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<blockquote data-quote="Konrad" data-source="post: 489739" data-attributes="member: 26549"><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Not to throw any wood on the fire but…traditionally, a crossbow bolt is of times also referred to as a quarrel due to the square shape of its head (armor piercing). This same point is also referred to as "bodkin" point on medieval arrows. The design was purely for warfare and did not have a hunting application.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">My brief research shows a true arrow derives lift from use of fletching verses a bolt having a bare "shaft". I believe the term "bolt" is indeed a carry over from medieval times, carelessly carried over but there it is.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Technically, any projectile wearing vanes or feathers is an arrow.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Modern catalogs differentiate between bolts and arrows by the type of nock the fletched projectile wears. In modern parlance, any projectile that clips or snaps onto the string and can hang from the string by nock alone is termed an arrow. Many archery suppliers sell "bolts" wearing either flat or half moon type nocks that do not attach to the string.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">The projectile is held in the firing position by virtue of friction between the cock vane or feather and the rail groove.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Vernacular…fun stuff!</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Konrad, post: 489739, member: 26549"] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Not to throw any wood on the fire but…traditionally, a crossbow bolt is of times also referred to as a quarrel due to the square shape of its head (armor piercing). This same point is also referred to as “bodkin” point on medieval arrows. The design was purely for warfare and did not have a hunting application.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]My brief research shows a true arrow derives lift from use of fletching verses a bolt having a bare “shaft”. I believe the term “bolt” is indeed a carry over from medieval times, carelessly carried over but there it is.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Technically, any projectile wearing vanes or feathers is an arrow.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Modern catalogs differentiate between bolts and arrows by the type of nock the fletched projectile wears. In modern parlance, any projectile that clips or snaps onto the string and can hang from the string by nock alone is termed an arrow. Many archery suppliers sell “bolts” wearing either flat or half moon type nocks that do not attach to the string.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]The projectile is held in the firing position by virtue of friction between the cock vane or feather and the rail groove.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Vernacular…fun stuff![/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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