IndexCard 1-What is a sling?

The sling is known to be mans first real projectile weapon able to hurl projectiles up to 1500 feet and can acomplish speeds exceeding 250 mph, the weapon consisted of 3 properties the ring finger cord, the realease cord and the pouch, the pouch was ussaly made out of leather but later people have found ways of weaving the weapon by hand or braiding it, making it alot easier to handle and making it able to last alot longer than the ones attached to leather, the weapon was held in the users dominant hand and then the user would put a rock into the pouch, put the loop around the persons finger they were comfortable with and the realease knot in the index finger

and was swung above the users head head and then when released right hurled several feet away.

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http://slinging.org/