weapons in the solomon islands.

[ausjulius]

Originally Posted by fearn

I think it's perhaps called a "Pana" in the Philippines. However, Google doesn't turn it up on "Pana," and I'm not sure what the real name is. I got this from a guy in the US who's selling something similar. "Pana" link

Basically, it's a single band slingshot (i.e. a stick with a large rubber band attached), with a loop on the end of the rubber. The dart is hooked to the end of the rubber, stretched out, and fired. Not really a crossbow, just an outgrowth of our modern elastic technology.

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yeah, rely it looks like it , i wounder how it got all the way to the solomons...
the spear guns they make in boganville are quite lethal and are working out to about 20 or 30 meters on land, :O,,,, like harpoon gun with a barrel and a smaller steel and wood dart..
they are looking almost gun like from a distance look like a shotgun or something.. interesting idea i dont know why they didnt just use their traditional bows, i guess it was a attempt to simulate a firearm with the materials thye had..
ill see if i can find pictures of one..