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Originally Posted by Longbow_Gold  Yes, that's the one 
Taken from the Robin Hood Ltd site - "It is at Kirklees Priory that the supposed grave of Robin Hood can still be seen to this day."...Sadly, much of Kirklees Priory is now ruined but roughly 600 metres from the gatehouse, a medieval gravestone was found bearing a partial inscription "here lies Robard Hude..."
What kind of draw weight would it take to achieve this distance?... I remember hearing on a video clip or website, that it wasn't inconcieveable for a bow to have a draw weight of up to 200lbs (Or more) in those times, but would a bow with that high a draw weight be able to shoot an arrow almost 600 mtrs?
Willie |
That distance is in my opinion impossible with a longbow that is light enough to be drawn by a human being. The problem is that the heavier that the bow is, the heavier the arrow has to be, so you get less distance per pound from a heavy bow than a lighter one, if each is shooting a matched arrow. If you try to get around this by shooting a light arrow from a heavy bow it won't fly straight, so you won't get the distance anyway.
The GNAS record for a longbow of unlimited weight is 341 yds. For a bow of 50lbs it's 315, and for 35lbs it's 239.
So you get about an extra 85yds by going up the 15lbs from 35lbs to 50lbs but only another 25yds by going up higher than that, I don't know what weight was shot there, but 100lbs is not an unreasonable guess as I know GNAS archers who can shoot that weight.
Daniel