01-31-2009, 04:29 PM
Not to mention red hot metals will cause vegetable fiber to flame up immediately, and greatly reduce the life of leather, if that is what your sling pouch is made of. Most folks think the heat mentioned by the ancients is greatly exaggerated.
140F is about as hot as a hand can generally touch and hold, so lead sling bullets pulled from a pot of boiling water (some kind of tongs would work) would still be mighty hot when they got to the target.
Imagine that sunk an inch into a thigh or abdomen! It could still be 180F, or 80C. Yikes! Cooked beef!
140F is about as hot as a hand can generally touch and hold, so lead sling bullets pulled from a pot of boiling water (some kind of tongs would work) would still be mighty hot when they got to the target.
Imagine that sunk an inch into a thigh or abdomen! It could still be 180F, or 80C. Yikes! Cooked beef!
M. Demetrius Abicio
(David Wills)
Saepe veritas est dura.
(David Wills)
Saepe veritas est dura.
