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It could be an intentional balancing feature in the game. You do get to add your strength bonus after all.
20 strength fighter wielding a +2 flame bursting sling with all the fighter feats and the rapid shooting stuff would be kind of ridiculous in the end, wouldn't it? Hurling flaming sling stones that deal like 1d4+10 and a 1d6 fire damage would be a little strange to see. Plus it'd be like that times however many attacks they'd get.
Uhm... None of the rapid fire/rapid reload feats work with slings. That is the point of this thread. Using RAW the sling fires once per round. Period. You can't ever fire it at your Full Attack speed.
As for your point, there is no reason that a 20 Str fighter, or a 30 Str fighter for that matter, can't use his full strength bonus using a bow. It's just 100 gp per strength bonus. And bows can use all the rapid and multi-fire feats.
16th level, 20 Str fighter wielding a Str +5, Ench + 2 Flaming Burst composite long bow with point blank shot, rapid shot, Weapon Focus, Greater Weapon Focus, Weapon Specilization, Greater Weapon Specialazation:
1d8 +12 +1d6 fire times 5 arrows.
16th level, 20 Str fighter wielding a + 2 Flaming Burst crossbow with rapid reload, point blank shot, Weapon Focus, Greater Weapon Focus, Weapon Specilization, Greater Weapon Specialazation:
1d4 +7 +1d6 fire times four bolts
16th level, 20 Str fighter wielding a + 2 Flaming Burst sling with point blank shot, Weapon Focus, Greater Weapon Focus, Weapon Specilization, Greater Weapon Specialazation:
1d4 +12 +1d6 fire. Once. Per round.
Balanced? I don't think so.