could ancient bows out-kill modern handguns?

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View Poll Results :are guns more powerful than bows and arrows?
yes 12 28.57%
no 6 14.29%
depending on circumstances, bows yes, guns yes 24 57.14%
Voters: 42. You may not vote on this poll

 
March 9th, 2006   #41
zander_0633
 
 
Yeah, I belive it is the BOw! Having been using it since ancient times till now, it proves to be the most versatile weapon and popular weapon!



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March 10th, 2006   #42
MightyMacbeth
 
 
naaaaaaaaaah 8)


~when a man does his best, what else is there? Gen.George S.Patton

 
March 11th, 2006   #43
zander_0633
 
 
OH! why do your say that Mightymacbeth?
 
March 11th, 2006   #44
Missileer
 
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by zander_0633
OH! why do your say that Mightymacbeth?
Because they're too hard to load into a clip or magazine in numbers of 20 to hundreds and the tracers don't last long enough to fire.





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—John Stuart Mill
 
March 11th, 2006   #45
zander_0633
 
 
ok! thanks!
 
March 11th, 2006   #46
MightyMacbeth
 
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Missileer
Because they're too hard to load into a clip or magazine in numbers of 20 to hundreds and the tracers don't last long enough to fire.
simply put. Not one thing less, and not one thing more 8)
 
March 12th, 2006   #47
zander_0633
 
 
Arrows can they be fitted with fire so as to act as tracers in the night?
 
March 12th, 2006   #48
MightyMacbeth
 
 
oh ja 8)
 
March 12th, 2006   #49
Missileer
 
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by zander_0633
Arrows can they be fitted with fire so as to act as tracers in the night?
Arrows with cloth soaked in pitch and set afire burned many a ship at sea by pretty much every early Navy since people learned to make sails.
 
March 13th, 2006   #50
MightyMacbeth
 
 
yeah and umm.. Greek fire was a biggie