02-02-2007, 02:09 PM
I've been slinging for several years.
I can get a range of around 100m with a nice stone at maximum power. The target area is quite large, though.
More accurate slings I can achieve out to 40m.
But of course with slinging you start at 00% skill and build up very very slowly over years. I'm sure a good slinger could put a lead bullet out to 150m with alot more accuracy than I.
In the Late Empire, one eastern legion was called the 'Slingers', though it is debatable whether those 500 men were actually slingers, or were originally slingers (in the distant past - perhaps an auxliary unit retrained and rearmed as infanry during the 300 reorganization). Fascinating.
I can get a range of around 100m with a nice stone at maximum power. The target area is quite large, though.
More accurate slings I can achieve out to 40m.
But of course with slinging you start at 00% skill and build up very very slowly over years. I'm sure a good slinger could put a lead bullet out to 150m with alot more accuracy than I.
In the Late Empire, one eastern legion was called the 'Slingers', though it is debatable whether those 500 men were actually slingers, or were originally slingers (in the distant past - perhaps an auxliary unit retrained and rearmed as infanry during the 300 reorganization). Fascinating.
~ Paul Elliott
The Last Legionary
This book details the lives of Late Roman legionaries garrisoned in Britain in 400AD. It covers everything from battle to rations, camp duties to clothing.
The Last Legionary
This book details the lives of Late Roman legionaries garrisoned in Britain in 400AD. It covers everything from battle to rations, camp duties to clothing.
