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 favourite for the last 10,000 years, pump-up air guns, blowpipes, catapults and homemade lead musketballs. There's information on ammunition and velocity, as well as a lively personal narrative filled with humour and the spirit of experimentation.
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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 favourite for the last 10,000 years, pump-up air guns, blowpipes, catapults and homemade lead musketballs. There's information on ammunition and velocity, as well as a lively personal narrative filled with humour and the spirit of experimentation.
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Von Karl Steffens
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This well written book is good to read and has lots of usefull information . The Author has obviously researched the contents of his book in great detail and describes his experience in a humorfull way. Anybody who is interested in shooting arrows or bullets, will find all the information needed for thier homebrew projects in this book.
I can realy recomend this book as very usefull and good value for Money .
I can realy recomend this book as very usefull and good value for Money .
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Fascinating book in both editions
26. Dezember 2007
Von Nathan Wolber
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This book was actually written by Richard Middleton and was first published in England. Stackpole published the first American edition in 2006 under the title "The Practical Guide to Man-Powered Bullets". The book was recently reissued by Skyhorse Publishing. It's a very good book. The first review appears to have been written by the publisher, as all of his other reviews are of Skyhorse books. Despite this, it's really a great book, but the emphasis is on tension and gas weapons, not "musketballs". Great treatment of stone and pellet bows, slingshots, and homemade airguns.
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21. August 2010
Von Fantasy Fan
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This book is called "A Practical Guide" so I thought that it would be an in depth explanation of how to make non explosive weapons for fun and recreational use. It was not that at all. It is like a physics textbook describing the authors experiments with said weapons, and does not give any practical advice (or diagrams or anything really) whatsoever. I have no idea who would be interested in this book, I certainly wasn't.
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A really FUN read.
12. Dezember 2008
Von Raymond Madden
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I don't remember having so much fun reading a book as this one. While the author is much better at math than I ever hope to be, his line of thought is so similar to that of any boy who has played with these toys ( so loved by every male child from the cradle to the grave), that you are drawn into a conspiracy with him to make it " shoot harder', "shoot farther", just better than the last one you made! The underlying humor, is obvious to anyone who's done such experiments.
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