I like shooting, and I enjoy archery, but bullet beats arrow.
Arrows penetrate kevlar armor.
Rifle rounds go through soft body armour, too.
This calls for an experiment.
We will meet at a soon to be disclosed "battle ground" where I will find a Jewish archer and you with your rifle will battle to find out which is better.
Ok musket vs samurai, 1vs1.
But not ceramic plates.
Depends on the plate and the round. And how many shots are placed.
When I'm clumsy, Ceramic plates break on my kitchen floor.
Arrows will also go completely through sand bags whereas bullets will not.
Are you sure about that? I'd be interested in seeing how bullet vs arrow penetration compares at various ranges with sandbags.
Range, penitration and ease of use are why guns prevail. If arrows where better than bullets, then we wouldn't have seen guns prevail over arrows. Yes, you can reuse an arrow, but a small air rifle can take down small game far easier than an arrow. And as the caliber, and firepower of powder goes up, so does the efficiency.
This is like asking why we don't talk about horses over motor vehicles. Sure, a horse can live off easily renewable resource, but a car can do tons of things that a horse can't.
I would like to have a dirt bike over a horse any day.
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