Book 26. (1 results) Witness of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 31 | 645 | This bow, on the other View more quotes about hand">hand, once set, like a firearm, remains ready for fire. |
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Book 26. (7 results) Witness of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 31 | 642 | They could be drawn with two hands, the bow held down, a foot in the stirrup. |
| 31 | 643 | It would take a moment, of course, to free the bow, to draw it, to set it, to extract a quarrel from the quiver, to arm it. |
| 31 | 644 | The long bow, naturally, has a much greater rapidity of fire. |
| 31 | 645 | This bow, on the other hand, once set, like a firearm, remains ready for fire. |
| 31 | 646 | It is useful in cramped spaces, in close quarters, in room-to-room fighting. |
| 31 | 647 | It is an alert weapon, responsive to the trigger; its opportunity need not be more prolonged than the movement of the target across a passageway; it is a patient weapon; it can wait quietly, motionlessly, for a long time, for its target to appear. |
| 31 | 648 | The two new bowmen set their feet in the bow stirrup, grasping the cable with two hands, one on each side of the guide. |
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They could be drawn with two hands, the bow held down, a foot in the stirrup.
It would take a moment, of course, to free the bow, to draw it, to set it, to extract a quarrel from the quiver, to arm it.
The long bow, naturally, has a much greater rapidity of fire.
This bow, on the other hand, once set, like a firearm, remains ready for fire.
It is useful in cramped spaces, in close quarters, in room-to-room fighting.
It is an alert weapon, responsive to the trigger; its opportunity need not be more prolonged than the movement of the target across a passageway; it is a patient weapon; it can wait quietly, motionlessly, for a long time, for its target to appear.
The two new bowmen set their feet in the bow stirrup, grasping the cable with two hands, one on each side of the guide.
- (Witness of Gor)