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Watching this video you'll see a sling shot has the potential to have more force delivered to a target than a .45 round fired from a handgun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLxnNP-ycVQ
Why were they not used more in war at least well into the early days of the firearm, or how could they have been?