Notes - Missile Weapon Standards

Editing required (remove when changes are incorporated)

• ADD to section on crossbows: "Regardless on the mundane legal ability to use crossbows, SCA Ltd's insurance policy prohibits the use of crossbows on moving targets (including people), or while mounted, in all parts of Australia"

• REMOVE footnote re Victorian crossbow legislation (no longer valid)

Angele (talk) 22:49, 26 June 2018 (NZST)

Update sections on bows to cover Society minimums not already included: Combat Archery Bows/Crossbows

1. During inspection, all equipment must have its poundage and draw physically measured with a ruler or other metered device and poundage scale.
2. Marshals must calibrate their bow scales regularly to be accurate at 30 pounds, as measurements obtained with commonly-used, standard spring-type scales can vary over time.
3. No non-Society period sights, spring/flipper rests, plunger buttons, stabilizers, clickers, or modern string release aids may be used.
4. Bows/Crossbows must be powered solely by the flex of the limbs.
5. A handbow’s power is measured at 28 inches (71 cm). If the bow cannot be drawn 28 inches (71 cm), then it cannot be used in SCA combat. (NOTE: The centre of the bow riser is not where bow weights are measured according to manufacturing standards - use Archery Manufacturing Organisation standards
6. The minimum measurement for all handbows is 20 pounds (9.1 kg) at 28 inches (71 cm).
7. The minimum measurement for all crossbows is 400”# (461 kg-cm).
8. No crossbows may have a modern pistol grip.

Angele (talk) 22:49, 26 June 2018 (NZST)

• Remove Ramen (it's a noodle)/Ramin from list of timbers or include notes that no new arrows may be made from it, but the old ones are still allowed
• Add Western Red Cedar (Thuja plicata)
• List all wood types by species as well as common names

Angele (talk) 22:49, 26 June 2018 (NZST)

Define rigid and non-rigid quivers (use rigid material standards?)

Angele (talk) 22:49, 26 June 2018 (NZST)

• Update section on missile weapons to exclude weapons prohibited by Society rule VII A 13:"No missile weapons intended to simulate firearms, slings, slingstaffs, nor atlatls can be used on the field of armored combat." Spear throwers are not allowed.

Angele (talk) 22:49, 26 June 2018 (NZST)

Notes

Lochac Archery Exemption (December 2011) The Kingdom of Lochac has permission to practice combat archery with parameters that deviate from Society Standards for arrow construction:

• The use of wooden shafted arrows
• The use of the Riverhaven II blunt design.
• Arrows that do not have Anti-Penetration Devices (APDs)

Western Red Cedar approved for combat arrows Western Red Cedar (Thuja plicata) was approved timber for making combat arrows in November 2015. Under destruction testing and testing against armoured opponents in combat scenarios, it behaved identically to, and proved to be indistinguishable from Port Orford Cedar. We only knew which was which by the labelling.

Angele (talk) 22:49, 26 June 2018 (NZST)

Discontinuation of Ramin In October 2004, international trade in all species of ramin (Gonystylus spp.), a tropical hardwood mainly found in Malaysia and Indonesia, was restricted under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), as illegal logging and trade poses a continuing threat to this species, as well as the highly threatened orangutan and Sumatran tiger that rely on these forests for habitat.

This means that importation of this timber (and finished items made from it) into Australia and New Zealand can only be done with appropriate CITES permits - export permits from the country of origin as well as import permits. They cannot be moved between countries without re-export and import permits which require the original export permit from the country of origin or a Pre-CITES certificate if the item was acquired before the timber was protected. Ramin timber and items made from ramin imported without the appropriate permits are subject to forfeiture.

Although it has proved to be a safe and cheap material for combat arrow shafts, we cannot condone the use of this timber for what is a disposable item.

From 7 July 2015, no one is to purchase ramin from timber merchants for the purposes of making SCA combat arrows. Those SCA participants who currently have stocks of legally imported ramin may use and sell what remains of their own stocks, though please consider a more permanent use than combat arrows if possible.

Marshals are asked to report on the number of ramin combat arrows in use among your participants, as well as what stockpiles of ramin shafts remain to be turned into arrows. The rate at which the supply is depleted will help us determine when a complete ban on ramin combat arrows will be implemented.

Angele (talk) 22:49, 26 June 2018 (NZST)