Cool

I’d love to see them against The safe life defense armor

Crosbow

Should try some of the crossbows from the sling shot channel.

ANCIENT SHARD,S. OF METH.?

@@TJS-Real- Being in the line of fire 😵

My sister shot her thumb off with a crossbow not long ago. Yeah, they are no joke. She was shooting at a deer. I have no idea how her thumb got in the line of fire. It’s gone though. Couldn’t reattach it.

@@fivebooks8498 when the string is in motion, imagine a guillotine from about trigger to muzzle. that cable has to push an arrow ~400 feet per second. So it would be a very sturdy cable, as well as a very fast moving one in order to propell a bolt. When shouldering a crossbow, your offhand that you use to brace the end of the weapon, if you are clumsy enough with your hand placement, your thumb doesn't have to be in the broadhead's path or in front of the bow at all, just anywhere in that gap from bowlimb to scope is a Finger-Be-Goner THATS WHY WE HAVE VERTICAL GRIPS, PEOPLE

@@fivebooks8498 There is a brutal photo of a guy who managed to put an arrow thru his hand off his draw with a normal bow.

Correct, they were the nemesis of armored knights in the Middle Ages. They easily penetrated most armor of the day.

Thank you for a new content Scott!

Yo the crossbow was cool as hell tho

Cool

Very nice ! From the UK.

Something we can get in the UK thanks for another amazing video

Yeah

I loved it! I would love to see other weapons used as well! Long bow, Recurve bow, knives, swords, clubs! Kind of a "How would people survive the zombie apocalypse throughout the centuries!"

Too quiet.

@@JDStone-jg8cg ya me too

Can you answer in more detail?

@@yurifans360 all

Lol that so cool. They are heavy? The crossbow i mean

My crossbow weighs almost ten pounds with the bipod I put on it, and it fires 500 fps.

animal abuse, yk you can just be vegan? like what has the elk done to you?

@@mr.malware8299live

​@@mr.malware8299its less abusive than eating a factory cow that elk lived a good life,and then he died a pack of wolves, a bear, or a hunter, t'is all the same

Then we can have a comparison between field tips, fixed broad heads, and mechanical broad head types betweenbow types.

If true, this is interesting to me because velocity favors mass when it comes to kinetic energy. Eg. Energy = Mass x Velocity² (squared being the key). A 400 grain arrow flying at 400 fps has less energy than a 700 grain arrow moving at 250. But that's just at the "muzzle" of course and I don't know how an arrow behaves at distance. I don't know the velocity/distance curve but from what I'm reading from you I'm guessing the speed just drops dramatically faster with a lighter arrow, which does make sense. I would like to see a light arrow moving fast vs a heavy arrow moving slow from 10 feet though. I bet that would yield different results regarding energy and penetration but of course I'm sure not many people are shooting a deer from 10 feet away lol (although I'd like to see that).

and that's why Rail guns are so powerful... throwing a projectile that fast imparts a lot of momentum as well as kinetic energy... Though you'd probably notice arrows and crossbow bolts are larger than most bullets. Personally I'd like a full auto crossbow. there was one in this game called the attica from the game warframe was my favorite gun... silent and deadly.

The amazing thing about high speed crossbows, is that you can throw heavier bolts. I can shoot a bolt 50gr heavier than what you shoot, with a 150gr tip, and get 50fps more than you do from my high speed crossbow with a pretty flat trajectory.

@@getmeoutofsanfrancisco9917 in bullet ballistics heavier bullets drop much faster than lighter bullets. The .458 Socom 600 grain bullet drop 100 feet at 200 yards for instance It’s like hand artillery lol

Thats because speed does matter. I am an avid bow hunter and when I was younger I started with kind of a shitty beginner compound bow that didnt shoot very fast and even at 20 yards alert animals will jump the string and cause bad shots even if your aiming point was perfect. Once I got a nice mathews that will shoot 350 fps with a 450 gr arrow I have not had an animal jump and nearly all pass throughs even shooting 2inch cut 3 blade grim reapers. You need a balance of speed and weight and the right set up for the game. If your hunting bigger stuff like elk or moose you will want a heavier arrow.

What country is that ?

@@kilendoskingdom could be anywhere except america

@@justfriccoff3363 emotional damage

@@justfriccoff3363 cant be Australia you need a licence to get a crossbow.

@@kilendoskingdomfinland

it is lol because the arrows could cause a lot of other injuries then just stabbing and bleeding. not gonna say them all because i would be typing this forever, but some other injuries could include: Internal Bleeding, Concussions, (depends if arrow/bolt is rusty or not) Tetnis or Lockjaw, etc.

To be fair, it is kind of like the closest thing you can get to a rail gun. Let me explain, a rail gun is a gun that uses kinetic energy and magnets to fire a projectile. A crossbow uses potential energy to fire an arrow rather then a metal object being fired by a bunch of magnets. In summary, a rail gun uses kinetic energy to fire a projectile and a crossbow uses potential energy to fire an arrow

@@Delta_do_a_spin science

@@Delta_do_a_spin Both convert potential energy(the charge/ voltage aka potential difference that energizes the magnets and the spring energy of the bowstring). Something has to have mass and velocity to have kinetic energy. A regular firearm does too... undetonated gunpowder has potential energy that is released upon detonation. All three lose a fraction of the total energy due to but not limited to losses in the resistance/inductance of the circuit, friction losses in the bow and gas pressure leakage from the firearm. All three lose heat energy.

i think its better than getting shot with a slug😅

Watching Scott put his fingers behind the string stop line made me physically wince.

And this is why all weapons experts say never point a weapon at anything you don't want to destroy 😂

...they werent, and crossbows dont go through plate armor, neither historical nor modern. They were made because you can get the power of a strong warbow without needing to have your soldiers train for years to be able to handle those draw weights.

@@random.3665 hmm, so it appears. I guess the one who told me that was either lying or was misinformed themselves. Thank you for clarifying.

@@Crimnox_Cinder Np mate, its a common misconception, no doubt.

@@random.3665 crossbow can go through modern bullet armor tho.

@@al7bndgsh706 Only soft ballistic armor (usually tightly woven kevlar fibres) can be shot through with a crossbow. Hard ballistic armor (the type of armor intended to stop rifle bullets) completely stops crossbow bolts, and barely even gets damaged in the process.

It's a bit complicated so I'll just say it's like the difference between hitting water at 500 mph in a belly flop and pencil diving off a small bridge. The penetration is more in the case of the diver even though the speed was much higher in the case of the 500mph guy. Don't know if that explains it well but hope it helps

exxxxtra penetration due to momentum from the length of the bolt. That's why longer tank sabot penetrates thicker armor.

Hi AndrewConlan have you become a flat earther yet? If not I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.

High ballistic coefficient and hardness. Bullets deform arrows usually do not.

Ol'd. Not obsolete Arnold 🤣

Effective against ghouls.

the reload time is preety long so it wont be good in offensive one on group fights

@@nonope4307 Im a archer, been for 5years trust me crossbows are cool but a bow is a lot faster to load.

Yeah Scott Brandon Matt and garrand thumb together is gold

This and demoranch are the absolute best

I'm an Eggplant, and I strongly disagree.

He is hilarious. Great characters.

@@WH250398 well.. no body likes eggplant. 😄

To add context, some crossbows could reach up to 1000lb in strength, they were so powerful you need ear protection to use them and these could go through a majority of armour of its day (but not all armour as good quality plate steel would still stop it, but you’d need to be rich in-order to buy that so for your average citizen, yeah you’re gone.)

@@PRESIDENT_LEMON My apologies (especially if this comes across as an "aktuallee" type comment), but this is incorrect. Even the 1000lb crossbows could not "go through most armor" like, for example, early gonnes could. Because of inefficient energy transfer in their design, the actual power of the bolts shot by medieval crossbows was substantially less than their draw weight. a 1000lb crossbow was no more or less powerful than a 150 pound longbow. While particularly thin and/or shoddily made armor was in danger (such as the arm and leg protection of average quality plate armor at the time of Agincourt), well made and thick armor is more or less invulnerable to arrows and bolts. Such armor was also not only for the super-wealthy. There have even been tests were a warbow was stopped by gambeson and chainmail. Brigandine armor was not only more protective, it was also fairly common; it has been referred to as "poor mans plate" after all. Modern designs are much more efficient in their energy transfer, hence their equivelent and/or greater effectiveness at a lower draw weight. The real revolution that crossbows brought was the fact that you could take a peasant off the fields, give them a week of off-and-on training and they would be just as effective as a longbow man. By stark contrast, training to use a heavy draw longbow takes years at least. For reference of armor against arrows and bolts, I recommend the channel of Tods Workshop. Also, Skallagrim has done a good video on the subject.

You do realize that crossbows were used as late as the early eighteen hundreds right? Due to the slow fire rate of rifles and the accuracy problems prior to the invention of rifled barrels many professional marksman used crossbows. Infact many rich had several crossbow men as body guards because of there power and skill.

@@zebjensen4251 "You do realize that crossbows were used as late as the early eighteen hundreds right?" In hunting, yes. In warfare, absolutely not. At least, not in western warfare. Rifled barrels were invented in the early 1500s, and even smoothbore long guns are more accurate at a greater distance than most crossbows until the mid to late 19th century. Also, the time to reload even a rifled gun is greatly exaggerated. A trained soldier was expected to shoot three to four shots a minute, which is faster than nearly any heavy draw-weight crossbow. "many professional marksman used crossbows" is a statement that I had found little to no evidence to confirm or deny, right alongside "Infact many rich had several crossbow men as body guards because of there power and skill" While I am sure that such has indeed happened, I highly doubt it was as prolific as you suggest. If you could provide sources that I may have missed, that would be helpful.

The English made it mandatory for men to learn to use a bow

yea🤯

Hell yes!

Comment blew up he should def

Crossbow against body armor with different tips: field, broadheads and armor penetration!!!

I own 3 crossbows and yes they are very accurate, especially my excalibur mag air

Check out JoergSprave

Thank you for mentioning Daryl from the walking dead

Air guns might be interesting considering a lot of people consider them weak, but some modern air guns are actually quite powerful

@@fleebogazeezig6642I’m waiting for a man portable clgg, oxygen and hydrogen at like 10-20kpsi, diaphragm behind round, maybe just a solid tungsten 50bmg bullet as the projectile. Probably like 5,000m/s muzzle velocity lol

I agree with you mr archer

for an experienced archer......why didnt you mention hes using bow arrows in a crossbow instead of crossbow bolts?

@@jimmyhackers8980 because he didn´t. all arrows/bolts had crossbow nocks on them.

@@jimmyhackers8980 shaft is too short for a bow. youd have to have a 20inch draw. theyre xbow bolts

...and what is the lethality of the bolts after they go through. We always talk about overpen with bullets.

been look for some time to buy one but dont know do i need weapon permit for it

@@youneverknow111 You don't need one where I'm from(California) uncertain of other states and their regulations. As long as you're 18 you can legally buy one without a permit here.

@@EGG_MusicMadness well after some questions around basicaly i just need to report to police for owning one but that depends on strenth,so for stronger ones i will need have permint if i uderstand corectly

​@@youneverknow111 nope, not even here in Canada

Depends on state most states allow owning one but not hunting except handicapped or over a certain age. They are very powerful. I do what is called 3d shoots where shots are anywhere from 15 yards to 100 yards. In Washington state they set up targets that you can only see 3 inches of it and the shot is graded how close to the 10 point area you are. Lots of fun. In vermont they have similar shoots but the targets are protected by steel frames you miss you lost a bolt lol. Haven't done any in sc yet hope to soon.

soft armors it can penetrate but hard armor is typically too thick

Be curious how Safelife FRAS would do, despite being soft but rifle rated. Would also like to see some stabbing rated armor (Prison Guard) would do.

Against kevlar, arrows pierce right through it, while standard pistols and smg bullets would not. Ceramic plate, no.

Even my relatively cheap barnett jackal still shoots a respectable 315 fps.

@@draxxsklounst6595 yeah barnett makes a good crossbow, any newer crossbow compound or recurve style limbs all shoot really well , fast & accurate. Once you hit that 300+ fps threshold it's all the same for the most part only time it'd really matter is if you're hunting in Africa lol.

@@draxxsklounst6595 have you seen that guy Tim Wells, hunting some crazy stuff surprisingly big with a blow gun lol

They really are the coolest. Crazy power, whisper quiet and about as simple to shoot as a bb gun. No huge bang, hardly any recoil and critically lethal. Too cool.

@@eamonia yeah they're awesome for just target shooting paper to the really cool indoor or outdoor 3d animal targets and they're really good for hunting too. Women, kids etc who can't draw a regular compound or recurve bow or disabled people as well. In general they're just a blast and the new modern ones are insane with the technology and engineering that goes into em. I'ma big fan of them I don't get why some people are so anti crossbows lol. Some of the high powered air rifles that you can legally hunt with are really cool but they're also super expensive and not practical for everyone. For a few hundred bucks you can get a really nice set up compound or recurve limb crossbow and be accurate shooting it fairly quickly. Plus they just look cool lol

Nice to see another Kelly's Heroes connoisseur.

Aw yeah, good to hear I’m not the only dude who loved that movie.

Most bullets don’t put an almost two-inch tunnel through you.

Especially if you take an arrow to the knee

aight bet *pulls out a 15 bullet pistol with .22 caliber bullets*

Man, I think you exaggerated lol 12 bullets is a LOT of bullets

@@gustavocampos9404 Well, sort of; I'm not saying where th bullet strike would occur. Also, not all at once, though I prefer not getting shot at all. What I'm saying is that once a bullet is in flesh, yes there's damage, but one can move about without inflicting further damage, provided no vitals were compromised. With the blades of a broadhead, once they have entered th body any movement will cause further internal damage. I know people who have received gunshot wounds, some say it all depends on circumstances and of course shot placement, but some have said that they didn't feel hardly anything, while others were instantly incapacitated even with a minor wound. I would attribute this to shock or adrenaline. To be honest though, I'll settle for not getting shot at all!!!

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Jorg also has a bow with would be held with both hands and a trigger, so the shooter has a much better grip and is able to direct the arrow much easier which really increases its accuracy

I was thinking the same thing 🤔 😅

It would be hilarious seeing Jörg and Scott together in a Video sometime😁 Greets from 🇩🇪

Personally, I was superkeen on the drill powered repeater he made. That thing is insane.

Many of those nearly 200 pounds bows were the English long bows. With modern technology with these types of cross bows you can easily replicate the same results with much less weights. My uncle at one time crafted long bows as a hobby and they outperformed leading brands like Black Widow Bows. At about 50-60 pounds, arrows traveled about 155-165 fps. with a 28" draw length. Compound bows at the same weight and draw easily reach 300fps. Alot of the impact and penetration lies with grain, arrow stiffness, and placement of the shot.

Definitely return, maybe with a Walking Dead twist

You refer to the spear thrower, or the "atlatl"? I watched videos of people using the atlatl and easely the spear rips through a tree!

What is the video called???

I believe the highest I've ever seen someone draw was 250lb

I mean, the zombo definitely still super-died, so it's sorta viable.

sounded like he was choking on the dust from the safety glass breaking. he probably wouldn't have breathed it in if he was expecting it, although maybe he didn't realize how violently it would break lol

I think the tailgate up would have prevented the back window from shattering. Maybe we'll see that in the next video.

Hearing Scott laughing in the distance legit sounds like a wild bird 😂

100 pecent shocked the crap out of him. he didnt see it coming.

Oh no 🤯 thats insane

That is crazy!!! It just goes to show that when shooti g a crossbow or gun always make sure you have an intended target. Only aim at what you intend to hit. I am so glad that woman wasn't hit by it by being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Thanks for sharing that story, that is crazy!!!

@@brockmitchell3989 Yep we learned that the hard way that day.

Were you lobbing them up into the air? Because that is all kinds of stupid. The range on crossbows is not that far, to where it's gonna hit something that's too far away for you to see, unless, I guess there are trees or something blocking your view.....scary nonetheless

@@huskiefan8950 Yes we aimed in a 45 degree angle something to see how far it could go, and it went longer than we expected.

It is technology that we've been refining since the stone age, after all.

Yeah that went through like nothing. Definitely didn't expect that. I guess I see why we've been using them for thousands of years

Would love to see some of the heavier single bevel heads on the dummy. They tend to do well in bone

Just because you saw a junk rage bend when he shot it doesn't mean anything about mechanical heads. They are a throw away head.

I know what you mean. My brother made a crossbow in woodshop out of leaf spring at Ventura High about 1972. Amazing the power it had. Love the Long Beach and Huntington Beach area 👍

I don't have anything to cite, but I think you're right about the OSS/SAS crossbow use in WW2. For medium range work they're quieter than even a suppressed rifle of that time. (today's suppressors might make that a false statement).

A bodkin point out of an 800-1000lb windlass crossbow will go through a lot of things

About 1980 a man my dad knew made a crossbow using an automotive leaf spring that shot ball bearings. It shot a bearing all the way through a 1975 Pontiac grand prix, in the driver door and out the passenger side, and it was my car!

@@pughoneycutt1986 lol ... and that was just a warning shot. Those Grand Prix were big, but very nice, memory lane. That's funny, your car. 👍 And 👌

Let me show you its features!

@@phukyerpheefees hell yeah!

There is a channel called joergsprave, he has crossbows that take magazines of bolts.

*no powder required. 😃😃😄😄

@@MattyEngland Oh yeah! I had seen some of his catapult videos in the past, but never subbed. I'm changing that today. Thanks for the suggestion

@@blacklabel3980 No worries bro, he's put out some new designs in the last 6 months or so too.

I use a killer instinct boss 405 and it shoots at 405fps

td 400 shoots about 400fps with 400grain arrow, sub-1 should be around 320-350 with 400g, if i remember right sub-1 factory arrows are 375g and shoots 350, but this depends on settings and which model of sub-1 it is

I wonder how those bows would do against modern armor.

@@MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive me too honestly

No modern armor but the Todd Cutler / Todd's Workshop, has a lot of videos of medieval crossbows against various targets.

@@MWBallsRight as I was grabbing links I see this comment getting replies XD ya’ll work fast

The main problem with the older crossbows with the crazy draw strength is that that the draw length is not that long so it’s actually pretty comparable. What actually does make the difference is the arrow itself. Tod’s Workshop has some vids on this if you’re interested as another reply mentioned. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mLtihs5435a2iYE.html

I'd love to see a regular bow

Bows are cool

How quick would you be able to make a bow in the wild?

@@KingShibe In my case, slightly longer than it would take me to starve to death.

But he Will anyways love his boomsticks and hand cannons. Lol

5:10 apparently not silent.

@@JacobHGamez true

@@joshuagibson2520 once and a while

Is he a fart now?

I concur.

True dropped my first buck this year in wisconsin with my crossbow killed him so fast he dropped on the spot

i saw a thing about it, the modern xbows are more powerful, because they have a longer time accelerating the bolt

@@andyf4292 I'm sure they are a lot more powerful, but I'd like to see the effectiveness of the older technology in action.

@@shirsh4657 have a look on Tods workshop.

To me the medieval crossbows are just a lot cooler. The retro feel gets me every time.

@@andyf4292 The bolts are definitely different though. Historical crossbow quarrels are thicc and stubby. Modern crossbows just shoot modern arrows.