Is it really Bows or Guns??

[Scythe13]

I totally understand what you're saying, even if it did take a few return journies to get through it all.

To put it very simply, from my side/view, I have a much better chance of making an arrow or spear, than I do of making gun powder. I wouldn't have a clue where to start, or anything like that.

I'd have to get a musket or something to use black powder. Getting a gun would be worthwhile until the bullets ran out. Then the gun would become nothing more than an expensive deterent or hammer.

With a bow, I would be able to rip off some small core tube, stick on some flights, get a sharp enough stick to ram down the front of it, then hey presto, a crappy arrow. No doubt it would suck! But it's better than running over and hitting a person with the butt of my gun.

As for fixing or building a bow, the process has been meticulously lined in many books. It would obviously take much time to perfect, but it would be possible to build a simple one that could be good for maybe 20 shots. Then you build another one, better quality, until you have good skills.

At the end of the day, I'm going to be 100 times better at building a bow and arrow system, with some paracord and a knife, while in the woods, than I will be at making a gun with some paracord and a knife.

I'd love to be able to make bullets. I'd spend all weekend doing so if I could. Same with making the propellant. Saturday is propellant day. Sunday is shell and bullet tip day. But I neither have the materials, machine, or expertise. I can however, buy bows and arrows and spare parts over the weekend. An arrow might be good for a few uses. 100 arrows, 3 uses an arrow, that's 300 shots. 100 bullets, 1 shot a bullet, 100 shots. The stopping power is greater, but the longevity not so much.

If this was America and we could freely buy guns, I'd be stocking ammo. Since it's not.........arrows it is.