Posts: 1 Location: United States
Fri 28 Oct, 2016 3:06 pm
Please help with identification of antique crossbow
Posts: 201 Location: Los Angeles
Fri 28 Oct, 2016 6:52 pm
The pics of the string, especially the 2nd to last pic sure look like it's a stonebow or pellet bow.
That and the sights lead me to believe it's a birding bow, probably Victorian, but that's just a guess.
Check out The Book of the Crossbow by Ralph Payne-Gallwey for more info.
Or it's little brother The Crossbow: Its Military and Sporting History, Construction and Use by the same author.
Both available on Amazon.
NB. The Crossbow has a rather nice 16th century Italian Stonebow on it's cover.
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