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El_Jefe Tiro Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 19 Singapore Gender:	Aboriginal spear throwing Jul 5^th, 2021 at 1:24am Looks and sounds like some kind of sling https://youtu.be/FksEq4XuOFY
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Kick past-moderator Offline Posts: 4451 Finland	Re: Aboriginal spear throwing Reply #1 - Jul 5^th, 2021 at 3:38am They're also known as atlatls which I believe is the Aztec name for them. It's amazing the distances you can get but yeah it works the same way as a sling basically. It increases the length of your arm so you have a longer lever so more power so greater distance.
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SerKraus Senior Member Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 266 Gender:	Re: Aboriginal spear throwing Reply #2 - Jul 23^rd, 2021 at 12:40pm It’s the spear/dart version of the sling.
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