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Jaegoor Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 2834 Gender:	Stewart Granger, fellow slinger Dec 3^rd, 2010 at 3:37pm Hello slingers, In order to divert your attention from discussions about sling projectiles, I have a real yummie for you. The best movie scene I know of slings in battle, Take a look yourselves. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqcO8FTCSUw&feature=related
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Dan Interfector Viris Spurii SlingingGuide Moderator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 3974 Gender:	Re: Stewart Granger, fellow slinger Reply #1 - Dec 3^rd, 2010 at 4:05pm It has been a while since I have seen that movie and never noticed the slingers, thanks for posting.
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Rat Man Slinging.org Administrator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 13835 New Jersey, USA Gender:	Re: Stewart Granger, fellow slinger Reply #2 - Dec 3^rd, 2010 at 4:56pm Those guys were slinging some man sized rocks! Good flick. Thanks!
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David Morningstar Slinging.org Moderator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 3430 UK	Re: Stewart Granger, fellow slinger Reply #3 - Dec 4^th, 2010 at 5:42am Which side is which? Which ones are the Sodomites? [EDIT] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056504/ Okay, Stewart Granger is Lot leading the Hebrews, and the horsemen are presumably the Sodomites. So who are the archers in the fancy armour? For an actor he's pretty good with a sling.
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slingbadger Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Don't Badger a Badger Posts: 3229 Akron NY Gender:	Re: Stewart Granger, fellow slinger Reply #4 - Dec 4^th, 2010 at 6:47am slingstones and arrows, classic team up for disaster. it does just show what simple weapons, well organized, can do against do against even superior armies. something people refuse to believe even today.
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Re: Stewart Granger, fellow slinger
Reply #5 - Dec 4^th, 2010 at 8:17am

Jaegoor wrote on Dec 3^rd, 2010 at 3:37pm:

Hello slingers,

In order to divert your attention from discussions about sling projectiles, I have a real yummie for you. The best movie scene I know of slings in battle, Take a look yourselves.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqcO8FTCSUw&feature=related

Yummy! Yummy! Yummy!
Thanks Man!
Awesome !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kiss

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dork Funditor Offline I feel Smurfy when I'm smurfing!!!! You too? Posts: 996 In Beautiful Wisconsin Gender:	Re: Stewart Granger, fellow slinger Reply #6 - Dec 4^th, 2010 at 11:30am I have never seen that movie before. It must have been a great day when everyone had to show up on the set for sling training.
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Burner Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Take me out to the ball game........ Posts: 1238 Northeast Florida Gender:	Re: Stewart Granger, fellow slinger Reply #7 - Dec 5^th, 2010 at 8:47am What about horse kicking dude in the head at 1:47
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Rockman Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 1267 Lima, Peru Gender:	Re: Stewart Granger, fellow slinger Reply #8 - Dec 6^th, 2010 at 2:16pm Awesome , it´s like a history lesson on film! That horseman at 2:36 got served badly. He took a slingshot to the head WHILE on fire.
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bigkahuna past-moderator Offline Posts: 3894 Delaware, USA Gender:	Re: Stewart Granger, fellow slinger Reply #9 - Dec 7^th, 2010 at 4:11am Alot of the old sandal and toga epics were filmed in Spain where they might have been able to recruit some slingers who actually knew what they were doing.
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David Morningstar Slinging.org Moderator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 3430 UK	Re: Stewart Granger, fellow slinger Reply #10 - Dec 7^th, 2010 at 7:01am Ah, good point!
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timann Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 2504 Norway Gender:	Re: Stewart Granger, fellow slinger Reply #11 - Dec 7^th, 2010 at 1:50pm It`s really good, it shows real slingin as it probably was done, many of those slingers seemed to perform just nicely, too. Those fools who make historical movies today should have seen this one first timann
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Jaegoor Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 2834 Gender:	Re: Stewart Granger, fellow slinger Reply #12 - Dec 7^th, 2010 at 5:33pm There I am completely of your opinion Timann
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Curious Aardvark Forum Moderation Offline Taller than the average Dwarf Posts: 13965 Midlands England Gender:	Re: Stewart Granger, fellow slinger Reply #13 - Dec 8^th, 2010 at 7:09am good to see slings in films. But seriously short slings and some truly awful slinging. Still I guess we take what we can get
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Red Squirrel Descens Offline A.K.A BritishandProud Posts: 110 U.K/G.B Gender:	Re: Stewart Granger, fellow slinger Reply #14 - Dec 8^th, 2010 at 12:57pm I'm impressed with this clip, can't believe I've never seen the film though. Good shout.
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