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I REALLY hate to have to keep on disillusioning people, but there is simply no way in hell anybody living in Mongolia in the 1200s (or now for that matter) was ever gonna draw a 166 lb bow. Figure about 110 lbs, absolute max and about 70 - 80 lbs for normal.
I'm perfectly fine being delusional about it.
I wasn't around during the 1200s. I figure today people would rather carry a gun or rifle. Seems a bit easier to carry these days.
When I talk to Eleanor Roosevelt the next time around, I'll ask her whether she can channel herself into a Mongolian Warrior. Just so I can ask for next week's thread.
(notice: this is not my official welcome. It is for use during the holidays)
I have to agree. No way you could get a majority of a male population able to make that kind of pull. English longbowmen who likewise trained from a young age used a bow with only an 80-100 lb pull, and that was considered unusual. But 166 pounds? On horseback? Wow. I suspect that some of those bows may have been capable of pulls that heavy, but I'm betting they generally weren't drawn to that point.