This is going to be very quick, as I have to get back to work, but I am reading the book, "The Catapult: A history" by Tracey Rihill and WE ARE MENTIONED IN THE BOOK. The author mentions a section about health warning being included in almost all sources teaching how to sling, and it mentions slinging.org. I didnt know if anyone else has read this book, or knew of the mention, but there we are, on page 5! Very awesome!

Take care, everyone!

MH

can't find that particular book - but this one looks just as interesting:-
[url]http://www.amazon.co.uk/Art-Catapult-Ballistae-Trebuchets-Artillery/dp/1556525265/ref=sr_1_42/202-7969149-7105451?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1182939370&sr=8-42[/url]

Ah ha it's a us only release
[url]http://www.amazon.com/Catapult-History-Weapons-Tracey-Rihll/dp/159416035X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-9619624-6598229?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1182939552&sr=8-1[/url]

part of the publishers book description includes this odd sentence:-
[quote]Also included are details of the author’s intriguing discovery that there were little personal catapults that were used like rifles[/quote]
Sounds like a sling to me - but given it's the authors intriguing discovery - maybe it's not.
Mammot - what's the personal catapult then ?

well pellet bows have a long and distuinguished history, so technically that's a small siege weapon :-)

BK,

The rubber needed for such slingshots to be an effective weapon was not discovered untill the 18th century.  By that time firearms were quite advance.  I guess it can still be considered a catapult but it was never used at the time when catapult was used in warfare.