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Thrand Godfrey
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 Posted: Mon 03 Aug, 2015 9:56 am Post subject: Roman Lead Sling Bullet Test - Embed in Flesh? |
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We tested out Roman Glandes or lead sling bullets to see if the old accounts of them embedding in warriors and needing special surgical tools to remove them was accurate. We got surprising results!
Roman Lead Sling Bullet Test - Embed in Flesh? 20% Ballistic gel take 2!
https://youtu.be/X-I5RjodS80
I am a arms and armour tester and experimental archeologist trying to rediscover ancient and medieval combat methods and tactics.
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Mart Shearer
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| Posted: Mon 03 Aug, 2015 6:31 pm Post subject: |
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Try a staff sling at some range.
ferrum ferro acuitur et homo exacuit faciem amici sui
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Timo Nieminen
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Have you measured the speed of the bullets with this throw? (Or the range you get with them.)
(Staff slings can have excellent performance. Fist-sized rock thrown 200m has good potential military effect.)
"In addition to being efficient, all pole arms were quite nice to look at." - Cherney Berg, A hideous history of weapons, Collier 1963.
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Thrand Godfrey
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| Posted: Tue 04 Aug, 2015 9:17 pm Post subject: |
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| Timo Nieminen wrote: | Have you measured the speed of the bullets with this throw? (Or the range you get with them.)
(Staff slings can have excellent performance. Fist-sized rock thrown 200m has good potential military effect.) |
Would love to test out a staff sling in a future video as well as a long sling 
I am a arms and armour tester and experimental archeologist trying to rediscover ancient and medieval combat methods and tactics.
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Dan Howard
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There were two-handed slings that threw heavier weights as well. They were wielded in a similar manner as the olympic hammer toss.
Author: Bronze Age Military Equipment, Pen and Sword Books
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Tim Lison
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Cool video. Thanks for posting. I have never seen a sling in action like that, no idea they could be so devastating...
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This is a standard topic