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Bill Skinner Forum Moderation Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 3292	Re: Arrow throwing/FYI Reply #15 - Dec 22^nd, 2015 at 8:29pm Practice. And upper body strength. Pitmen were miners in open coal or iron mines. They used shovels, picks and sledgehammers. Then they pushed loaded ore carts up to the top of the mine. For about 12 hours a day.
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perpetualstudent Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 1405 Gender:	Re: Arrow throwing/FYI Reply #16 - Jan 13^th, 2016 at 11:18am I've run across these called "swiss arrows" and the viking sagas make reference to snærisspjót (spear with throwing string). But with respect to the vikings, it's basically conjecture. I keep meaning to throw one together and try it out.
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Reply #17 - Jan 14^th, 2016 at 9:22am

i tried it but with different "arrows". i used 1-2m long canes(not so good too light) and 60-80cm and 8mm diameter sticks .the sticks went further max was 40m and then it stuck on a tree, so without the tree it would travel maybe 60-70m.

It's a lot of technique demanding and it needs balanced projectiles as it says in the article/book. Very nice to play around.

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Reply #18 - Jan 19^th, 2016 at 3:42pm

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/5S8-jiLfo0fgEvv9ACcnSdD3bG9Z1BS6w3RaovBdcsLD8T...
I tried too last summer, with hazel sticks ~1 meter long. In french this is 'flèche polynésienne", polynésian arrow in english.
It's fun to throw, one stick broke on the dry ground. 50 meters was the maximum it flyied.
It must have been a nice spectacle seeing people throw arrows or javelin 300 yards,of course their arrows must have been heavier and their technique and strenght far better than mines.

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johan Funditor Offline no longer active:keep the flame of slinging alive Posts: 531	Re: Arrow throwing/FYI Reply #19 - Jan 20^th, 2016 at 4:05am in the reference it says 1/2 oz around 15 grams arrows, so it doesnt really need power just a good technique. you dont need the fletchings
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manu3259 Tiro Offline memento finis Posts: 23 France Gender:	Re: Arrow throwing/FYI Reply #20 - Jan 21^st, 2016 at 2:30pm A wooden rod is weaker as a natural branch so it may break. But it may fly better because its perfect straight. Try to find a football field, in lenght its long enough;
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Reply #21 - May 9^th, 2016 at 12:53pm

tried it.
i couldn't make it go more than 15m with the cord. Angry

the reasons for this might be :

i dont have the right technique
it was windy
the mass distribution of the arrow is not
homogeneous/uniform, as mentioned in the source Quote:
Though I have tried all kinds of seasoned wood, light and heavy, I find no material equals dry hazel for these arrows. A really good-flying arrow is not easy to make and a dozen may be constructed without a successful one amongst them.
The difficulty is to shape the hazel rod so that the pith inside it is longitudinally correct as regards its being in the exact centre of the finished arrow. If this is not the case the flight of the arrow will be irregular and its range a short one.

gonna try again in the future

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Tomas Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Posts: 2172	Re: Arrow throwing/FYI Reply #22 - May 10^th, 2016 at 3:11pm I have a Swiss arrow about 4 feet long and it has fletchings. Its super basic but powerful and more accurate than a sling. I was getting about 60-80 metres when I tried it a couple years ago. I'll post a picture when I'm home
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