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A lot of people in the middle of the Bell Curve on this one
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Because you can give 200 random guys a musket, teach them how to use it, and have an effective fighting force in a couple months. A bow takes years of strength building and technical training.
That's the impression I had, but OP seems to be disputing it, implying that they were superior even ignoring logistics, which I'm not sure I buy.