Bill Skinner
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It will depend on how dense the chalk is. If it is light and crumbly, it may come apart in the cast or throw. If it is of the same density as the chalk used to draw and write with on chalkboards, it should work fine. Plus, it would be easy to shape by grinding, and if it stays together, it can be given additional weigh by soaking in water for a period of time.
So, it would make rather good ammunition for hunting something like birds, waterfowl, marmots or possibly for herding animals and driving off predators from the same flocks or herds.
The ammunition would be made with the expectation that it would be used only once, so it would probably be rather roughly shaped to make the projectiles roughly the same shape and size. Chalk is rather soft, so a lot of projectiles could be made rather quickly.
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