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>>56812073
>I've seriously no clues where you find such oddities, that's really impressive. What was the practical range for a slingshot for a trained greek slinger?

Mostly ebay, or directly from the detectorists or collectors I met through ebay. I have an autistic hard-on for ancient cast lead (or rare bronze) sling bullets and shaped stone or baked clay projectiles, I think they're some of the coolest artifacts on earth and am good at finding things generally so have managed to acquire some great pieces. The effective range of a slinger was well over 100 meters, and the best slingers could probably hit a man-sized target reasonably reliably up to 200 meters away. They could send a high-trajectory volley to rain down on enemy formations over 400 meters away.

>>56812190
>they could be devastating with lead balls or stones

Some of the best artifacts in my collection are these extremely rare bronze-bladed sling bullets. The more "common" ones are the several cast from solid bronze with blades at either end which were then hammer-hardened and sharpened after casting.

The most rare and precious of all are the ones with a separately-cast and finished bronze blade which was then positioned in a mold so a core of lead could be poured around the blades, these niggas are all from Cyprus and date to right around 500 BC, I believe they were used by the most elite of the Cypriot sharpshooter-slingers in the defense of the island from the invading Babylonians. Sling bullets were of course slower than projectiles in the age of gunpowder, but the median weight of the bladed bullets was around 60 grams so their kinetic energy alone would deliver formidable crushing blows (as with normal sling projectiles), but the addition of razor-blades to plunge through flesh and armor turned them into the stuff of nightmares.

>>56218890
>Bullets are an even better investment than silver.

Can confirm, I'm up about 2,000% on my bullets. They've made their move already though, so I'm still stacking silver.