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David Morningstar Slinging.org Moderator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 3419 UK	More on whistling Roman bullets Aug 29^th, 2016 at 1:05pm http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-37194266
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vetryan15 Slinging.org Moderator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 1913 Northern Maine Gender:	Re: More on whistling Roman bullets Reply #4 - Aug 29^th, 2016 at 8:14pm I seen a lot of his videos. He is one of the guys u want to be friend with... when the zombies come around
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Mark-Harrop Funditor Offline cracker of zombieskulls Posts: 553 worldwide Gender:	Re: More on whistling Roman bullets Reply #5 - Sep 3^rd, 2016 at 3:45pm Are they sure thats a sling bullet? I'm not...
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Rat Man Slinging.org Administrator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 13682 New Jersey, USA Gender:	Re: More on whistling Roman bullets Reply #6 - Sep 4^th, 2016 at 11:59pm If not "sling bullets" what do you suspect they are, Mark?
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Reply #7 - Sep 5^th, 2016 at 7:44am

they are spherical lead bullets the same weight as most roman sling glandes.

Given that they didn't have muskets or elastic powered hand catapults, the they were either thrown with slings or some kind of ballista/mangonel. Which the romans definitely did have.

Also given that the roman did actually train and drill groups of slingers - it's a good bet most,if not all of those bullets were thrown by slings.

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He is one of the guys u want to be friend with... when the zombies come around

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Though, these days, I'm thinking more russians than zombies

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Mark-Harrop Funditor Offline cracker of zombieskulls Posts: 553 worldwide Gender:	Re: More on whistling Roman bullets Reply #8 - Sep 5^th, 2016 at 8:33am Rat Man wrote on Sep 4^th, 2016 at 11:59pm: If not "sling bullets" what do you suspect they are, Mark? I don't know... http://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/features/burnswark.htm They sling them in this article (with sound effects) Sure, they could have been "whistling grape shot" but who knows.
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Mark-Harrop Funditor Offline cracker of zombieskulls Posts: 553 worldwide Gender:	Re: More on whistling Roman bullets Reply #9 - Sep 5^th, 2016 at 8:37am I guess these could be dimpled sling bullets? http://www.metaldetectingforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=120&t=57499
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Onager Lovac Tiro Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 49 Gender:	Re: More on whistling Roman bullets Reply #10 - Sep 5^th, 2016 at 5:57pm Joerg Spraeve was also a member of the "Arbalist Guild", his videos are cool but on the forum he always seemed to have a very high opinion of himself.
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