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THE PRACTICAL GUIDE TO MAN-POWERED WEAPONS AND AMMUNITION

by: Richard Middleton

Experiments with Catapults, Musketballs, Stonebows, Blowpipes, Big Airguns, & Bullet Bows. This unusual study explores in practical detail the many ways in which man shot projectiles without recourse to gunpowder. They include the bow & arrow; pump-up air guns; blowpipes; catapults; & homemade lead musketballs. 95 B&W Illus.; 7.5×10 inches, 224 pgs.

1-60239-147-5
978-1-60239-147-5
Softcover
06-30-2009
General Firearms & Shooting

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Experiments with Catapults, Musketballs, Stonebows, Blowpipes, Big Airguns, & Bullet Bows. 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 & carefully rounded bullets of clay, glass, & even steel & lead. This unusual study explores in practical detail the many ways, old & new, in which man shot projectiles without recourse to gunpowder. They include the bow & arrow, a favorite for the last 10,000 years; pump-up air guns; blowpipes; catapults; & homemade lead musketballs. There’s information on ammunition & velocity, as well as a lively personal narrative filled with humor & the spirit of experimentation.

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ISBN: 1-60239-147-5
Publisher: SKYHORSE
Publish Date: 06-30-2009

“THE PRACTICAL GUIDE TO MAN-POWERED WEAPONS AND AMMUNITION”

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