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2. Crossbow bolt - Wikipedia

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   Crossbow bolt. An unusually small crossbow bolt with a tapered "waist" shaft section and rear skirt compared to a 1 euro cent coin. A bolt or quarrel is a dart -like projectile used by crossbows. [ 1] The word quarrel is from the Old French quarrel (> French carreau) "square thing", [ 2] specialized use as quarrel d'arcbaleste (> carreau d ...

3. History of crossbows - Wikipedia

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   The source actually says Zhuge invented a multiple bolt crossbow that could shoot ten iron bolts simultaneously, each 20 cm (7.9 in) long. [42] In 759 AD, Li Quan described a type of multiple bolt crossbow capable of destroying ramparts and city towers: The arcuballista is a crossbow of a strength of 12 dan, mounted on a wheeled frame.

4. Repeating crossbow - Wikipedia

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   The repeating crossbow (Chinese: 連弩; pinyin: Lián Nǔ), also known as the repeater crossbow, and the Zhuge crossbow (Chinese: 諸葛弩; pinyin: Zhūgě nǔ, also romanized Chu-ko-nu) due to its association with the Three Kingdoms-era strategist Zhuge Liang (181–234 AD), is a crossbow invented during the Warring States period in China that combined the bow spanning, bolt placing, and ...

5. Match crossbow - Wikipedia

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   IAU 30 meter Match-crossbow World Championships, Sulgen, Switzerland 2008. Match crossbow is a target shooting sport using crossbows. Unlike field crossbow, match crossbow is quite similar to the Olympic rifle . The International Crossbow Shooting Union (Internationale Armbrustschutzen Union-IAU) is the world governing body of crossbow target ...

6. Laws on crossbows - Wikipedia

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   When hunting deer, bear, elk and turkey, crossbow hunters must use only arrows, bolts and quarrels with a broadhead hunting type of point not less than 7 ⁄ 8 of an inch (2 cm) wide with a minimum of 14 inches (35 cm) in length. See Hunter Orange Clothing Requirements.

7. Crossbow - Wikipedia

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   A crossbow is a ranged weapon using an elastic launching device consisting of a bow -like assembly called a prod, mounted horizontally on a main frame called a tiller, which is hand-held in a similar fashion to the stock of a long gun. Crossbows shoot arrow -like projectiles called bolts or quarrels. A person who shoots crossbow is called a ...