Book 28. (1 results) Kur of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 36 | 28 | It is accurate to two View more quotes about hundred">hundred yards and, at that range, can sink an iron-piled shaft four inches into a wooden stump. |
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Book 28. (7 results) Kur of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 36 | 25 | It has a remarkable rapidity of fire, far superior to its common Gorean competitor, the shoulder bow, or crossbow. |
| 36 | 26 | In the time it takes to fire and reload the shoulder bow, even with a stirrup load, as opposed to a windlass load, it can fire several missiles. |
| 36 | 27 | A sense of the range of the weapon is given by the fact that a peasant can fire a dozen missiles into the air before the first falls back to earth. |
| 36 | 28 | It is accurate to two hundred yards and, at that range, can sink an iron-piled shaft four inches into a wooden stump. |
| 36 | 29 | "I prefer an ax," said Grendel. |
| 36 | 30 | "That is because you want to be next to what you cut and kill," said Cabot. |
| 36 | 31 | "The shaft is not weighty," said Lord Grendel. |
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It has a remarkable rapidity of fire, far superior to its common Gorean competitor, the shoulder bow, or crossbow.
In the time it takes to fire and reload the shoulder bow, even with a stirrup load, as opposed to a windlass load, it can fire several missiles.
A sense of the range of the weapon is given by the fact that a peasant can fire a dozen missiles into the air before the first falls back to earth.
It is accurate to two hundred yards and, at that range, can sink an iron-piled shaft four inches into a wooden stump.
"I prefer an ax," said Grendel.
"That is because you want to be next to what you cut and kill," said Cabot.
"The shaft is not weighty," said Lord Grendel.
- (Kur of Gor)