jlasud
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Before having first hand experience with such small bullets, I thought, it's something wrong with all these small sling bullets. Than i slung some heavy lead, than made small,historical lead bullets 30-40g. And a skinny split pouch sling out of hemp. Cord thickness was about 1/6 of an inch;4mm.
I was able to sling those..200-250m at least. And even the 30g ones felt very slingable,although noticeable being the bottom limit of weights. With 40 grams probably close to 300m In an army of slingers, i can totally see, how they were frugal on lead shot,and used small bullets,for more bang for the buck. Also tried shotgunning with 3 bullets at once. I could sling them about 150-180m. They are hard to load, may fall out. Slower reload, less range. So my exp. was that to get out the most out of them, they most probably slung it one by one . It was an eye opener and it was really a case of trying/seeing,believing.
My first lead shot mould was yielding 100 gram biconicals. Than i made one with 70 grams. Than for max distance,and economy on lead has got me to make a 57gram mold. Now that is my standard lead ammo. So even in the age of relatively cheap lead, i've quickly come to see that if you start sling around 100g glans, you go through a wheelbarrow of lead in a couple hours.Although i never slung that much. About small bullets,hitting power...they fly nearly as fast as they start,and i would bet, they would leave a nasty scar,hitting a human. Not likely to kill IMO ,but very painful and inflicting serious injuries at long ranges. Penetrating clothing and skin is something i could see happening,as ancient sources tell us.
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