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Our neighbor downstairs randomly gave me this crossbow today (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/nowhereelsetoshare@sh.itjust.works
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Which is really ironic, as my late father is the formal registered inventor of the Folding Crossbow.

https://patents.google.com/patent/US4926834A/en

No, this one isn't a folding crossbow, but it does seem powerful enough to potentially be deadly. It's raining today so I'll have to wait for a good weather day and find an old used slab of wood for target practice.

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[–] 1 point 5 months ago (7 children)

I gotta warn you. That kind is prone to being fragile, assuming my eyes aren't fucked.

I've run across a handful of the no name hand crossbows over the years, and only luck has kept people from injury when they break under load.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (6 children)

    I hear ya, I have no expectations, so I'm gonna play it as safe as I can.

    I do know where the safety is and do know how to properly cock and load it. I've blank fired it (no arrow, not loaded) a few times, seems solid..

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    I don't think you're supposed to do that. Firing it with no bolt can cause a lot of stress because the released energy isn't transferred into moving a projectile.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 5 months ago

    Had to try it a couple times, because they had it strung up backwards (looped in front of the bows, not behind as supposed to be). Yeah I fixed that already.

    Not like I'm gonna blank shoot it hardly ever, but I had to try it a few times tonight to make sure I got it strung up correctly.

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