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[phoenixuk]

Well after much fiddling and experimentation, i appear to have hit on a setup that works for  my archery squad. I'm now seeing 2-4 dwarves using archery targets at a time, and have't seen the dreaded "Soldier (cannot follow order)" for a few hours.

 - 10 marksdwarves, all assigned leather armour and crossbows
 - large barracks containing 5 archery targets, 3 armour stands, 3 weapon racks, weapon stockpile, ammo stockpile
 - All archery targets set to "T" only
 - Armour stands and weapon racks set to "TIQ"
 - Ammunition screen
                  Bone bolts (50)   T
                  Wood bolts (50)  T
                  Metal bolts (50)  C
 - Two craftshops with bone bolt on repeat, and wood bolt when i have excess trees
 - Unimportant metals such as copper are turned into bolts immediately
 - Max of 5 training dwarves at a time.

I am convinced this is something to do with the ammunition assignment, as it was tweaking this number that made the largest difference. I am also seeing "Archery demonstrations" regularly, which is nice.