weapons in the solomon islands.

ausjulius · 14th February 2009, 07:18 AM

well in several documentaries abou the solomon islands ive observed some non traditional but indiginous weapons being carried,

one interesting thing ive noticed in past footage on the unrest is .50 caliber single shot rifles made from ww2 american machine gun barrels!!.
anyway to a more ethnograpic weapon, it showed in a report some captured barbed darts. the australian solider says "theyer barbed for use in slingshots"
now i wounder ehat this slingshot is. i am suspecting it is a sort of harpoon gun as ive seen these wepaons that were made in boganville that worked like a harpoon gun to fire a steel dart with the power of a spring and rubber bands,
but these darts have tassels on them, so maybe they are some odd form of whipping dart.. or...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbH1Y...eature=related
i do wounder how theyer used,

14th February 2009, 07:18 AM	#1
ausjulius Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: musorian territory Posts: 415	weapons in the solomon islands. well in several documentaries abou the solomon islands ive observed some non traditional but indiginous weapons being carried, one interesting thing ive noticed in past footage on the unrest is .50 caliber single shot rifles made from ww2 american machine gun barrels!!. anyway to a more ethnograpic weapon, it showed in a report some captured barbed darts. the australian solider says "theyer barbed for use in slingshots" now i wounder ehat this slingshot is. i am suspecting it is a sort of harpoon gun as ive seen these wepaons that were made in boganville that worked like a harpoon gun to fire a steel dart with the power of a spring and rubber bands, but these darts have tassels on them, so maybe they are some odd form of whipping dart.. or... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbH1Y...eature=related i do wounder how theyer used,