Talk:Amazoness/@comment-28066787-20161112231553/@comment-28365753-20161119030955

Sorry old fashioned bullets. Not sure about modern ones "The surface of the shield was then stretched so as to form a convex shape before being fitted and covered in buckskin. The shield was fitted with leather bands which could fasten to the wearer's arm near the elbow, thus freeing the warrior's hands to ride and to shoot his bow. According to Wallace and Hoebel, " Very few bullets fired from old-fashioned rifles would penetrate a well-constructed shield unless the bullet struck the surface perpendicularly, a near impossibility when the shield was in the hands of one expert in the art of using it."8 https://sites.google.com/site/comancheriadevelopment/designer-s-blog/comanchewarfarepart1weapons