you live at.

[@lukeclarke1068]

@@aaftiyoDkcdicurak Australia, land of laws that kill fun.

[@got2kittys]

Best thing about archery preps, is No chemistry for making arrows. Just skill, and sticks.

[@jeremywright5036]

I like this crossbow, looks very practical.

[@oluwaboriogunafolabi3997]

Got one from gogun months ago. Haven’t even assembled it yet. But they were great to deal with. A part was broken when I opened it and I emailed them right away. They had a new part and a few extras shipped to me right away.

[@calebhilton2112]

My opinion reloads great, but another point of crossbow is repair as well, so if it breaks or has heaps of intricate parts, it gonna get worse. So, in my opinion, the only thing a crossbow needs would be a speed reload no mag

[@Gabbriel96]

Even in the medieval/renaissance period crossbows used to have reloading levers (not integrated like this one but working pretty much the same way) for lower poundages, for higher pudages ones they used a winge mechanism

[@paulgreen2416]

I have this crossbow and it's epic! One bit of f advice I'd give is when cocking the bow don't point it up and whilst cocking because gravity and the friction of the string sliding across the bolt's causes bolt's to skip over the string and get jammed in the string release.

[@gaijininja]

Meanwhile Joerg Sprave says “Hold my stein of beer.” and pulls out his 50 shot cordless drill powered self loading from a magazine dart gun, made of ply wood, and nails yer ass to a wall with all 50 darts before this self loading cross bow has got it’s second shot off.

[@snuckytoes8427]

He also invented a reloading crossbow. Or three. Dude is absolutely iconic.

[@henryh3496]

that's why you have a .40 as a back up...

[@Imnotsurewhattoput798]

Reject modernity embrace 40 smith!

[@asaelpaniagua]

10mm

[@Imnotsurewhattoput798]

@@asaelpaniagua Giga chad

[@teddybear0313]

recently disabled guy here... I SO want this now...TY Boss

[@ROOSTER333]

Not paying $2000 for a crossbow

[@stefanuskruger4018]

Where can i buy one,plz? Looks so cool and only hunt rabbits and so.

[@ROOSTER333]

@@MasterOfTheWeirdingWay the repeating adder is a little over 2k

[@KMD2020]

It's not that much. I bought the seige for like 800$

[@jerrykinnin7941]

We got cross bows at the farm supply store in town $500 or so.

[@merica6899]

@@ROOSTER333idk where u found it but one Amazon it’s 375 usd

[@rayremijio7885]

Glad somebody finally brought this up

[@Raccoon12008]

Fun fact repeating crossbows were actually invented between 1400-1500 however they were much bigger back than and hard to use, also took forever to reload these were essentially the mediviel version of a heavy mounted machine gun

[@RifleRick]

It's great they say it's slow right before showing someone doing it as fast as a shotgun pump.

[@michaellalanae7228]

Fishing string high test line with fish hooks hanging from trees face high .once you hear the screams get the rifle ready dinners on .

[@natureboy6410]

I remember doing this as a kid to catch turkey and other wild game. Works very well. I like using spiderwire. Much more smaller in diameter, more flexible, zero stretch so the hook sets instantly and damn near strong as steel.🙃

[@primordial_platypus]

There is also a magazine fed compound bow you might want to look into and there are several variations of both the bow and crossbow.

[@mickeygmx3114]

Not great quality limbs breaking too oft

[@conservative-ku3lz]

@@mickeygmx3114 Not this one. Joerge will "show you its features"

[@TheMonkiekitty]

Oh, the guy who designed is absolutely hysterical. I love watching him and he will make prototypes of plywood and 2 by 4

[@RetroRob420]

I got the Stinger II and I love it. I also have the AirJavelin (which you can reload pretty quickly, but it requires some co2 and it makes a bit of noise when firing. Nothing compared to the sound of a gunshot tho, but it still might draw some extra walkers).

[@KimCan06]

Daryl could have killed more zombies with this crossbow.

[@thatdudethatsezshiz7706]

That thing is freakin awesome.... wish we could get them here in Oz

[@QwerYT4819]

you can, if you have some connections...

[@buyerenogurlfwendo2106]

You could also get some 3D printed shotgun caps (the ones that are usually brass) then make paper shells (just got to wax the paper) for break action shotguns. If you use an offset design you can use 22 nail gun blanks found at hardware stores as primers. Black powder is super easy to make or you can harvest powder (and maybe projectiles) from other rounds using pliers. I think about 20 normal design and 20 offset design caps would be plenty paired with a break action 12 gauge shotgun. Then preferably a 22 hand gun and a cross bow like the one you have would be the ideal set up. Yes you have a good chance at retrieving cross bow ammo but wouldn’t be too hard to make shotgun ammo either. And 22 is along for the ride because its the cheapest most common ammo you’re going to find. If you got a single shot 22 or a revolver and kinda treat it like a ball and cap you can use 22 nail gun blanks and 22 pellets and hit 2000+ fps. It’s not ideal but definitely can be done. Just adding more Utility to the 22 option.

[@blackhand9581]

If you are in a country where even crossbows are hard to get, buy a 3d printer, learn how to print with a PETG filament, buy the bows and strings separately, and buy and download the files for the Adderini and print whichever variant you like. My 3d printed crossbow has an 80lbs draw weight, 7 inch power stroke, and has a magazine capacity of 10 bolts. I use broadheads so they are perfectly doable as a main self defense weapon. Anecdotally, I have used it and put a home intruder in ICU on account I shot two bolts in their celiac plexus.

[@cristianandrei5462]

I've seen some done with aluminum castings, which is pretty inexpensive. I don't know the exact channel on KZbin. Too bad we live in a world where in some places even a pocket knife is considered a weapon and everyone carrying one a criminal.

[@lincolnk.1964]

I feel really bad for you in a defensive situation

[@Swishersweetcigarilo]

If shtf Americans would just walk into Canada and take their stuff.

[@WillTBear1]

Never listen to a grown ass man that: 1. Calls bolts "arrows" 2. Says things like "When the shizzy hits the fizzy."

[@Notllamalord]

He’s also a prepper, either mentally illness or extreme brainrot

[@teapot2_1]

Never listen to a man who thinks that a repeating crossbow is a dependable weapon and who owns some type of single shot POS shotgun.

[@FMJ762]

⁠​⁠@@teapot2_1Crossbows have been used as weapons for over 1,500 years. A modern, repeating version of that same weapon is most definitely dependable.

[@Leo9ine]

​@@teapot2_1What would you recommend instead? Genuinely asking

[@teapot2_1]

@@Leo9ine a fucking modern semi automatic handgun?

[@williamfoster7234]

You all know what's up, that man is a legend for making that rig and we all love him for it. 🎉

[@printitpaintit.2436]

Crossbows are clunky to reload at first but once you get the technique they can be reloaded quite quickly.. It's the same with any type of bow but your soon able to shoot accurately with multiple arrows in your hand ready to go!! Its also a good idea to stay within yiur draw weight, if you struggle to draw the bow then drop the draw weight to something more manageable..

[@Crux___]

You know something’s cool when its name has a whopping TWO types of snakes in it

[@GhostbustersXX13]

Yes! Someone from the north shows its features. 😂

[@scottn1019]

Germany is in the north too 😂

[@TheDirtyChef]

I just bought one. I've been mulling over it for a while but pulled the trigger on it. I'll do a review on my channel when it gets here.

[@Efexpe]

A tip as well: crossbows throw at a slight arc. When you loose the bolt. It will pop up slightly. This depends on your crossbow of course.

[@suzettemacey9632]

Impressive indeed.

[@mysteriumxarxes3990]

They made lever action crossbows 💀

[@MIIRBH]

Fun fact: lever action crossbows have existed since at least the 4th century BC

[@mysteriumxarxes3990]

@@MIIRBH where are them when we need them in medieval combat games 😭😭😭

[@MIIRBH]

@@mysteriumxarxes3990 all in china unfortunately

[@Steamaroon]

@@mysteriumxarxes3990it’s not medieval but dying light 2 actually had a repeating crossbow, you just had to side with the military/police faction to get the blueprint

[@mysteriumxarxes3990]

@@Steamaroon I want it in my mount and blade 😡

[@jamesrullan1594]

Actually, they give Darrell some really strong strength because if you ever seen him use a crossbow back to back on zombies, he’s pretty damn quick

[@Pokesus]

Automatic Chinese Crossbows like a thousand years ago: Haha, novices...

[@SilentWatcher594]

A cross bow is not a weapon of war...it's a weapon of stealth. A good tool if you don't want a gunshot to expose your location.

[@abrahamnotlincoln3439]

did.... did you just say a crossbow is not a weapon on war.... you do know the only reason crossbows was made was so french archers didn't have to train their own archery skill to use longbows like the english and could be used en mass for war....

[@venus-tame8428]

​@@abrahamnotlincoln3439its NO LONGER a weapon of war better?

[@abrahamnotlincoln3439]

@@venus-tame8428 if i want to go to war with a spoon and a crossbow how dare you try to tell me otherwise!

[@FollowingGhost]

​@@abrahamnotlincoln3439umm, the crossbow was invented around 500 bce in China and Greece. The Chinese had a crossbow with a magazine long before the French used a crossbow.

[@abrahamnotlincoln3439]

@@FollowingGhost fair point, i suppose i was going off of the much more widely known usage on crossbows during war time but you are correct, the chinese did invent crossbows a fair while before the french even if it fell out of favour after the han dynasty took a sleep

[@angus6576]

Canadians being preppers will never not be wild

[@benjaminanthony5201]

Every outdoors man should own a crossbow. Killer instinct makes great bows that won’t kill your bank account

[@badbabydarapper6354]

One thing that people also don’t mention in videos like this is there are systems to make reloading a lot faster. You can get built in systems that you just literally wind it real quick and it will cock the crossbow and throw you throw your boat right in it and it’s all good to go.

[@heythere4970]

I'm thankful every single day to be an American. In a free state in America at least.

[@upbeat4248]

@@MasterOfTheWeirdingWayyeah ab 26 states still work and the rest have slowly but surely been stripping freedoms from law abiding citizens

[@heythere4970]

@@MasterOfTheWeirdingWay Everything is relative.

[@gregggoldstein3449]

Water is a powerful force of nature. While we are free, under a meriod of protections, there could come a time when our enemy is nature that conquers every conceivable protection we have and turns our civilisation back to the stone age and every man for themselves. I hope never to live in a time when everything you are greatful for becomes an adversary and survival depends on being prepared. I envy those that have survival training inspite of being free. We are like trees that can endure flexibility growing up in harsh conditions where as those trees that grew confined and protected rely on a different set of rules that did not make those trees experience harsh conditions and once the protections are disolved the tree is pulled up by it’s root ball and others snap having no flexibility due to it being free from harmful trials which could have strenthened it to know how to thrive. I saw on you tube how a man trained a fish to swim out to the middle of the pond and seim back to the shallows but refused even if chased to swim across to the other side? He set up a sheet of glass across the pond. The fish was free to swim where it willed yet kept striking its head against the transparent glass wall and with each blow by blow of discomfort began to learn where the perameters are in how far to swim and eventually the glass wall was removed and the fish was free to swim across but by now the conditioning was so intense that the fish swam within it’s comfort zone. Humans, we are the same way with conditioning and upbringing we can become comfortable with all our creature comfort’s and vulnerable when those parameters that provided us a level of comfort and protections no longer exist. We must not fall into this trap. But each of us must make our own mistakes and our own choices and i am not forcing you to change. Only to explain what can happen if we survive a natural disaster and life as we know it is gone as we ask ourselves how we might survive, if we are left to fend for ourselves…

[@TheRealBatCave]

​@@MasterOfTheWeirdingWaycompared 2 most it really is, u should travel a Lil bud

[@SterlingsOpinion]

As FREE as they let you think you are. Still love 🇺🇸 just not the political parties we have.

[@JoeMac1983]

Quiet? The only crossbows I've shot were loud AF.

[@GhostRat__]

I recommend the cross bow. You can make ammo out of nature you can do the same for a gun but not as fast and efficient and readily available. Plus break into a gem or crystal shop and grab the obsidian should be enough for at least 60 arrow heads.

[@TheAlexagius]

I was about to comment about a suppressed .300 blk but then I saw Canada, heck even guys in the UK could rock that

[@PhaserBomb]

That's pretty dope, don't say repeating they will try and Ban it hahahah😅

[@Orange-yp9bl]

Russian drone accidentally hits Romania A nato member ... Breaking news

[@tundranomad]

Says Ukraine. All first reports are inaccurate.

[@bonnieswenson9925]

That same NATO member denied it hit them. Keep up.

[@davidqueen4719]

Probably planted there by good ole honest Ukraine dictator.

[@halftimex25]

I have one where the shoulder rest can be pressed downward to load it. Pretty cheap one but compaired to using your foot its a nice added.

[@point-five-oh6249]

The other thing about crossbows: You can make your own ammo with pretty easy to find materials, literally a straight-ish stick, a couple feathers or some thick plastic, and a rock you beat into a head, which Darryl has done in the series. Also, you're not trying to draw the attention of a horde. In The Walking Dead's universe, walkers take like 10,000 years to get close enough to their targets. So against 3-4, maybe 5 walkers, which is pretty much Darryl's comfort range on soloing at once a crossbow is fine. If you get swarmed by a herd, that's when you use the power of you actually being able to run. Guns don't mean anything if you have no ammo, and guns or blades should be a last resort. In that universe, 1 bite = death sentence. The sound of gunfire draws in herds quickly.

[@dreemlite5950]

I love prepers, they’d never survive an apocalyptic scenario but they try

[@Meatwad787]

I've seen him reload. Several times. He puts his back into too 😂

[@starcraft2own]

The thing about self reloading crossbows, or magazine fed is that you have to seriously lower their poundage to make it work properly. It's the difference between using one hand to using your whole bodystrenght to pull back the string. To allow your one hand to essentially match your whole body strength, you need to make the entire crossbow lighter which decrease it's strength by shocking amounts. So against zombies, i most certainly would NOT want a repeating crossbow but i wouldn't want one so powerful you'd need to use a winch either. So darylls crossbow is most certainly the optimal one for the task.

[@bobbydrillboid]

Well, his is a compound cross bow, on which you can adjust the draw weight to whatever you want really, and also notice in the show he never shoots through the heads of the zombies, and if he had that bow at a heavy draw weight the arrow would blow right through the head, so it makes sense that he possibly lower the draw weight to make it much easier to reload.

[@dustyfilmsgaming1983]

The solution to a slow reload is to reduce your technological level. Bows(specifically non-compound) can be fired at blinding speeds if you’re good with them(see Larz Anderson for examples of what a pro can do) the major downside is the amount of training required to use one effectively. The bow went out of style in the medieval age because of how long it took to train to get good at, not because of a lack of power or effectiveness.

[@ssjshaun8512]

I didn't know such a thing existed that's a neat little engineering feat.

[@shadowthoughts7959]

Crossbow, carbine, hatchet, knife, ammo. Best kit setup. Weapons and tools, quiet and quick controlled fire, medium and longer distance + CQC, combat and survival.

[@sigurdrr1015]

I did not expect this pressure from a reloadable crossbow

[@jacobk6140]

I have had the adder since it came out. Love it works great even my friends with guns think it's so cool.

[@DrakeKnight99]

Reminds me of the Crossbow from Bioshock. That one had a ratchet type mechanism on too that you pushed forward and then back to restring the bow for the next shot

[@user-wh7pk2fk6x]

Look into aea .30 cal. You can get some great shots and it shoots slugs. Can use a high pressure hand pump once your out of air so unlimited air and slugs are cheap. I forgot it was a real weapon and would bust through boards in my backyard. Great back pack gun

[@paulpetersen6539]

David used a piece of leather and a stone. That's how a musician does it. That's how a king does it.

[@henryrozelaar3887]

I've got the 7 shot extended mag, best crossbow I've ever shot. It's so fun! You should pick one up from gogun since they designed it, they've got branches in America the UK and Europe.

[@Banished-rx4ol]

The chinese repeating crossbow lives again, an ancient design brought to the modern age in sleek new packaging

[@Volboonan]

I really thought he was gonna say: "Have you ever noticed while watching the walking dead that nearly ever time daryl takes a shot they walk?"

[@HunterBidenscrack]

Also, if you don’t use the cocking rope to pull back your bow string on a crossbow and just use your arms one arm is always stronger and it could result in you pulling the bow string to one side more and make your bolts fly weird.

[@hawkcybergear]

That self-reloading crossbow🤌

[@iamabread9614]

My Grandpa had one. He was a more of bow guy. Doesn't really like guns because of the noise. Anyway when he first tried it, he was like a young boy again shouting "Wowee that's awesome". He definitely not let anyone touch it. He even called it Mary after my grandmother who is still alive so it pisses her off quite often.

[@toxic420zs]

Mind blown!!!!! "The shizzy hits the fizzy".

[@Easternandoutward]

In till your limb breaks or the sting breaks. That’s why you just need to grab any firearm you can get ammo for in that time lol 😂

[@skulls122]

Well there is different kinds of crossbows. Smaller hunting ones, can be reloaded on horse back. Bigger ones need you to put it down and pull the string by hand Then you have even bigger, with a pulley system. Then ballistas. But yeah i used that 5 shot crossbow once and damn it slaps.

[@thomasbrandt4027]

That crossbow with a clip actually originated from a KZbinr named jorg sprave. He's a German man who builds many fascinating creations!

[@Blacksword2018]

3 shots 175lb compound crossbow hand loaded on 15-20 meters target scope 3x9 Visier 1 shot reloaded in 6.43 seconds complete time of 3 shots was 19.52 seconds

[@namelessstranger1270]

More like it's not cinematic to observe the process of reloading a crossbow and the added stress on the film crew to record the actor reloading the crossbow every time it's fired. Crossbows aren't necessarily too difficult to reload (I've seen homemade guns that need to be dissembled on the spot to reload). So, it's more of a no-brainer choice to make filming & editing easier and not an aversion to crossbow reloading.

[@commandershepard4235]

I'm pretty sure this is a resurrection of an ancient design. I feel like I remember seeing a repeating crossbow in a textbook somewhere.

[@fbi6179]

Lever-action crossbow. Never thought I'd see the day.

[@hunterlovejoy7651]

Which is why bows are also good they each have pros and cons but the benefit of a bow is you can make a rudimentary bow out of sticks and plant fiber

[@thomdrolet2624]

Thanks for showing me it's features.

[@timrounse5186]

Fun fact about arrows. Almost every arrow u shoot will not be reusable. They usually get destroyed or heavily damaged upon impact. Especially on impact with bone or other hard impacts. Granted u can reuse them again and again while target shooting. But in hunting or self defense I won’t get many used out of them.