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funditor Descens Offline Ceteram censeo, rem funditam esse Posts: 103 Vienna, Austria Gender:	Re: new experimental data on the distance of sling projectiles Reply #15 - Jun 3^rd, 2019 at 5:10pm Interestingly the distance for clout shooting is 180m, just like vegetius suggests to train slingers and archers. Has anyone tried this with slings? Like clout archery?
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Sarosh Funditor Offline Posts: 647	Re: new experimental data on the distance of sling projectiles Reply #16 - Jun 4^th, 2019 at 3:42am not clout but long range video coming soon. It's very difficult to spot a falling stone without a spotter, I get why all the studies conclude to relatively low distances.
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TheJackinati Senior Member Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 292 Australia Gender:	Re: new experimental data on the distance of sling projectiles Reply #17 - Jun 4^th, 2019 at 4:38am Let me guess... You went 200-300 metres with stones? I'd love to see more long-range slinging videos.
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Reply #18 - Jun 4^th, 2019 at 7:58am

The choice of native peruvian sheperds is not good for unsterstand the problem of the hillfort.
But it's very good for another situation. When the "chief" calls the farmers for a battle or a war. Their performances were more ordinary, without military training. And the range was probably 70/80 meters. With a taut shot, the speed of 200km/h gives a range of about 60 meters.
Just my thinks.

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