Jlasud wrote :-
Quote:Keep in mind,that todays slingers,sling once a week,maybe few times a week,but most just a few times a month.
And most slingers today,aren't preparing for going to war with a sling or slinging at wolfes,bears,etc.
Also most slingers today,don't live a fully physical lifestyle like ancient people did. Chopping wood,carrying sheep on your shoulder,smashing rock salt, carrying wooden buckets of water, hoeing,etc etc, all day everyday,will make you a bit more fit than the average modern keyboard warriors. And adding to this,growing up,and living with a sling,tied around your torso,never leaving the house/shed like the mobile phone,for today's folk.
Herding sheep with a sling,shooting to the left of the flock to make them turn right,and without killing or wounding them,and occasionally sling at wild animals attacking also adds a bit.
Plus the rush of adrenalin,when there's a big frikkin armored guy in front of you,in a duel,and you have maybe two shots,and better get him down,otherwise you get cut to ribbons puts a bit more omph behind your shots also.
That right there in combo with classical accounts of an officer taking a sling to the face makes me wonder more and more, why does the sling in our times appear so terrifyingly deadly, and yet in Caesars records his officer is able to not only live but to continue fighting.
Of course the historical records cannot always be relied on, and going back 2000, and especially 3000 years, there is certainly an element of propaganda there. Even in our own times in 2001 it is unknown what truly happened despite our modern technology - unknown to most ordinary folk anyway
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SquirrelSlinger, I had no idea baseball throwers had that much power, truly amazing.
End of the day, if you are hit in the head with a 3-4 oz projectile at a speed of 200-300 feet per second, chances are good you will die. If you are hit elsewhere, it will break that place hit. This I understand.
I have underestimated the power of modern day slingers for sure!