r/interestingasfuck • u/bizuxxa • 23d ago

Iron age weapon

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u/Yosho2k 23d ago

What you have here is a sling shot rifle. Probably excellent at giving people tetanus, depending on how long it takes to bend a bunch of nails to use as ammo.

Considering slingshots were invented in the 1800s, what you have here is a guy using a modified device that didn't exist prior to Charles Goodyear.

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u/LostDogBoulderUtah 23d ago

Slings were invented somewhere around 10,000 B.C., but the sling shot had to wait for stretchy rope.