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Title: Sling bullets from Argilos, in N. Greece
Post by Thearos on Jul 21^st, 2019 at 1:11pm

About 1200 of these found. Some of Philip II, other in an arsenal in the city.

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Title: Re: Sling bullets from Argilos, in N. Greece
Post by Sarosh on Jul 21^st, 2019 at 1:33pm

When were they found?
have they measured average weight?

Title: Re: Sling bullets from Argilos, in N. Greece
Post by cram on Jul 22^nd, 2019 at 6:00am

Nice find!

Title: Re: Sling bullets from Argilos, in N. Greece
Post by Slingky on Aug 4^th, 2019 at 10:50pm

Wow, That's a pretty cool find! 1,200 :o

Title: Re: Sling bullets from Argilos, in N. Greece
Post by Frondeur on Aug 5^th, 2019 at 2:47am

1200 glandes...
almost enough for one afternoon of Jaegoor's training! ;D

As for me, I'm 2500 years late, or so, but her's my contribution to the effort of war.

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Title: Re: Sling bullets from Argilos, in N. Greece
Post by Frondeur on Aug 7^th, 2019 at 4:32am

Come to think about it...
Historical clay glandes consistently seem to have a 1:1.8 or so (am I wrong? just my impression)

I tend to make them more like 1:2.5, with lots of vatriations. seems to fly well for now...

What's your ratio of choice? and why?
Long glandes don't feel less stable to me, but again, my experience is quite limited...