I was told that this small lever action crossbow was a Border Reivers bow from around 1600 and used for raiding and civil defence. I have never been able to find similar bows to compare it against and group it with so have never been able to know if this was true; and I still don't.

So the next best thing is to run it through some trials and practical tests and find out if I think it would be suitable. Accuracy, power, penetration, rate of fire and ability to use whilst moving.

So that is what I did.

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Andreas Bichler's film that is NOT about a Da Vinci design but actually came from the Codex Löffelholz of 1505 can be found here    • Shooting a reconstructed crossbow fro...  
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