Arrows?

[PhDBrewer]

This is one of the oldest firearm known to shoot arrows.
Great write up by Michael Trommer. (As usual!)
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=7499

 

[Flint62Smoothie]

An original:

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=15788&highlight=arrows


See here for an old post of someone here shootin’ arrows out of a hand gonne:

https://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/threads/arrows-in-handgonnes-work-real-well.19263/

 

[TobJohn]

The Chinese and Koreans used them as some of the first MLRS system:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huo_Che

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hwacha

 

[rickystl]

Period experiments shooting arrows from a gonne seem to be a natural progression from the crossbow.

Rick

 

[smoothshooter]

You might want to have a look at Robert Held's Age of Firearms. I don't recall what exactly is in there, but Held is likely to have something.

Robert Held’s book “ The Age of Firearms “ is the single best reference for firearms and gunpowder development and use from their inception through the 1870’s.
The peripheral information included therein about warfare, politics, superstitions, human behavior, and the various social classes is fascinating and sometimes pretty funny. Possibly the most enjoyable book I have ever read. I still pull it out and read parts of it at times.
The book contains copies many period woodcuts and very high quality detailed drawings of the guns and related items. The detailed drawings were done by the author’s VERY skilled wife.
This book was the very first book on the subject matter I ever got. I was 13 years old at the time. (I am 68 now).
Copies are still available on the internet, surprisingly. Not very expensive either. I bought a spare in excellent condition for something like $18 or $23 or something like that. They are typically large, soft cover.
I cannot recommend this book highly enough.

 

[Rudyard]

Robert Held’s book “ The Age of Firearms “ is the single best reference for firearms and gunpowder development and use from their inception through the 1870’s.
The peripheral information included therein about warfare, politics, superstitions, human behavior, and the various social classes is fascinating and sometimes pretty funny. Possibly the most enjoyable book I have ever read. I still pull it out and read parts of it at times.
The book contains copies many period woodcuts and very high quality detailed drawings of the guns and related items. The detailed drawings were done by the author’s VERY skilled wife.
This book was the very first book on the subject matter I ever got. I was 13 years old at the time. (I am 68 now).
Copies are still available on the internet, surprisingly. Not very expensive either. I bought a spare in excellent condition for something like $18 or $23 or something like that. They are typically large, soft cover.
I cannot recommend this book highly enough.

I agree it is a good reference , My ones hard cover you can never have too good a library .certainly paid me having one and that one was one of the first along with J .N .Georges ' English Guns & Rifles 'closely followed by Blackmores' British Military Firearms '50 shillings net . and his 'Guns & rifles of the world" both bought 1966 & for the sporting side Eric Parkers revised 9th Edition of Lt Col Hawkers ' Instructions to young sportsmen ". Now I must have two hundred useful works & some I contributed to the author's Being ever happy to aid them create such useful works for us all 'Students of arms ' as De Witt Bailey modestly added to his letter heads
Rudyard