The Anti Velociraptor Crossbow!

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[@babylonian]

homie has the best laugh on youtube, hands down. love this man

[@Xentillus]

Almost as good as Scott's smile

[@MrNight-dg1ug]

eyyyy Nick

[@gratefulguy4130]

Facts

[@t-4785]

The laugh of a true mad man

[@Imatallguy1]

I subscribe because he makes great content. But I'll often watch just to hear some good laughter as a pick-me-up.

[@gabevarley6199]

This channel gives me such comfort, especially with Joerg’s enthusiasm!

[@zeekthegeek4538]

Young man, your ingenuity and propensity for violence never fail to impress me.

[@ArniesTech]

Thats why we are all here for 😉

[@zeekthegeek4538]

@@ArniesTech *what 😉

[@bry756]

@@zeekthegeek4538 😉

[@d.k.s.1311]

Young??? He is only 3 years from turning 60??

[@matt59fire]

Really hope you are just making a friendly comment. I'm sorry. Sarcasm is lost on me sadly. But violent people exist. And people like this guy are valuable to those of us who want to protect ourselves against violent people, or just like cool shit. Plain and simple

[@chichiboypumpi]

that’s quite an overkill for the real velociraptors I reckon they’d go skedaddle when someone like Herr Sprave just stamp their feet.

[@ForestRaptor]

Just let him laugh his way as intimidation XD Ooooh gives me an idea for a character RPG wise x#3

[@Helviuss]

Hey Joerg. If your ever having trouble looking at the wound canal in a gel block, put some cellophane against the block and it usually makes the block way more transparent for some reason

[@jmp814]

@Helvius Do you mean a brightly coloured cellophane underneath & ballistic gel & above a backlight, or on the side just using daylight?

[@GrumpyGenXGramps]

HEY!! Jorge has been watching Ranch Fairy!! LOL I have used single bevel heavy broad heads for years. High FOC also. Being Native American, my grandfather has known this and our ancestors were extremely successful using razor sharp and heavy flint heads on light reed or cedar shafts! I weighed a head my grandfather made and used along with an old one I found and both were well over 700 grains! Hunters are just relearning lost and forgotten knowledge.

[@TgWags69]

That bone would make a good security sign. Just mount it on the gate post.

[@nickkearney4083]

With a tennis shoe on it. 😆

[@ArniesTech]

@@nickkearney4083 Genius 💪🤣

[@schmirellavonaetzmolch2658]

@@nickkearney4083 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@alpha-male1959]

🤣🤣 Awesome comment

[@varencilator]

1.5mm to 2.5mm heat treated steel would be an amazing test to simulate historically accurate Knight's armor

[@inthefade]

Yes tempered spring steel would definitely be more accurate to what knights were wearing at Agincourt

[@b.h.abbott-motley2427]

Yeah. 1mm mainly simulates armor for the lower legs & other thinner bits.

[@LaGrandeBayou]

Got news for you. That heat treated sharpened to a point field tip is going right through 2.5mm steel. Heated or cold rolled.

[@Riceball01]

@@LaGrandeBayou Not necessarily, Tod of Tod's Worksop has tested a high poundage (forget how high) English longbow made in the traditional way, shot by an archer trained in high poundage longbwos, using traditionally made bodkin arrows, against a traditionally made breastplate and it glanced right off. But, it did go cleanly through mail.

[@LaGrandeBayou]

Rice ball Your point is taken however haven’t you seen the video of a man being shot in the head with a .38 and the round deflects off of his head leaving him with only a flesh wound? the angle of fire often has a lot to do with this “deflection” but a very sharp arrow with that Siege launcher would pierce modern sheet steel up to 2.5mm I’m quite certain. Sounds like Jorge has more testing to do!

[@niceguyniko]

Easily the most wholesome weapons focused channel ever.

[@billgeorge7804]

Jeorg laughs, so do I, simple as that. You have to love his research and enthusiasm.

[@trogdor8764]

1mm thick steel isn't much protection when you're talking about piercing attacks. I'm not surprised at all that it was able to easily punch through.

[@b.h.abbott-motley2427]

Yes. Assuming it's mild steel, the tests from The Knight and the Blast Furnace support this result. Alan Williams says 55 J to penetrate 40mm through 1mm mild steel with a simulated arrow point (18-degree point, I believe).

[@mandowarrior123]

@@b.h.abbott-motley2427 knight and blast furnace is throughly debunked and antiquated research now with severe historical and methodological errors. This test shows a 20 something joule arrow penetrating further. For one, mild steel is a completely modern homogenised substance. I won't disparage it too much, it sparked the big internet debates questioning if a 100lbs bow was possible to draw. Obviously, we've come a long way since then.

[@mandowarrior123]

Medieval armour was very thin in places, especially in areas like articulated gloves and at the back. It'd usually only go to about 3mm in the most protected parts. It depends on piece and period but you only tended to get thicker with the advent of firearms.

[@kusukacolaylowlee1611]

What about gambeson

[@elijahoconnell]

@@mandowarrior123 well mild homogenized steel is a lot better than most steels produced in pre industrial eras (non carburized steels tho, there was good stuff being made ofc), modern mild steel now is going to have less impurities and more consistent grain/crystalline structure than historical steels, just saying to add

[@unwnme]

The face you make at this timestamp (14:44) is just gold to me. Thanks for everything you do Herr Sprave.

[@magicpyroninja]

Leave it to my man the slingshot channel is going to have the world's first anti-tank crossbow

[@johnsmithe4656]

Two ideas to add here: 1) If the fletching is the limiting factor in penetration of the bodkins, why not attach the veins with a weaker glue, so that it strips off easily once it meets the target? Once penetration starts the veins really only get in the way. The broadheads can stick with the best glue as the tip makes way for the veins anyway. 2) Heat-treat those broadheads! These are the new gold standard for broadheads. We're going to need these going forward for all types of crossbow bolts and arrows.

[@eidontkehr4081]

3) throw the bodkins away because of the heat treated broadheads

[@magnumopus1628]

Yeah I also thought about what an absolute beast of a broadhead that would be if heat treated. The one use fletching definitely seems like a good idea. Maybe the very shape of the vains could be slightly re-adjusted for that purpose. Or, one could even design vains that can slide through a purposely design bolt with two slots, so that the vains can stand the resistance of the air, but that slip away once they hit something. I'd say this could be an even better way of applying your idea, although it would obviously require more initial time in design it all. But once you've done that you just pick up the fallen vains and reinsert then into the slots on the bolt.

[@nicklame2647]

Penetration relative to distance?

[@rayzimmermin]

you could just not glue in the bodkin tips that way they keep going like that one did

[@johnsmithe4656]

@@rayzimmermin I like that idea. Then the tip becomes more like a bullet in the way it penetrates. You lose the momentum of the shaft, but by that point it would have exhausted its momentum anyway. Think that could work with the broadhead too?

[@stanwooddave9758]

So good to just hear Joerg voice, and laughter. And I might add, your English is amazing, for a dual speaking German/English person. Wink, wink, joke coming: I was hoping to at least see a missed shot at a Velociraptor, as it ran (or was towed) by. LOL

[@Tekdruid]

10:45 Well that cow isn't running anywhere anytime soon. 16:20 Those are some deadly tips even against Sir Galahad. Hats off to the designer!

[@stephenjohnson6841]

Thanks for sharing there features and your laugh Jorge!

[@commanderphilbo1471]

Every time we get new equipment at work I enthusiastically say let me show you its features! No one has any idea

[@Sabamonster]

"These are great if you need to shoot through car doors or something..." His own sentence registers. "I dunno" Lmao. I love t his man.

[@SilverShadow2LWB]

Another amazing video. Now we can see the damage the Siege is capable of. Can you repeat the test now using the Adder which could be used for the more agile Velociraptor youth? I still feel that the Adder is a good compromise between portability and power. The second question I have is; how small can the tail fins be trimmed and still maintain an accurate flight. Smaller fins may thus lead to less resistance during penetration as well as less air resistance. Thanks and keep up the excellent work

[@darkjanggo]

Thanks for the showcase! I'll pick this up, you never know when you'll be attacked by velociraptors.

[@chrisbagidney152]

Wow that broad head is crazy cool!! This is one of my favorite channels. Its amazing how far these bows have come.

[@willwick4353]

As always totally interesting and informative.Keep them coming.One of the best channels on KZbin

[@jorgemrivera5973]

Man, i hear you laugh, and I laughed so hard so good when you can feel how much you enjoy your hobby.

[@ArniesTech]

Jörg ist einer der vielen Schätze unserer Zeit 💪😌🙏

[@kirk447]

Ich liebe deine Tests! Wieder einmal top vorgeführt. Mehr Distanz wäre noch interessant gewesen.

[@Make_Boxing_Great_Again]

Would be nice to see how the siege performs when shooting the larger bolt, Joerg says that the siege isn’t powerful enough but I actually think that the energy and momentum levels will be higher with that bigger bolt..

[@BRBMrSoul]

It might be, but be for less time, one problem with this is drop rate(ie effective range) and tumble of the bolt itself, may be able fire it but weight in front may be too much and it won’t fly straight for long Would be interesting test tho, my guess if had bet be my first point, ie just not going to get the expected range versus smaller heads

[@Make_Boxing_Great_Again]

@@BRBMrSoul The drop rate would be increased but you can compensate with aiming techniques. The bolt would never tumble, it would remain stable even until until the drop rate is 100%.

[@patrickbateman6597]

.....Jörg , Ihr kanal ist einfach klasse , abgerundet mit Ihrer art zu lachen ! Beide bolzen sind der wahnsinn , jetzt brauchen wir nur noch die vorhanden ZOMBI's 😉😉😉😉😉

[@ridetheapex]

5:50 This would be really interesting to see at high speed. It looks like the bolt extends out past the end of the block a few feet then gets "sucked" back in to it. Cool stuff.

[@unknowncomic4107]

Always a joy to watch you and I so much love it when you laugh and chuckle. :D

[@fioafionawright8604]

Casually hiking through the scenic German countryside: 🚶🏽 Joerg: Ahaha ! it went through, so much penetration ! fleeing in terror through the scenic German countryside: 🏃🏾💀

[@jmp814]

Hey Joerg, Very interesting thanks Mate. We know you enjoyed doing this one. Pls consider testing & evaluating damage from greater distances. Cheers, Sydney, Terra Australis.

[@MEATHOOKMANOR]

Ive been watching this guy since 2014 or sooner. Never not entertaining!

[@tarmacdemon]

Joerge you do these tests so we don't have to please keep doing them there informative interesting but above all entertaining . Thank you

[@AdamCeladin]

DEADLY Crossbow !!! wow

[@willievankoolwijk2994]

Joerge! Of course I can't look in your wallet... But for the ballistic tests, I think it's a great idea to get a slowmo cam setup, to see what the arrows really do in the gel. Further,,, I love your videos dude! Keep up the hard work!♥️

[@magicpyroninja]

He's done some slow mo work before

[@Slingshotchannel]

I used to have a high speed, but I dropped it and now it is broken.

[@willievankoolwijk2994]

@@Slingshotchannel AHH that's a pity, I'm sorry dude!♥️🌹

[@maccurtis730]

Jurassic Park 7 staring JoergSprave no dinosaur is safe.

[@Gk2003m]

Jorge, may I implore you repeat this exercise with the 130 pound Adder and the 190 pound Adder? I’d love to see a direct comparison, to help decide whether to upgrade or not.

[@edbear5308]

I'm also interested in the custom bipod, I hope we can eventually get some kind of bipod like that or attachments for more picatinny rails; being longer than the adder, I can imagine that an attached bayonet to the siege would make it an awesome close quarters weapon. Great demonstration Jeorge, love all your amazing innovations

[@s.c.112]

Great fun to watch, another great video!

[@metern]

Now we have to find out how thick the armor must be to stop a Edgetac head 😁

[@akitoemery8651]

The damage the broadhead did on the armor definitely carved a path for the fins to go through! That's most likely the biggest reason it penetrated more into the armor. The deceleration caused by the stripping of the fins was clearly an insane amount judging from when the tip of the arrow flew off just from momentum.

[@nullshock3381]

those edgetech bolt tips are like an almost perfect comination of the bodkin and broadhead.

[@oneproudbrowncoat]

I suspect that the Edgetec acted upon the sheet steel much like one blade of a shear, Mr. Spraeve.

[@rocky3075]

Excellent presentation and demonstration of the 300 Siege

[@danielmologni2514]

the video we've all been waiting for. who knows if one day a video of a zombie version of the siege 300 will come out like you did for the adder. would be great

[@zagwua]

Hey, Joerg! Another great video! Thanks!

[@polrobby9423]

Joerg, you're like the Santa Claus of pointy things.

[@fredgerd5811]

So, if you want to simulate shooting a velociraptor, a cow bone with ballistic gel is actually way overkill. Velociraptor mongoliensis was actually about the size of a turkey and it would have had similar bone and muscle structure as well as feathers (birds are actually living dinosaurs). So you could actually get a really accurate version if you can find a butcher that will sell you a turkey with the feathers still on. If you want to shoot an accurate Deinonichus (closer in size to the Jurassic Park raptors) you'll need to get an emu carcass which might be a bit more difficult, but they are bred domestically. Would be cool to see the damage these would do to an actual velociraptor.

[@Zen-rd9np]

Hope you’re doing well dude, loving the videos as usual 👍

[@fernandorvm7850]

Now I realize, the newest Jurassic park movie could be interesting if they included Joerg

[@thirdlegmedia]

I think when you do these tests it would be good to use a field tip as a base, as that is the most common tip used.

[@Slingshotchannel]

A field tip is for practice. Nobody in the right mind would use it for hunting or self defense.

[@GraysonMckernan]

@@pinecone3630 I would equate it to a hollow point more so than a blank. But I see your point.

[@brei2670]

@@GraysonMckernan A hollow point is a very lethal round, created to cause maximum damage in soft bodies. I'd probably compare that to broadheads.

[@GraysonMckernan]

@@brei2670 usually youtubers will shoot a hollow point at a metal plate or soft armor to test penetration. Then they’ll ramp it up to armor piercing rounds. Because it’s a hollow point and not meant to penetrate armor it’s a fairly useless test, just like a field tip on an arrow vs armor.

[@brei2670]

@@GraysonMckernan Ah, well I get your point, but nobody should use a field tip to hunt and it would probably be a bad idea to demonstrate it. Whereas hollow points are perfectly deadly rounds in most cases. They're definitely not made for practice.... I mean, who carries armor penetrating rounds "just in case"? Know anyone with a 5.7 EDC? Probably not many people. And we're testing hunting here, not armor. Very different kind of penetration.

[@The_War_Pug]

The weight of the heavier bolt must've carried it through despite the added resistance, giving it similar penetration to the lighter bolt with a better point for penetrating armor.

[@r4ng3rd3thr0w]

You vs the guy she told you not to worry about.

[@LuisGomez-ok8im]

Amazing! (This is Aislínge, Luis’ wife. This was great!

[@Kangooroo08]

The single bevels make me feel like the geneva convention wouldn't allow those things to be used against humans lmfao

[@dud3655]

For when your home is invaded by a war elephant

[@MCMLXXXVICCXII]

11:16 ''Saw the whole Bonapart''... A glimps of the capabilty of this device :)

[@BlackBunik]

10:50 Its adventuring days are over. The arrow in the knee made sure of that.

[@ShadesOfMisery]

Love the video, as per usual! Just a note: "variant" is typically pronounced "vare-EE-ant" in American/Canadian English. :)

[@KeithRobertson57]

Joerg is not American/Canadian 😉. Like most of the world … His pronunciation is fine 👍🏻.

[@mandowarrior123]

For one, international english is based on British English unlike canadian and american English. But also, Mr Sprave is german, so his pronunciation is different, no moreso than any regional dialect like American.

[@markmcd2780]

I was watching a YT vid on 'People who will survive a zombie apocalypse' (Be Amazed channel) and the FIRST person selected was Joerg Sprage! Well DONE! :D

[@mikehunt8968]

Hi Joerg, can you do a video about your replacement bipod on your siege, please?

[@gibbeshidde9972]

Absolutely ridiculous and terrifying... wow. Another great video.

[@Sun_Downer]

Can you please do a video on how you made the custom bipod for the Siege

[@Make_Boxing_Great_Again]

The combination of high penetration, and short 2d bolts warrants a completely new bolt design: An all metal bolt that uses steel vanes as a broad-head cutter and a tungsten carbide bodkin tip. The idea is good because 1) You don’t have a large aero-dynamic area at the front, so accuracy is increased. 2) If you get a target that is tough enough you can also train with them without the cutting vanes having to cut the target. 3) The bolts will be very heavy, heavy bolts are more lethal as they carry more momentum and Kinetic energy. 4) Single bevel flights will induce a slight twist to the flight of the bolt, this will increase accuracy further, the twisting force adds drag, drag is better at the back for accuracy. 5) With a bodkin at the front and broad heads at the back, you get the best of both worlds, penetration of armour or tough substance followed by lethal cutting of bone and flesh. Excellent for hunting and defence. 6) This idea is particularly well suited to bolts that are very short (short bolts are not good with large conventional broadheads) but are powerful enough to achieve straight through penetration. Whenever straight through penetration occurs it’s irrilivent as to whether the broadhead was at the front or back of course. It is important that the bodkin tip is heavier than the steel broad-head at the back to maintain a correct centre of gravity, that is why tungsten is ideal because tungsten is extremely heavy, heavier than lead.

[@MrTimmmers]

Tungsten carbide is brittle, will break. Hard but brittle.

[@mandowarrior123]

@@MrTimmmers it doesn't matter, it is more than capable of surviving, and is for the mass in this case.

[@mandowarrior123]

That is essentially a flechette, and there are laws about those.

[@Make_Boxing_Great_Again]

Warren Cash I doubt that there is a specific law as a flechette being used from a crossbow as you could just classify it as a bolt.

[@Make_Boxing_Great_Again]

Tim Bain Toungston carbide is extremely hard and dense, and strong, and heavy, it’s a material that’s used extensively in armour piercing applications, so actually it’s perfect as a bodkin tip. It’s already used extensively in modern archery.

[@shandor2522]

Beastly bolts! Test them against the average bulletproof vest!

[@mtkoslowski]

60% of the time I tune into this channel to learn about new equipment. The remaining 40% I just come here to hear this delightful man’s laugh! 😁

[@jacobcrowley8207]

Perhaps the wound canal will light up a bit if a light is shined into the gel from the side of entry? I think the gaps in the gel might creating surfaces for light to bounce off differently.

[@0hleg]

The sadness I feel knowing these are illegal where I live is insufferable.

[@nightcrawler247365]

Should name the broadhead "Napoleon" since it took the "BONE APART"

[@comfortablynumb9342]

Joerg please look into Plastisol for fish lures instead of ballistic gel. You can recast it like your gel, but it is much clearer. Some gun channels are starting to experiment with it and it's great.

[@torchofkck4989]

The best example of the evidence that the bolt twisted is at 6:36 . . . Look at the twisted fetchings.

[@pyramid_scheme_termination3655]

I think is would be interesting if you did a test comparing a crossbow and a regular bow shooting the same energy and seeing if targets would react differently.

[@Bobby_Snoof]

Very beatiful block of balistic gelatin !!!

[@TehSnipez]

14:45 That look, :D Love the videos as always good sir!

[@chrish4596]

Sehr Interessant.Da kann man sich mal vorstellen was im Mittelalter so abging in der Schlacht.

[@Hacktheplanet_]

Great vid man. Got my adder rx coming today. Hope to have some fun with it!

[@Prideace93]

Joerg sir, this is because sharp are meant to cut through soft tissue while pointed are meant to pierce through hard surface Try put a plank or something and you'll see

[@JanWillemdeGeest]

I tried jorg's bodkin tips on an 80lbs pistol crossbow. It shot right trough multiple layers of leather with a steel plate in between.

[@hulkthedane7542]

You are SO fun and entertaining to watch. I love you enthusiasm ans ingenuity. Keep it coming 🌞👍

[@ericsidney4066]

Love seeing what you come up with

[@bazookallamaproductions5280]

fun fact, velociraptors were TINY. 1.6 feet high, 30 lbs. the "velociraptors" in most movies were actually modeled off of different dinosaur called "deinonychus" 😂

[@Slingshotchannel]

Wait... are you telling me the Dinos in Jurassic Park were NOT real? Nooooooo... :)

[@ryanlebeck259]

Have you ever tried carving your arrow shafts in the same manner as rifling, so the arrow turns in the air regardless of the tip style? What impact would 'rifled' arrows have on accuracy and precision? Food for thought my German brother. I've seen test models and they boast an increase of penetration and accuracy. I would like to see you apply your skill level and experience on this idea. I'm sure it would be quite the experiment.

[@Olav_Hansen]

Bodkin is fine enough against mail and gambeson, but against plate armor there is a tip called platecutter, that is somewhat between the bodkin and more of a speartip shape.

[@sn0wchyld]

no big surprise on the bladed head - works like a tin snip once its made the initial 'hole' in the metal. but how bout this... combine the two... hard sharp tip with the 2 single sided blades.

[@profusemoose1488]

It looks like the broadhead caught a big kick of rotational momentum off the steel plate, I wonder if the twisting/shearing motion helped it get through the steel easier than a traditional one would. Very interesting. I wonder if injecting some type of slightly viscous fluid (cornstarch thickened water with a touch of blue food coloring?) into the simulated wound channels would help with getting them on camera.

[@mastertryeffect]

Would be interesting to see a test against KEVLAR or any other cut/stab proof material. The bodkin would penetrate for sure, but the heavy big broadhead?

[@Michelino_M5]

Hey J, it's so nice to watch a video of yours, I had thought of you a couple times; how's life?

[@marcusc9931]

Technology marches on. You can now shoot two dudes with one bolt...

[@edbear5308]

Those are really amazing tips; I can't wait to get the magazine this month and will definitely purchase some of these tips when made available

[@POLOLOUS3]

Test on thicker armor, kevlar, maybe some bulletproof materials.

[@elijahoconnell]

rhodoks are gonna go wild over this

[@Spinningininfinity]

I like a story with a twist☺️

[@curleex3838]

Now what about at 50m range, be interesting to see what affordable type bows do the most damage at long range for genuine hunting

[@Slingshotchannel]

Bowhunters rarely exceed 20 meters distance, 30 meters tops.

[@pyramid_scheme_termination3655]

If you were to teleport to prehistoric times, you would not want compound because it’s too complicated to repair.

[@deszczowiec1974]

Joerg at his best;)

[@joesmoth2610]

Single bevel heads have been known to hit bone and divert around it

[@caitlinomalley80]

joerg, that's not a cheap crossbow. Little, yes. But not cheap.

[@Slingshotchannel]

Well, I own several crossbows and most of them are 1000 € and more.

[@Guitar4516]

I believe Jeorg Sprave should have a appreciation day. He has given us many good years of quality, entertaining videos. In addition, he is a just a great guy, a good soul.

[@firedirewolf]

i missed it cause of my birthday, but this is awesome, bodkin and slab broadheads, yay!!