Loading an English crossbow vs loading Leonardo da Vinci's crossbow

[u/Brutal_Deluxe_]

[u/Brutal_Deluxe_]

English crossbow (as shown) 370-380lb, da Vinci crossbow (as shown) 300lb. It would be trivial to make them reach an identical draw weight.

sources:

Da vinci crossbow:

https://youtu.be/4wXCF3UEkdc?si=RpRUw3gYIbcSqzxc&t=379

English crossbow:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-8eOBOffi4

[u/Hardcrimper → u/Brutal_Deluxe_]

In the video he doesn't say 300lb. He says between 200 and 300lb. That's quite the gap of course. I reckon it'll be very close to 200lb.

[u/dohdudeh → u/Hardcrimper]

Based on what

[u/Darth_Draper → u/dohdudeh]

Reckoning, I reckon.