Crossbows Vs Bows

Which is better?

Crossbow

Pro: 
  • Easier to use with no skills
  • Compact
  • Lighter ammo
Con:
  • Smaller ammo harder to find to reuse
  • Need lubrication oil
  • Shorter range and less accurate
  • Less cool than bows

Bow

Pro:
  • Better range and accuracy
  • Arrows easy to find
  • Multi shot
  • Quicker to repeat fire (depending on skill and type of bow/crossbow)
  • Can be used as melee weapon
  • Ammo can be used as melee weapons without bow
  • Can easily make your own arrows 
Con:
  • Large
  • Can't cock arrows
  • Heavier ammo and weapon

Tags: Archery, Bow, Crossbow

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Permalink Reply by Jericho Syndrome on September 25, 2010 at 7:28pm
crossbow- a gun before it was called a gun.....

bow- excuses to wear green tights.....
Permalink Reply by LazerScythe on September 26, 2010 at 4:00am
Rob [from the] Zombie[s] give to the survivors
Permalink Reply by James Cameron Clamp on September 26, 2010 at 9:45am
bows/compound bows
hard to aim and fire but they can kill a zombie.

crossbow
easier to use and fire but ammo is harder to find.

ammo
it's all reusable as long as you don't break the shaft. the tip can be gone but the torque behind them is enough to go through the weak point in the skull.
Permalink Reply by LazerScythe on October 20, 2010 at 3:18pm
Both are pretty good but crossbows have too many parts which could be damaged. bows only have 3: limbs, string and aiming device.
Permalink Reply by Milo Foxie on September 28, 2010 at 1:12am
Crossbow: More power than Bow but harder to load.
twice as accurate as a bow even an infant could hit the target, infact it's more accurate than most guns in my experiance.(Exageration)

Bow: amuniton is harder to make but easier to find after firing,
the bow is also easier to packdown and is far more compact than a crossbow but is worse in close quaters.

I've fired both and have yet to see a Bow that you can use in Hand to hand... please... tell me where you got this information so i can brutally murder the moron who told you all the wrong information.
Permalink Reply by LazerScythe on September 29, 2010 at 11:03am
I bolted a Boker Savannah Fixed Hunting Knife to each end and used it as a double sided sword, worked pretty well. Also in the Film Avatar the girl has a bow with a knives on the end.
Permalink Reply by Milo Foxie on October 10, 2010 at 1:04am
There is a huge differeance between real life and the movies mate, i have issues with that, but interesting, i was assuming unmodified, though i would like to see how that effecs how it fires.
Permalink Reply by LazerScythe on October 10, 2010 at 4:48am
It makes the bow heavier and less accurate cos they shake a bit which increase the shock power
Permalink Reply by Milo Foxie on October 11, 2010 at 4:34am
Shock power? what? do you mean Draw Power? or the arrows Impact?

or by shock do you mean how cool it looks?
Permalink Reply by LazerScythe on October 11, 2010 at 12:52pm
Sorry I meant recoil
Permalink Reply by Eric Huls on September 29, 2010 at 11:48am
uh crossbows have better accuracy than bows, but they take longer to load.
Permalink Reply by Sabah Love on September 30, 2010 at 7:43pm
I think bow are easier to use by anyone who are familiar with it or happen to used it before... But crossbow are pretty complicated in use (except the automatic crossbow). Anyway, both of these weapons would give difficulties to the beginner users... I would prefer bow cause I used to practice for archery on High School... :)

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