The Men of the Sea.....

[Lindolirian]

Oh, I've done a good bit of research about English longbows. Actually, that's one of the reasons I started this thread, as the longest recorded shot with an English longbow was 487 yards in 1919, which really makes me wonder how far a longbow made of steel could shoot!

Wow. 487. Well, I don't know too much about those things, but steel would make quite a difference and I agree with one of your other questions: How much strength would that require to pull? Probably a machine, but who knows, the Numenoreans were very tall and proportionally strong, especially if they have been trained for years (as one might expect in the Numenorean Archer Corps).