![]() ![]() ![]() however I am convinced that they were made for sale as souveniers in chinese port towns, Google Image search "Taku Fort" and youll see a Nu in a post combat setting on the ramparts of a conquered fort with many dead chinese defenders ( British victems), the Nu is about as big as my larger ones ( $175 see other listing), this is being sold as is no returns ,It has been made with all the knowldge Ive gained so far and is a reliable crossbow but be mindful of the prod, will ship dissasembled Crossbow is finished and ready to box, no worries about me pulling the prod to fill another order, will ship within a week of recieving payment ( should be more like 2-3 days) but If you want additional bolts it may cause delays on the chance you catch me low on fieldpoints 9mm cases on a 3/8 dowell work. with adult supervision a young child can use it, the AIRSOFT GUN in the pictures is for scale purposes only to show that this is a smaller Nu but not a miniature, theres alot of old ChuKoNu's out there about this size. the Product Listing is for Nu shown, this Is the last one of these I most likely will ever make using an imported pistol prod, it is literally me using up the last parts in my shop, the reason for this is simple, the quality control on the prods suck, ( the larger "150" prods while ChiCom Imports Ive never had the slightest defect in to date) and I got sick of spending as much time as I was to make a crossbow I was selling for $105 when I pulled the plug, the prod with this Nu is showing problems, slight cracking, but works, a new prod will cost you about $15 with shipping and a string from a seller on ebay, I set this crossbow to give a shorter length of draw then I had on past ones, and it has a fairly long handle. the article doesnt show a photo of the Japanese or Korean copies, the japanese ones I have seen in a library reference book about 8 years ago had the magazine fixed to the tiller and a bar that moved along the side for cocking, If I remember it was basicly straight pulled and wouldnt have the potential for rate of fire or draw weight that a Chinese original had Other then the Polybolos shown in the Wiki article I know of no use in Europe or the Mideast and northern africa of similar weapons, this is appropriate for SCA and reenactments for those portraying east Asians, though this big Norsemans gonna be taking one up to the local SCA events I will be actively disclaiming its historical and more precisely ethnographic appropriatness in any fashion, but I do enjoy shooting it in my backyard. Ive made well over a twenty since then - the Nu you will be recieving is the ones in the pictures Chu Ko Nu by Kalen Riddle Hail Period Correctness. Simple glossary, Tiller - Stock, prod-bowlimb, Nu- chinese for crossbow, Querrel/Bolt - crossbow arrow /wiki/Chu_Ko_Nu 300BCE -to 1900 CE is a pretty long service life for a weapon The video is of my first prototype. these should be legal without a license unless I inspire a reactionist HiCap crossbow law Start by reading the Wikipedia article for a basic history of this clever weapon Im a Historical weapons geek. this will be at the top of the list Canadians, English and Germans. Small shop manufacture in the USA $85 buy it now, $18 shipping - local pickup is available If they Ever get around to banning " High capacity assault crossbows ". ![]()
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