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I started slinging through a simple love of history. In particular, the gruesome, violent and weaponry-related bits. I made a few bows when I was younger, as loads of kids do, but I became very interested in the real mechanics of bows, how they work and how to make them as best possible. I gradually made better bows. After I became sufficiently proficient, I decided to broaden my weaponry horizons. I checked out atlatls, because I had read about Cortez and his adventures in Mexico on the sharp end of the weapon. I also looked up spears, swords, bolas, and finally slings. I had dismissed slings as being low powered, idiots' weapons, but I soon came around. It just seemed to me slightly odd that a stone could do as much damage as a six foot "dart", or an arrow. But there you go. Such is life. And now what I really want to do is build something huge and powerful, like a siege engine. A scorpion, perhaps? lol
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