Steve Teale wrote:
Walter, I think you understate the arrow. Often they had barbs, and
they were not as well sterilized as a bullet that had been propelled
by hot gas, so getting them out and surviving was non-trivial.
Perhaps I do. I am no expert on either guns or archery, not even close.
But I can point out that in practically every case, expert archers were
eager to replace them with guns, any guns, even primitive
muzzle-loaders. In battles of guns vs archers, the guns nearly always
won even when heavily outnumbered.
