Years ago I met a girl who lived in Sarajevo during the siege and she told me that they were using bows as well as assault rifles on the front lines as they shot through sand bags and water butts when bullets didn't - I needed to find out for myself; do arrows do things bullets can't?

I looked at this quickly in an earlier film but guns are tricky here in Europe, so Curt at the the VSO Gun Channel offered to do the firearms side in one film in the US and I did the arrows side over here in the UK and we spliced the films together; but with our own versions - two for the price of one!

Check out the very cool VSO film here    • Arrows are Better than Bullets? With ...  

Please also excuse my 'village idiot' look for the links into Curts film - I have no idea what happened and I see no reason any of you have to mention it!

The Lockdown Longbow series of films uses a crossbow that shoots medieval weight arrows at the same speeds as a 160lbs English War Longbow and allows me to run a series of trials against armour and all things medieval longbow related. The first film in the series starts here    • CRAZY idea... War bow archers - turn ...  

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