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11 December 2011, 16:04
Not enough here to make a thread but just a snippet of info I thought worth sharing.
We currently are limited by law to 12 ft pound air rifles in the UK, and hunting with bows is illegal. But AFTER a societal collapse and the failure of the rule of law when feeding your family is more important than being politically correct members of the " Ban it" club, things will change.
So FYI
Legal UK air rifle = 12 ft pounds
FAC rated air rifle = up to 30 ft pounds
But compare those figures with standard out of the box LEGAL crosbows
120 Lb draw recurve = 45 to 55 ft pound
150 Lb draw recurve = 65 ft pounds average
150 Lb draw compound = 105 to 112 ft pounds
175 Lb draw recurve = 116 to 133 ft pounds
A decent mid quality crossbow with a decent sighting system is a major advance in the food procurement stakes over an air rifle AFTER TSHTF.
We currently are limited by law to 12 ft pound air rifles in the UK, and hunting with bows is illegal. But AFTER a societal collapse and the failure of the rule of law when feeding your family is more important than being politically correct members of the " Ban it" club, things will change.
So FYI
Legal UK air rifle = 12 ft pounds
FAC rated air rifle = up to 30 ft pounds
But compare those figures with standard out of the box LEGAL crosbows
120 Lb draw recurve = 45 to 55 ft pound
150 Lb draw recurve = 65 ft pounds average
150 Lb draw compound = 105 to 112 ft pounds
175 Lb draw recurve = 116 to 133 ft pounds
A decent mid quality crossbow with a decent sighting system is a major advance in the food procurement stakes over an air rifle AFTER TSHTF.