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Book: From Stone to Steel
Sep 2nd, 2004 at 11:25am
 
I ran across a book index that mentions slings several times.  It's RPG oriented, but from a historical perspective.  Other than that, don't know much about it.  Here are the items of interest from it's index:

Bullets:
-Bronze Sling 58
-Clay Sling 99
-Lead Sling 69

Pole-mounted sling 75

Sling
-Bullets 17
-Double string 74

Celtic Myth
- Lugh’s Rainbow Sling 285

Here is the books page:
http://www.monkeygodenterprises.com/stone.htm

and a PDF of the index:
http://www.monkeygodenterprises.com/PDFs/FSTS-index.pdf

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Re: Book: From Stone to Steel
Reply #1 - Sep 2nd, 2004 at 2:54pm
 
Many RPG books are surprisingly accurate from a historical, and especially from a mythological, perspective.  Be careful, though.  They usually fall short from a practical perspective, meaning they describe the use of weapons as the authors imagine them being used, usually by Conan-like heros, instead of how they were most likely used in the real world.  The sling is a good example.  I've seen lead 'bullets' described as being 'always destroyed on impact,' when we know they often survive for centuries.
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Reply #2 - Sep 3rd, 2004 at 2:40am
 
I wouldn't imagine that there would be many bronze slingbullets.  Bronze was a difficult metal alloy.  Having a bonze dagger or knife was a status symbol.  Besides lead and even stone was easier to come by, and work with.
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