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To: Free ThinkerNY

Crossbows deal heavy damage. Hard to believe he’s not dead. Must have mithril shirt.


5 posted on 08/30/2011 12:34:54 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (The USSR spent itself into bankruptcy and collapsed -- and aren't we on the same path now?)
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To: ClearCase_guy

The article said he was shirtless.

Maybe he has an Adamantium Skeleton or Bark Skin.


18 posted on 08/30/2011 12:41:53 PM PDT by WayneS (Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm. -- James Madison)
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To: ClearCase_guy

I was on an operation in Africa in 1984. We were drinking beer in a hotel bar with some Legionnaires. One guy, a Brit, showed me a copy of “Soldier of Fortune” magazine with an advert for some top of the line crossbows. He told me he wanted me to order 30 of them for his platoon. I told him I couldn’t do it because of my delicate position and besides, I didn’t have an arms dealers license. He said he didn’t care and he would see me the following week with the cash. He wanted me to change almost $1000 in CFA (French West African currency). Fortunately, I rotated out of there before our next meeting. Don’t want to get on those boys’ wrong side.


23 posted on 08/30/2011 12:48:00 PM PDT by Ax
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To: ClearCase_guy

It is only because it was a gut shot.

I bet they never catch the cross-bow guy, they deal damage almost as well as a hand gun but no one ever hears them go off ... which is what usually leads to someone witnessing a shooter and their eventual capture.

Makes me wonder what they were doing driving around with a cross-bow in their front seat to begin with. Hunting?


26 posted on 08/30/2011 12:52:52 PM PDT by dila813
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To: ClearCase_guy

From what I gather the shooter probably did not have a hunting broadhead installed on the bolt. Otherwise I think the rock thrower would have bled out.

But my knowledge is limited to regular bows and this was back when nobody even used a release(I’m talkin’ 25 years ago).


27 posted on 08/30/2011 12:53:25 PM PDT by snuffy smiff (Socialism is the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Depends on the size of the bolt, the size of the crossbow, and the tension configuration. I’ve seen tiny handheld crossbows that couldn’t pierce a chicken thigh, but of course could still kill you if the bolt was poisoned.


55 posted on 08/30/2011 1:23:31 PM PDT by dangus
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To: ClearCase_guy

Maybe a target bolt not the one with razor blades.


59 posted on 08/30/2011 1:27:04 PM PDT by dangerdoc (see post #6)
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To: ClearCase_guy

It is tough to find mithril these days. Too many Balrogs in the deep mines.


71 posted on 08/30/2011 1:49:43 PM PDT by Sawdring
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To: ClearCase_guy

No, it was an Arrow shirt.


76 posted on 08/30/2011 2:00:34 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie
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