PS: The author also touches the effective ranges of bow and arrow, albeit only in reference to findings of other autors:

The aimed shot with an 26 g arrow the range is 100-120 meter. Medium sooting range on the hunt is 30-50 m. The shot energy of the sling is somehat higher than that of the bow, as the speed of the sling projectile and arrow are comparable, but arrow usually more light than sling projectiles. Considering a projectile speed of 75m per second for both sling and bow and arrow, the sling has a trow energy of 112,5 Joule, whereas the bow 30-80 Joule, very strong bows up to 96 Joule.

We'll have to look this one up! Interesting to limit the effective range of lead projectiles though - the main reason why lead glandes are far superior to less dense ones is that they experience very little reduction in speed due to aerodynamic drag. The effect is so pronounced that a lead glande hits with pretty much the same force regardless of distance thrown.

Matthias

If I had a scanner, I would have scanned the whole article by now and uploaded it, but unfortunately I have no yet. Perhaps somebody else can do and mak it a pdf, I think it is very much worth the effort.

Air drag is calculated: R = Cw x D/2 x V squared x Q

R : airdrag in Newton (Luftwiderstand in Newton)
V : speed of projectile (Geschossgeschwindigkeit)
Q : width of projectile, seen from the ballistic curve, m squared (Geschossquerschnitt, aus der Bahnrichtung gesehen, m zum Quadrat)
D : air density, kg/cbm (Luftdichte)
Cw : resistance value, a mere multiplication factor (dimensionless number), depends on the shape of the projectile (Widerstandsbeiwert, ein reiner Multiplikationsfaktor (dimensionslose Zahl), haengt von der Form des Geschosses ab


As for the range issue: The author makes a point of differing between maximal range, sports record ranges as he calls it, and militarily effective ranges. His key consideration is that, the longer the range, the smaller the hit probability. "Already small angle deviations at throwing change the ballistic curve over long distances considerably", as the winddrift increases. That, of course, applies only to individual, but not to mass targets, as he stresses. As I already said, the author is more complex than I can reflect here, he tries to consider things from every angle, thats why I would recommend the article so strongly.

As for maximal range: The author gives some numbers, but he makes again a point that the maximal ranges which he presents are a function of the values he has defined. With a projectile of 40g, throwing speed of 75m/s (=112,5 Joule), a throw angle of 40 degrees, air density of 1,14kg/cbm and a resistance value of 0,4 the maximal ranges are:

lead 352 m
stone 232 m
clay 200 m

At these distances, lead hits home with 42% of the initial 112,5 joule projectile energy, stone with 23%, and clay with 19%.

-> Lead can not only be thrown the farthest, it also has even though it travels longer in the air, the highest impact.

That is the same as in the Saalburg-Jahrbuch. See my comment about that at http://www.mbsks.franken.de/slinging/slinging.html#BaatzSJ

Zwiebeltuete

Haha,
So nothing can be as simple as:
Shoot a good bow. Sling a glande. See which goes further. 

Seriously though, good work/research guys. Eleatic Guest, you may wish to register, it only takes a second and is COMPLETELY free.... There's just been a lot of tension around guests lately.......   Thanks for the info.

I have only a photocopy of the article, but to me it looks like braided.

I never had slipping something flat or long through split pouches. What does slip are spheres. The best slipping projectiles I so far had were chest nuts. These are not only mostly spherical but also have a slippery surface.

Zwiebeltuete

o.k as slingers we all will agree that in pure range the sling out distances the bow
but in hunting ranges the sling and the bow are about the same fifty yards as a max effective range
this come from my expernce of hunting with both
the truth is i prefer under twenty yards with both