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Message: [QUOTE="The CDR-Ret, post: 3767448, member: 10751"] With the mass of a 0.50 caliber projectile at 42.83g and a muzzle velocity of 853 m/s [1919 mph] is a mismatch versus a 120 g [4 oz.] "smooth" stone would need a release velocity of 304.45 m/s [685 mph]. {p= mv is the equation, which is why I call it "Pomentum" because it actually starts with a "p"} The most that I have been able to generate with an 26 inch sling is 185 mph, but it was not delivered in a "death match" so it lacked adrenaline and I have not been trained in the delivery of an on target smooth stone... However, I am sure it (a smooth stone with similar momentum) would have stunned anyone with a very thick skull to protect their warrior brain, which means having the same momentum of a 0.50 caliber projectile was not a requirement, as it was written that David slayed the giant with Goliath's own sword. The stone strike was only to the bring down the giant to David's level, so he could successfully grab the sword and finish the death match, while everyboby else's mouths were agap. David being proficient with his sling, as Steph Curry is at making 3-pointers in his challenge matchups with not one guarding [you could also insert Azzi Fudd in this analogy...], he would have already been running to grab the sword as Goliath went "lights out" and was in free-fall to the ground. David 1, Goliath NOTHING; final match score; and the line from Vince L: "Winning is everything!" [/QUOTE]