with a coiled spring inside of a tube. It has sights and a buttstock and trigger, just like a crossbow, but you can HIDE it, on a sling under your arm, under a coat, by folding the buttstock. you can also use it from cover, or out of a window, which cant be done (worth a hoot) with a crossbow. The HARD part, which I am going to sell commercially, is making such a weapon be a rapidfire repeater.
This weapon is nearly silent, pierces concealed body armor, is deadly to 40m or so, CAN fire 3 shots in 1 second, is capable of reliably hitting a rabbit to 25m. It also features "ammo" that you can make yourself, and each 'bolt" or "round" is reusable many times, too. YOU can make the basic weapon yourself, (easily, if you settle for a single shot version) out of easily-obtained general-hardware materials. With this springbow for big game (and livestock, dogs and men) and a pellet rifle for birds and small game, you can do quite well after shtf (shyte hits the fan). You can certainly use it to TAKE a rifle from some soldier.
This weapon is nearly silent, pierces concealed body armor, is deadly to 40m or so, CAN fire 3 shots in 1 second, is capable of reliably hitting a rabbit to 25m. It also features "ammo" that you can make yourself, and each 'bolt" or "round" is reusable many times, too. YOU can make the basic weapon yourself, (easily, if you settle for a single shot version) out of easily-obtained general-hardware materials. With this springbow for big game (and livestock, dogs and men) and a pellet rifle for birds and small game, you can do quite well after shtf (shyte hits the fan). You can certainly use it to TAKE a rifle from some soldier.