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Very useful. Thank you!

Do you ever feel like good at something random in your life? I feel like i have absurb tossing accuracy. Like if i throw you your keys they'll land in your hand around the corner kind of thing. I sudden feel like now I'd make for a good slinger... I shoot a bow amateurly and i feel like i am accurate, but there is A LOT going on with the bow itself you don't realise til you start shooting. But slinging kinda looks a lot like tossing, but i guess moving the weight is different

very nice indeed

よく思い通りのタイミングでリリースできるなぁ スナップを工夫したりでできるのかな こういうの見ると昔投石が立派な戦法だったのがよく解る

This is guy is very thorough , very detailed & he leaves nothing out .He's a very good teacher .I learnt so much from this video .👌

Goliath left the chat.

How to use a balearic sling. Step 1: Put down the balearic sling. Step 2: Realize that you live in the 21st century. Step 3: Pick up an M4 carbine.

At 3:40 the middle one is no genereic ammo... its the kids magnet toy which makes sounds when you throw two of its kind together :D but i agree, the shape is perfect for it

So, how would you grip to throw a knuckle stone?

Palestinian kids be like:

I made a small one of twine and tape, firing small pebbles, i was unaware that the standard sling was of a larger scale.

2:18 me obliterating ur knees

Yep futher back in time ammo consistancy was harder because you had to use rocks you found. But later in time around ancient rome and greece cast lead "bullets" were used that were far more easy to get weights close.

Imagine the first time an enemy encountered a Balearic slinger... seeing this guy swing a random rope and all of a sudden a stone is coming right at him

Imagine being the rock

Earthen ammunition that sings, so cool!

Do i have to wear a dress to try this?

I always wondered how uh Plumbatas got made.

Awesome channel!

What line is used when running in the video?

No fluff, just good stuff

how reliable ie how repeatable and accurate, and how many times it just fails. staff spear hand pole sling/catapult would be more repeatable. yep fish pole staff catapult. even telescope.

hey man, thanks for the vid. standing in front of a giant and i had no clue how to defeat him but thanks to you i might be able to 😊

David used this weapon against Goliath? David sounds like a coward punk-bitch: R.I.P Goliath.

Do you have a site to buy them?

This guy looks to be an above average athlete.

Dude's got skills. Goliath never stood a chance (if any of that ever happened). Edit: That could be a decent zombie whacker especially from a safe location like a rooftop. No ammo, no noise.

My thoughts: 1) First thing after all the testing I thought of slinging a smaller plumbata before you mentioned the Kestros. 2) Try doing away with the loop and go for a small toggle which might allow for more precise release. The loop I believe is the reason your shots initially went left. 3) Why does it need to be a solid shaft? What if sections were attached by a thin rope with wider fletchings. It could be spun up easier like a sling and the fletching adds the drag to stabilise the flight and straighten out the whole thing. 4) Try a plumbata style head with the weight closer to the head but rather than a shaft and fletching, use long wide ribbon. This ought to create the stabilising drag but also be swung about in the sling fashion you're used to. 5) Add a small notch to the front of the shaft and throw with a lever like an atlatl or something flexible and long planted into the ground and weighed down at the base. Think of bending your fingers back with a long fingernail to flick something off. A crude catapult. I quite liked the video, it also filled me with a tonne of ideas so apologies for throwing them all at you.

I think you would increase your accuracy when you pinch grip the short string at the end of the arrow instead of putting your index finger through it.

Ok, this reminds me of making a flemish twist bow string.

juste cela est dommage qu'il n'y a pas d'image

You’re not dodging that

The greatest problem to any hypothesis on their use hinges on throwing for distance or for accuracy which requires two completely different throwing techniques. The ancients had to have known about an aimed dart throw and it's accuracy. And of course distance technique which is very inaccurate. And throwing all 5 at once which is pretty awesome when tod did it.

Did your arm hurt after that? I recently did a long session and 2 days later it still hurts

I was just watching a archeology channel and they unearthed some slinger ammunition. I was completely amazed, searched for Roman Slingers and found your awesome channel! Thanks for keeping this amazing piece of history alive. Totally fascinating!

Im a history buff but must have missed these arrows ,they look like a good weapon too.Dont know how iv never heard of them...what society used them? Its similar to a Pilum but not lol

Are they sonic booms it's making? So cool

how many hours did it take before you became 'proficient' in technique and aim?

Ahora se entiende lo de Rafa Nadal

Do you have any recommendations for a sling like this but in made of synthetic materials that would be more durable?

how i shattered my window on accident

Hear me out. Baseball but the pitchers use slings

now THIS is a better example of how David was able to take down Goliath the giant. The sound of the rope moving through the air on its own gives a strong idea of how much force is going into that.

Is it possible to make a mold for multiple clay projectiles to be more efficient, and be less times consuming?

At 20m Roman legionnaires would be hitting you with their first and second volleys of pila.

Снаряд под кодовым названием "куропатка". )

Really fascinating how much damage a rope can be as a projectile

Does the added hole have an effect on accuracy? Also is there a way to make them actually whistle. The reason i ask, is because your video reminded me of a video Joerg Sprave made about whistling ammunition. They achieved a more high pitch whistle, but i wonder if this is because they might be achieving higher speeds with the launch methods they are using. If so would you say the sound your camera picks up is a more accurate representation of the sound this ammunition would of made, and maybe the theory the expert has on the Joerg Sprave video is expecting too much from them. ruclips.net/video/7vJBKfQFD8I/видео.html

Waste of food

Imagine what lead shot would do. I wonder if they used clay so they could carry more without getting weighed down or bc clay would shatter and not be reused in counter attacks