"Bullets?"
Posted on 10/07/2016 10:27:03 AM PDT by sparklite2
Several different types of sling bullets have been found at the site, from small lead bullets drilled with holes that the researchers think were designed to make a whistling noise in flight and terrorize their targets, to the largest lemon-shaped sling bullets, which weigh up to 2 ounces.
"The interesting thing is that all the whistling sling bullets are from the Roman camp on the south face of the hill fort, so clearly they are using different sling bullets for different purposes," Nicholson told Live Science.
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"Bullets?"
So bullets were invented before guns, kinda like cans being invented before can openers.
Yes, actually. Projectiles launched from slings are called bullets, especially when cast out of lead, or made from clay. They were/are actually fairly fearsome weapons
Heck, they just invented cans without lids. After lids were perfected, then they needed can openers.
</pretzel logic>
True.
Bullet - French boulet, little ball, which would have been the term for medieval sling ammunition.
The actual Roman Latin term was probably glans, or acorn.
Yes, thats the same source for the term for the end-part of the male member.
The whistling ones might have been used for signaling. They also used to put little sayings on the big bullets, like ‘take that’ and so on.
Freegards
That’s nuts!
Baleric Slingers...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4VwbJ8f7bE
I saw a photo of an old lead bullet from about 2000 years ago. The slinger had engraved “TAKE THAT!” in the lead in his own language.
or
kinda like can openers being invented before cans..........
Modern slingshot + wheel bearing = deadly weapon
....kinda like cans being invented before can openers
or
kinda like can openers being invented before cans........
OK. What did they can first- chicken or eggs?
Horde Sling Bullets to prepare for the Zombie Apocalypse.
Whistling Sling Bullets Were Roman Troops’ Secret ‘Terror Weapon’
Live Science | June 13, 2016 | Tom Metcalfe
Posted on 06/13/2016 11:55:25 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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