SRTT Chapter 14.1

Ruan Ning said, “It’s like this. We can’t go out now, right? I want to exercise at home.”

“You happen to be a sports major, so I would like to ask your help in formulating an exercise plan.”

Cheng Jili was a little disappointed: “What kind of help is this? Leave it to me.”

Ruan Ning smiled: “Also, is there a big difference between shooting and archery?”

“Archery?” Cheng Jili didn’t understand why Ruan Ning asked this: “Although both require aiming, archery requires muscle strength, while we rely on firepower when shooting.”

Ruan Ning asked curiously: “Have you ever tried archery?”

Cheng Jili nodded: “I had a friend who liked this before, and I played it twice.”

Ruan Ning’s eyes lit up: “How about you come to my house and give it a try?”

Cheng Jili looked surprised: “Do you have a bow?”

Ruan Ning nodded and took Cheng Jili to her home practice room.

The layout of this room was very simple. In Cheng Jili’s opinion, it was just like playing for fun. She was not surprised that Ruan Ning was running a gym. She just picked up the recurve bow on the table.

“Is this a recurve bow? The last time I played with it was a compound bow.” Cheng Jili touched the sight: “That one has a labor-saving pulley, and the accuracy will be higher.”

Ruan Ning: “I read in a book that this is suitable for beginners.”

Cheng Jili didn’t quite understand: “Maybe, how many pounds is this?”

Ruan Ning replied: “24.”

Cheng Jili suddenly realized: “That is indeed suitable for beginners. Do you have any other bows?”

Ruan Ning nodded: “Yes, there is also a 32-pound recurve bow, a 50-pound bow, and a 70-pound compound bow.”

Cheng Jili was shocked: “So many. Why do you keep so many bows and arrows at home?”

Ruan Ning said casually: “My ex-boyfriend played with it. He didn’t take it away, so I brought it over when I moved.”

Cheng Jili nodded to express her understanding, picked up an arrow, and stood at the other end of the room in a posture.

It could be seen that she had indeed played twice, but only twice.

With a ‘whoosh’ sound, the arrow penetrated straight to the edge of the target and was firmly nailed to it.

Although she didn’t hit the bull’s eye, her result was much better than Ruan Ning’s.

A look of surprise flashed across her face: “It’s true that the person who is learning to shoot is different. I can’t do it at all.”

Cheng Jili said shyly: “No, I am strong. This poundage is relatively easy for me, and the room is small. I usually practice with a 50-meter air/rifle/gun.”

Ruan Ning did not hesitate to flatter her: “Anyway, it’s amazing. It’s just amazing.”

Cheng Jili chuckled, thought for a while, and said, “Ning Ning, are you practicing this because you feel the current situation is not good, and you want to have a weapon?”

Ruan Ning indeed thought so. The most important thing was that bows and arrows were long-range weapons, while nail guns were for close combat.

She didn’t know how to modify it. The nail gun she had on hand could only be fired if there was an obstruction in front of it, which meant she had to press it on a person’s forehead before it could shoot out nails.

In the end of the world, the consequence of this was that this person would die. Even if she shot the nail out of the leg, it would be as difficult as climbing to the sky.

The advantage of the bow and arrow was that she was safer.

Cheng Jili rarely said seriously: “I think your two recurve bows can be used for practice. The poundage is too small. Compound bows are made of modern technology and are more powerful. Moreover, the same poundage has multiple times the lethality of recurve bows. If you really want to fight, you still need to practice more with compound bows.”

“It’s just that its structure is more complicated, not as simple as the recurve.”

Ruan Ning nodded: “I understand.”

After Cheng Jili finished speaking, she picked up the ‘Brief Introduction to Bow and Arrow’ on the table and flipped through it: “Let me study this. Maybe I can learn it better and then teach you.”

Ruan Ning’s face lit up with joy: “No problem.”

In the afternoon, the two of them exercised together for half a day.

 

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Translator’s Encyclopedia:

Recurve Bow

A recurve bow is one of the main shapes a bow can take, with limbs that curve away from the archer when unstrung. A recurve bow stores more energy and delivers energy more efficiently than the equivalent straight-limbed bow, giving a greater amount of energy and speed to the arrow.

A recurve bow is as close to survivalist, self-reliant hunting bow you can get without entirely abandoning technology. These are relatives of the earliest bow hunting, dating back thousands of years.

The modern recurve is the only form of bow permitted in the Olympics (though the compound bow is permitted in some categories at the Paralympic Games) and is the most widely used by European and Asian sporting archers.

 

Compound Bow

A compound bow is a bow that uses a levering system, usually of cables and pulleys, to bend the limbs. Compound bows are widely used in target practice and hunting.

The pulley/cam system grants the user a mechanical advantage, and so the limbs of a compound bow are much stiffer than those of a recurve bow or longbow. This rigidity makes the compound bow more energy-efficient than traditional bows, as less energy is dissipated in limb movement.

Since they do not rely on physical strength as much, compound bows allow more accuracy and power from a greater distance. That means related skills, like stealth and concealment, are less critical. A compound bow also allows more customization than a traditional bow.

 

 

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