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The Practical Guide to Man-Powered Weapons and Ammunition Experiments with Catapults, Musketballs, Stonebows, Blowpipes, Big Airguns, and Bullet Bows

Paperback • 2007 • English

The Practical Guide to Man-Powered Weapons and Ammunition Experiments with Catapults, Musketballs, Stonebows, Blowpipes, Big Airguns, and Bullet Bows

By Richard Middleton

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About the book

David slew Goliath with his slingshot: for millennia that was the norm, as men used a variety of non-explosive weapons to fire small stones and carefully rounded bullets of clay, glass, and even steel and lead. This unusual study explores in practical detail the many ways, old and new, in which man shot projectiles without recourse to gunpowder. They include the bow and arrow, a favorite for the last 10,000 years; pump-up air guns; blowpipes; catapults; and homemade lead musketballs. There's inf...Show more

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ISBN

9781602391475

Publisher

Skyhorse Publishing Inc.

Published year

2007

Language

English

Original title

The Practical Guide to Man-Powered Weapons and Ammunition Experiments with Catapults, Musketballs, Stonebows, Blowpipes, Big Airguns, and Bullet Bows

Format

Paperback

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