04-01-2005, 11:38 AM
I'm a slingers' fan!<br>
To add to what Goffredo wrote I remember reading somewhere that sling bullets were also much feared because you couldn't see them, contrary to javelins, arrows(to a lesser extent) and other implements of destruction..<br>
I seems that they also produced septic wounds very fast and were hard to remove when they pierced the skin and lodged just under it.<br>
Not to mention the fact that slingers were able to achieve pinpoint accuracy at quite considerable distances and could probably maintain a rate of fire as high or higher than archers.<br>
And I as I mentioned several times before, the sling is a perfect weapon: never jams, never runs out of ammo, waterproof, nearly undestructible, small (very small) size and light (very light) weight, easily concealable, and almost totally silent.<br>
The only drawback I see is that if it's easy to use a sling, that is throw a stone in the general direction of where you want it to go, it takes several years to be able to hit consistently a chosen target.<br>
But from what I've heard it's like bicycling: once you've learned, you never forget.. <p></p><i></i>
To add to what Goffredo wrote I remember reading somewhere that sling bullets were also much feared because you couldn't see them, contrary to javelins, arrows(to a lesser extent) and other implements of destruction..<br>
I seems that they also produced septic wounds very fast and were hard to remove when they pierced the skin and lodged just under it.<br>
Not to mention the fact that slingers were able to achieve pinpoint accuracy at quite considerable distances and could probably maintain a rate of fire as high or higher than archers.<br>
And I as I mentioned several times before, the sling is a perfect weapon: never jams, never runs out of ammo, waterproof, nearly undestructible, small (very small) size and light (very light) weight, easily concealable, and almost totally silent.<br>
The only drawback I see is that if it's easy to use a sling, that is throw a stone in the general direction of where you want it to go, it takes several years to be able to hit consistently a chosen target.<br>
But from what I've heard it's like bicycling: once you've learned, you never forget.. <p></p><i></i>
