How often do you think of a crossbow has recoil when fired?
Added 2025-01-25 17:24:06 +0000 UTC
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Sam Duffy
2025-01-28 07:14:07 +0000 UTCWith bows and crossbows what creates the recoil is the string traveling away from the shooter and coming to a sudden stop, creating "recoil" in the shooting direction (versus guns which push the shooter and the bullet away from each other, creating recoil in the reverse direction)
John Bennett
2025-01-27 14:11:49 +0000 UTCWait, is recoil what you call it when you replace the string?
Stephen Lindholm
2025-01-25 21:55:19 +0000 UTCWith all the mass of the bow limbs swinging forward, it probably all cancels out.
Just Jack
2025-01-25 21:44:12 +0000 UTCNot really recoil, but advance. That is the inertia of the bows and string coming forward.
Lee Alverson
2025-01-25 20:36:42 +0000 UTCDepends on what you call "recoil". In the modern sense, no it doesn't push back against the shooter. However, there is a certain amount of movement once the string and limbs complete their travel.
Henry Walker
2025-01-25 20:18:36 +0000 UTCI pulled up a recoil calculator and the stats for a medieval crossbow, and it's basically a negligible amount of recoil. Bolt mass is 1600 or so grains, velovity is 200 feet per second, mass of the crossbow is 7 lbs, and mass of the powder charge is 0. Sadly, it does have to be entered in imperial units rather than metric.
Sororitas Cupid
2025-01-25 19:53:41 +0000 UTCYes there is a propelant mass. The string and the crossbow arms
Torsten Stütz
2025-01-25 19:51:39 +0000 UTCTo add to this, there is no propelant mass. The propelant is often exiting faster than the bullet adding signicantly to the recoil. I assume the weapon is also heavier, whoch would dampen the effect as well.
Sororitas Cupid
2025-01-25 19:48:04 +0000 UTCLook up "Todd's workshop" on YouTube he has heaps of videos on crossbows and longbows, really good content for it.
Bill Burdett
2025-01-25 19:21:04 +0000 UTCNo clue what the recoil is like, so I have nothing to add to that. I DID however learn just now what that metal bracket on front is used for! Never knew what it was for, but I do now. Thanks for showing me. :3
FabulouslyTiti
2025-01-25 18:51:56 +0000 UTCIf anything, I would assume it kicked forward slightly since all of the tensions force is going towards the bolt, not backward like a gun.
Michael Gruber
2025-01-25 18:21:27 +0000 UTCI think it'd be more of how violent the vibration is. There would be some kick sure, but the vibration on the hands would do more damage I think
Seabag
2025-01-25 17:50:47 +0000 UTCDepends on the size of crossbow and the bolt used. Nowhere near a firearm but not insignificant either.
Dale Thomas
2025-01-25 17:32:56 +0000 UTCWell there is a mass propelled forward, so expect an equal but opposite force as recoil. Its just that the bolt has more mass and less velocity than a bullet.
Torsten Stütz
2025-01-25 17:31:54 +0000 UTCThe weapon would have recoil every time it is shot. Physics.
Joseph Callaway
2025-01-25 17:29:26 +0000 UTCI imagine it's not recoil in the same sense as a gun. The force is all being applied forward instead of both forward and backward. So I imagine crossbows would likely kick forward (and due to human arm mechanics probably forward and down). I'm no expert though, so this is just my assumptions.
J.P. Tomcik
2025-01-25 17:28:51 +0000 UTCNot until I got to use one. They have a good kick but nothing crazy.
Karp The Mad
2025-01-25 17:26:23 +0000 UTCIt has a good kick I would imagine! Love this piece ⚔️
Vaidsealow Entertainment
2025-01-25 17:26:11 +0000 UTCDamn thats a cute butt
TonicOrange
2025-01-25 17:26:09 +0000 UTC
