not so great if one is at the other end lol

@@DriftmanX hahaha true.

I find pulling half that weight at 75 pounds already mightily impressive, which is considered above the normal upper limit for modern day archery for men of my stature. But one day I hope to pull above 100 pounds, just for fun and giggles if anything at all. And I don't expect being able to consistently hit targets either. But to answer Woody. Dear don't like to be on the other end of 40 pound bows either and that's a lot less poundage XD

When they dig up bones of medieval people they can tell the archers because one of their arms are always bent. They spend their whole lives doing archery.

Prolly pretty horrific to be real

He T-Draws his 150# recurve and can get 360 yards with a 1/2" war arrow. Madness.

I bet sir robin could pull that up to 170pounds with that bow!... hehe

I think instead of pulling he is actually pushing

@Eric hoyt No doubt that he's trained those muscles to draw that bow. But watch how he draws it. He doesn't just pull the string back with his draw arm. He locks his draw arm back first and then lowers his outstretched down to finish the draw. Much easier on the draw arm that way. It's fairly easy to see on his final shot.

@Eric hoyt Oh I agree, that's more bow than I would like to deal with. I used to use a 65lb recurve and had the chance to use a 110lb once in a while. That was pushing the limits of what I could pull back without hurting myself. But a lot of it is just practice. My friend with the 110 lb bow practiced daily and had a huge bulge of a muscle on one side of his neck/shoulder to show for it.

The guy getting hit probably couldn't imagine it before he died

You won’t imagine it. It’s over lol.

“You never hear the shot that kills you.” 150 lb war bow: “It’s free real estate.”

Hints... why full plate armor was popular...

@@thgentleman9210 yeah but that's still a big force do transfer. Guy might have survived but will probably felt punched straight in the chest by some 2m behemoth

Then your pulling wrong.

Imagine how those actors in movies feel holding a war bow at full bent for 5 minutes...Wow.😀😀

@Mike Smith Naw. The English (and the Welsh, who were better bowmen) longbowmen trained with bows from an early age. Building muscle to the point where you can tell which skeletons are archers quite easily. Farm work doesn't give you enough muscle quite honestly. Or more accurately, doesn't build up the same muscles as archery.

They could have made a competition, but they had been brainwashed just like todays soldiers.

Justin Ma's The Way of Archery channel has videos that teach techniques for military-style archery with heavy military weight warbows (eg. Justin practices with 100-130 lb recurve bows). Imagine a whole army of archers or horse archers with military warbows.

@@FMeyer-zg5mg soldiers are nothing but disposable lives for warlord scum.

@@FMeyer-zg5mg And they aren't even warriors themselves most of the time. Real warriors who had command of men wouldn't play war for fun or unnecessary gain.

Mate, I shoot 500lb in my porch and I only have one arm.

Other one left with the arrow.

Care to repeat that in English please?

And I shot with a 1000lb bow an adventurer in the knee

That's me

you pretty much have to do that when drawing such a heavy bow, arm strength just isn't enough for full draw on these heavy boys. :)

yeah yeah while this guy took 51 sec to fire 3 arrows Lars probably would have shove 10 arrows up this man's ass in less than 15 seconds, hmmm I think skill is more important than the weapon, even though Lars' bow is not a war bow.

mate you could get a nerf bow more powerful than the bows Lars shoots. they'd virtually bounce off anyone who was wearing anything more than a t-shirt.

beatalet lars is fast because his bow is weak (like hedders said) and he doesn't even bring it to full draw. This guy's bow could out range lars' bow by a huge margin. In other words lars would be fucked

Eastern archery vs western archery If you ask me bothe forms have been perfected It all comes down to prefference really

Wimps

I use a 45 pound longbow to hunt. A 50 would probably be my max and i train hard everyday.

I went out and shot mine today...my fingers are killing me. The first time I've shot in a year.

Wimps

@@ElectricalExistenceatleast i can actually get game🤣🤣🤣

Who cares its all about the groupings

About at least 1500 grains I’d imagine, maybe slightly lighter or heavier than that. Warbow arrows are like 1/2 an inch thick.

archeybowman on ebay makes some of this power. Defiantly some impressive and high quality bows if my 60 lb from him is any comparison.

Kinda Korean style

Probably polyurethane foam that's very common for archery targets.

he sounds like hes from staffordshire

There's a reply to the "how fast was that arrows going?" comment that says he has a 33" draw length...

I’m guessing they’re red deer antler tines.

Not very fast because he is using very heavy war arrows. More momentum with a heavier projectile which translates into better battlefield effectiveness vs armor and such.

Actually, I would contest that. The arrows are quite heavy, yes, but so is the bow. Obviously, I can't say how heavy the arrows are exactly, but they are probably in the 1,000-1,350 grain range. For a 154 lb bow, those are not heavy. They're probably hovering around a minimum of 180 fps if they are on the heavier side, and could be moving over 200 fps if they are on the light side. These speeds are on the quick side for a longbow.

Drew Griswold Wrong! Bickerstaffe bows did tests between 90lb and 140lb bows, no difference in speed but obviously the bigger bows arrows had a lot more grunt behind them.

The heavier bows didn't shoot any faster because arrow weight was kept proportional to bow weight. A 90 lb bow may shoot a 900 grain arrow 165 fps, and a 140 lb may shoot a 1400 grain arrow at 165 fps. So the speed is the same because they are both 10 gpp. If the 140 lb bow then shot the 900 grain arrow, it would shoot much faster. Just like if the 90 lb bow shot a 600 grain arrow instead. It all depends of the gpp.

Drew Griswold If you shoot a light arrow from a heavy bow you will destroy the bow.

tjblackforest69 ABSOLUTELY NOTHING

War bows weren't intended to be particularly accurate. Forget all the Robin Hood stuff. Have 5,000 archers, each putting six arrows a minute into an area and you have a lot of destruction in that area. They weren't shooting at an individual man, they were just aiming to put their arrows into the enemy crowd at 250 yards, then at 200 yards then at 150 yards. At Agincourt the English positioned some of the best archers just in front of the main body. They were the guys that shot at the individual Frenchmen that managed to break free of the melee.

Actually killing what it hits. A 60# bow will be stopped cold by decent mail and gambeson, even at relatively close range.

"You see that army over there?" "Yes m'lord" "Thin them out for me" Yes m'lord. ARCHERS! MAKE READY!"

"I fart in your general direction"

I'm 79 I can pull 70 lb. not fer long tho....

Archery is useless on full played armor . But theres a catch , usually people who wore full plated armor tend to sacrifice mobility , therefore they need a horse , a bow can take care of the horses ..but theres an arrow that specifically for plated armor ,it will not guarentee penetration but it will increase the chance of a lucky shot .

@@gutenman7112 actually you are wrong about foot mobility in full plate harnesses, it's just the same as without the only difference is you'll have about 5 mins less longevity and a slight increase in tiredness but very minor, the average weight of the modern soldier in the battlefield is 40-60kgs, average Knights in full plate harnesses wore 20-30kgs in weight because of the advanced harnesses the weight of the armour was rested all over the body making it lighter to wear, unlike a backpack which bearing down on the shoulders. You have unfortunately fallen to fabricated mythical theorists whom dream up untruths when in reality the Knight could flex, roll, sprint, jump, climb just like any Man wearing full armour.

@@deusvult8251 where the fuck did you get the 5 min less longevity bullshit source , also the fuck you on about ?

@@deusvult8251 "modern soldiers" still use swords and plated armor ? No , then dont compare modern and medieval soldiers , because they work completely different ..

@@gutenman7112 you stand corrected with butthurt, simmer down and submit yourself, pride cometh before the fall.

He looks and sounds exactly as I'd imagine an English longbowman would, rough, straight to the point and ridiculously proficient with a bow since lads would be made to start training at around 7-8...these guys were machines

yes

Precisely. That’s 150 pounds of force he’s drawing back. Combination of good back tension and he’s probably also pushing into it a little with his left arm.

You draw a bow with your upper back muscles. If you've done wide grip behind the neck chins you have some idea.

lift weights

@@danielraven3855 weights have nothing to do with pulling a heavy bow. If u want to pull a heavy bow pull a heavy bow going to the gym does nothing

Have a look at the youtube video by Lindybeige, longbow versus breastplate- which will win?

@@shaundouglas2057: Same archer (see 12:01) /watch?v=QVO8VznqMeQ

Heavy warbows most certainly can pierce plate armor with the right arrow heads and a good hit. Easier done at like close to mid range.

@@shaundouglas2057 even if it cant pierce this thing blow up your insides or ribs from the force of the arrow