This guy can shoot 3 arrows in just over half a second, amazing!

[BadassBob]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEG-ly9tQGk

Very interesting video. Have we really been doing it all wrong all this time?

 

[bobsvinyl]

That is really impressive. I guess you could say he has a high end Bows system.

 

[grillebilly]

They say seeing is believing, it's still hard to believe. Thanks.

 

[hdewees]

All I have to say is WOW !

Thanks for the link!

 

[jntit]

Amazing!!

 

[jhtstone]

It was hard to keep up, even on video. Proof that a skilled archer was a very dangerous individual.

Thanks.

 

[BadassBob]

It was hard to keep up, even on video. Proof that a skilled archer was a very dangerous individual.

Thanks.

Indeed. That guy looks far more dangerous with a bow than your average feller does with a pistol.

 

[chicks]

Splitting an incoming arrow in two. That's impressive.

 

[Mystic]

Indeed. That guy looks far more dangerous with a bow than your average feller does with a pistol.

But then Jerry Miculek is not your average shooter.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FbUMqoyjDw

 

[bobsvinyl]

Andersen can catch an arrow and use it against you. I don't think you could do that with a bullet.

 

[Tom Brennan]

Interesting, his techniques would've been very useful to horse archers from the Steppes but less so for the Medieval English bowmen who shot at long and medium ranges and enthusiastically used mauls, swords and daggers up close.

I'm skeptical of his piercing mail and the gambeson underneath, I suspect he used mail that wasn't riveted (and he was shooting at <very> close range). During the Crusades the bows of the Turks and Arabs had great difficulty penetrating European mail and the chroniclers describe unharmed Crusaders looking like pincushions, with several arrows stuck in their mail but none having penetrated.

I think this guy is portraying the bow as some sort of ancient assault rifle. But I think his ideas have some historic merit; Steppe peoples such as Scythians, Parthians, Turks, Mongols and such grew up in the saddle with the bow and being herdsmen would've had plenty of time to develop refined archery techniques.

 

[BadassBob]

I think this guy is portraying the bow as some sort of ancient assault rifle. But I think his ideas have some historic merit; Steppe peoples such as Scythians, Parthians, Turks, Mongols and such grew up in the saddle with the bow and being herdsmen would've had plenty of time to develop refined archery techniques.

Your thoughts echo mine. Steppe peoples' bows were quite powerful for their relatively compact size, some of the very first iterations of the recurve. Even in Europe, they used those sorts of bows for some things. The old longbows were the right tools for their intended purpose, but as was shown here, a bow can also be effective in close quarters. I feel in Europe, the recurve would've played more of a defensive role than offensive. A guard posted up on a wall would be highly effective inside of 50 yards, perfect for assaults headed in his direction.

 

[oldgringo]

Brilliant! :thmbsp:

Not to forget some of your local guys either:

Cheers, og

 

[Rome]

I think this guy may know how to shoot arrows with a bow!

Rome

 

[SuperjazzyJa]

Well, being able to fire 3 arrows in 0.6 seconds doesn't even scratch the surface of how impressive this guy is.

 

[JBL GUY]

Very interesting.

Thank you for the link.