Re: Crossbow (Was: Re: Bow)

[Peter Keel]

* on the Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 07:30:58PM +0200, Jens Börner wrote:
> of course you can unstrung a crossbow, and this even makes sense when 
> carrying it in foul weather. If you do not have a covering ;) 

Only for very light crossbows. 

Because you need a "Spannbock" otherwise (no idea how that is called 
in english). The only picture I could find was this: 
http://books.google.com/books?id=bGqxqn4b_SMC&pg=RA1-PA8&lpg=RA1-PA8&dq=armbrust+spannbock&source=bl&ots=f2v1ITrOHu&sig=HMQEhcsEFSA6vei8OdIBWjbXbK4&hl=en&ei=apqzS-OwFdKc_Aay4qn9CA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CB4Q6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=armbrust%20spannbock&f=false

So you can't unstring your crossbow just because the weather is foul.

Cheers
Seegras
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