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[phylodog]

How long until this is legal during archery season?

Jim Shockey Takes Down Buffalo With All-New Game-Changing Airbow! [VIDEO] - Outdoor Overload

 

[trophy hunter]

too soon

 

[midget]

the butt hurt on archery talk is hilarious

 

[bocefus78]

^I bailed on AT long ago. I can only imagine.

I'll admit I've quit keeping up with archery tech, but how much faster is that at 450, than the fastest xbow?

 

[cschwanz]

100+ at least. I don't think many crossbows are getting over 350fps

 

[Tryin']

Tuning fixed blades for that is going to be a whole new experience. . .

 

[MRP2003]

Using the airbow be considered legal during archery season?

 

[phylodog]

Using the airbow be considered legal during archery season?

Not right now but I'm sure it will be eventually. Incrementally our society can justify anything given enough time. I'd tend to think archery would require the use of a string to propel an arrow but I also believe humans born with nuts are males and apparently that's no longer true.

 

[Richwon4]

Absolutely Stupid. I am sure in a few years idiots will make it legal and more idiots will buy them.

 

[midget]

Absolutely Stupid. I am sure in a few years idiots will make it legal and more idiots will buy them.

Why is it stupid?

 

[Mark-DuCo]

This in no way fits the definition of a bow (from Websters dictionary: bow - a weapon that is made of a strip of flexible material (as wood) with a cord connecting the two ends and holding the strip bent and that is used to propel an arrow)

I don't have a problem with this product, it is pretty neat, but do not try to pass it off as a type of bow. It has way more in common with an air rifle or even a firearm. I think I'm going to shoot my 5.56 Smokelesspowderbow later tonight.

 

[Zoub]

I could see it as an option during muzzle loader season.

 

[mkgr22]

If you tied a string to the "arrow", it would be an airgun imitation of a line-throwing rifle.

 

[midget]

I want one to play around with. Wouldn't likely ever hunt with it...

 

[Whitsettd8]

Excalibur had a bow shooting 405 and Barnett e has one pushing 410 so it's not to much faster than the fastest right now.

 

[Mycroft]

So it's basically a pneumatic spear gun.

 

[eric001]

Pneumatic arrow-launching gun? Simply put, Why??

If I had the $$ to throw into a super-fast arrow-launching anything, I'd go with some version of this:

[video=youtube;E1FuK7NmEtc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1FuK7NmEtc[/video]

I doubt you could notice the difference between 450 and 425fps, and the Scorpyd will work shot after shot, all day long. No worrying about an uber-pressurized air tank springing a leak, or only getting a few shots at full power either.

 

[dtkw]

If it needs two shots to kill a big game, then I think I 'd pass.

 

[BigBoxaJunk]

It apparently doesn't take ghost-like stealth to get close to the alert and wily "wild" bison.

I remember steers on the farm that were harder to get that close to.

 

[diavic]

Hopefully never. I don't think crossbows should be considered archery equipment.

They do look like they would be fun to play around with.