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Sunday 4 March 2012

My repeating crossbow

Well then, since we are still on the crossbow thematic - Thats my repeating crossbow  with pump action mechanism. We made it quite a while ago. Well it wasn't me either - the woodwork was done by a carpenter, the trigger by a machine shop worker. Now i don't have the schematics since it wasn't done by me( i was mostly observer), and i can't disassemble it entirely - the trigger is screwed in, but i will take a photo session to show how the parts go.
Its very simple and easier to make than the the lever action crossbow - the chinese chu ko ni. A bit lacking in power but thats mostly because well - none of us knows how exactly to dry wood for bows, and it takes both hands to cock it.
 Magazine holds a good half a dozen bolts though you can stuff in more(I don't overload it).

Here's a video of it working - firing a 5 bolt clip.
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10 comments:

  1. Outcast4 March 2012 at 04:23

    Man this crossbow is actually class, I never knew crossbows could be that cool like, amazing video too buddy.

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  2. R4 March 2012 at 04:39

    Great crossbow!

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  3. ray7 March 2012 at 02:33

    This isn't a very powerfull crossbow though. The bolt is starting to fall prety fast after lauch:>

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  4. Vague Raconteur8 March 2012 at 09:15

    Pump-action crossbow? Man, I love Asians and their wacky inventions. <3

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  5. psychology-knowledge9 March 2012 at 09:59

    That`s awesome, mate. But how accurate these things are? Have you tried to shoot a dartboard with that?

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  6. CErixsson11 March 2012 at 06:28

    looks great! love your blog, you got a new follower :D +1

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  7. hungarian LARPfag14 March 2012 at 17:30

    If you want to build another repeating crossbow in the future maybe this will help:
    http://i44.tinypic.com/j9ua10.jpg

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  8. Shash14 March 2012 at 22:24

    Thats's a lever variant hungarian LARPfag. I decided against it for our first attempt because of the more complex construction.

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  9. hungarian LARPfag15 March 2012 at 06:24

    it's not THAT complex if you look at that pic, and easier to operate in my opinion

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  10. Joshua E. Bourne27 October 2015 at 08:57

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