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Thearos Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Take that Posts: 3417	Roman reenactors try slinging (not great) Jul 26^th, 2017 at 6:23pm http://arbsoc.org.uk/arbeia-journal/4588598107 Issue no. 3 (1994), some students of Roman military things / reenactors have a go at slinging. They try in during one session, and discover how hard it is.
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Kick past-moderator Offline Posts: 4465 Finland	Re: Roman reenactors try slinging (not great) Reply #1 - Jul 27^th, 2017 at 4:33am Real interesting. Thanks for the link
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Re: Roman reenactors try slinging (not great)
Reply #2 - Jul 27^th, 2017 at 7:17am

Very interesting.

"...and it is recorded that on Ibiza modern trained slingers could hit a one metre square target at a range of 200m (Hubrecht 1964, 93)"

I wonder how many tries it would take to hit such a target though... (for me it would be hundreds most likely)

It seems that these sling researchers need to get in contact with someone from this forum to get a better picture of the power of the sling. It seems most keen amateurs can eventually achieve 200m or more with good stones, so professionals using lead glandes must be significantly further than this.

Also, I imagine they were using poorly constructed slings if they couldn't manage helicopter style without losing stones.

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Morphy Slinging.org Moderator Offline Checkmate Posts: 8239	Re: Roman reenactors try slinging (not great) Reply #3 - Jul 27^th, 2017 at 7:52am That reminds me of other tests Ive seen where practicality is usually not high on the list of requirments. I imagine 1 or 2 hits out of several hundred would have still been considered a success. If nothing else it shows what is possible.
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johan Funditor Offline no longer active:keep the flame of slinging alive Posts: 531	Re: Roman reenactors try slinging (not great) Reply #4 - Jul 27^th, 2017 at 9:39am read the journal number 8 paragraph "CAESAR, THE NERVII, AND TESTING HEATED SLING SHOT by Birgitta Hoffmann" page 133(pdf page 143) interesting stuff
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