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This one has some interesting things on the sling especially where it mentions the battle of Najar in 1367 AD.
Powell, John, ed. (2002). Weapons & Warfare: Volume I, Ancient and Medieval Weapons and Warfare (to 1500). Hackensack: Salem Press.
This one has a very basic description of the sling, but the interesting part is the quote: 'I have seen a native (of New Britain) knock a bird off a tree at about a hundred yards distance; they seldom pitch a stone further from the object aimed at then three or four yards.'
Stone, George Cameron. (1961). A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor: In All Countries and in All Times. New York: Jack Brussel,
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