The picture isn’t mine, I just grabbed an example of a balearic sling. But I got a bullseye today and then walked away, letting it be my last throw. It felt damn good, not gonna lie
I also mowed, trimmed the shrubs, ran some errands, and yadda yadda. But that perfect sling was the highlight of my day
Also got my legs tore up by mosquitoes, so bug spray will now be a must. But at least I remembered sunscreen! Little wins today
I love slinging due to how much power the impact carries, but it’s frustrating as I don’t seem to be able to hit shit with it. I’ve easily launched thousands of rocks with it and the best I can do is to get it to fly into the general direction of the target - usually. Hats off to the guy who invented it and then had the patience to practise for a decade to demonstrate that you actually can hit something with it if you just stick to it.
What I imagine it to be great for, even if you can’t hit shit with it, is medieval warfare when you’re being rushed by a bunch of people. If you have hundreds of infantry and everyone has a sling and like 3 projectiles, that’s quite the rock storm they’re able to inflict on the enemy before they cover the distance to turn it into a sword fight.
The skirmishers (the guys with the slings) would usually withdraw before the enemy got into melee range. If they couldn’t do that, they had a bad time.