{"product_id":"the-practical-guide-to-man-powered-bullets-experiments-with-catapults-musketballs-stonebows-blowpipes-big-airguns-and-bullet-bows-9781873674826","title":"The Practical Guide to Man-powered Bullets: Experiments with Catapults, Musketballs, Stonebows, Blowpipes, Big Airguns and Bullet Bows","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book explores in practical detail many of the ways, old and new, in which man can shoot missiles by means of his own force, without the aid of explosives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid slew Goliath with a stone from a sling, but it was a large stone and Man has long been shooting small stones and carefully rounded bullets of clay, glass - and latterly steel and lead - from a variety of weapons without recourse to gunpowder. The bow and arrow has been Man's choice for the last 10,000 years, when modern firearms have been unavailable or unsuitable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is currently an explosion of interest in making primitive archery equipment. The author has been building bows and shooting flint-tipped arrows since adolescence. But the addiction has led to stronger stuff: to experiments with making and shooting pump-up airguns, stonebows and home-made lead musketballs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMiddleton's narrative is lively, humorous and full of exciting information and experimentation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this quirky and clever book, he invites you to share the thrills of his garden shed experiments with him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Merlin Unwin Books Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/28\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781873674826\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 8.00w x 0.56d","brand":"Richard Middleton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51798350659765,"sku":"9781873674826","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_b7f0a556-2fe4-4d2b-91e2-2a7f3ba5156d.jpg?v=1758638208","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-practical-guide-to-man-powered-bullets-experiments-with-catapults-musketballs-stonebows-blowpipes-big-airguns-and-bullet-bows-9781873674826","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}