How exactly did longbows, known for requiring significant arm strength, end up becoming the Default Female Protagonist Weapon? Is it just Hunger Games?
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A medieval archer would likely be very impressed by a compound bow's power and accuracy but disturbed by how if it gets broken or damaged (which is substantially more likely than in a bow with fewer moving parts) he'd have no fucking idea how to fix it
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And, you know, a good old fashioned Winchester bolt-action rifle -- which is substantially *older* technology than a compound bow -- would be WAY MORE impressive to him and much more effective at winning any war your hypothetical time traveler was going back to fight
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From my perspective, the technology exists to enhance the archer's accuracy and ability, since we're not medieval soldiers. I mean, we might ask what's the point of a semi-auto handgun, when a single action revolver is more historically romantic.
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Well, sure, this was from the POV of someone whose entry to the hobby was making bows so it's not the same as just having fun shooting
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