Slingshot ??
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Looking for recommendations on a great backyard slingshot. Any pros or cons when I'm shopping is greatly needed.
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Re: Slingshot ??
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Checking videos on YouTube about how to use
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Re: Slingshot ??
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Mike Cope
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Simple Shot. Good information and products. Many videos. Flat Bands are the best option right now, The surgical tube WristRocket type of slingshot is much harder to master and have no real advantages compared to the "modern" slingshots available now. Give their site a Look. https://simple-shot.comBill Hays is another good one. https://pocketpredator.com/
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Re: Slingshot ??
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Thx for the links Horn . I'm 68 yrs old, retired and I have plenty of time to practice. I think its like recurves and long bows . Lots of practice.
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Re: Slingshot ??
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I go in in waves, I shoot a bunch for a few months then I don't. I found storing the slingshots in a airtight bag along with replacement bands helps them last. I think ozone or sunlight degrades the bands. I live on a lake, I toss a chunk of wood or lily pad flower out to shoot at. The water shows my miss and I can correct better. I like to cast my own shot, using a fishing split shot mold. 5/16 nuts work pretty good for close range vermin. Slingshots are quite fun.
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Re: Slingshot ??
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Looking for recommendations on a great backyard slingshot. Any pros or cons when I'm shopping is greatly needed.
I'm not quite sure I understand what you are talking about.? I didn't know you could buy a slingshot. Ever since I was about 6 years old we always made them as long as we could find some good stout string or leather and then a bigger piece of leather for the holder. This is a picture of a slingshot and not everybody can learn to use one.
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Re: Slingshot ??
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I agree with the Wrist Rocket recomendation. Had one for many, many, years. I would use marbles for ammo, but usually just rocks. If a guy makes a swing up through the western U.P. he could find a truckload of taconite pellets for super duper ammo. I still own my original Wrist Rocket. A new set of bands (they use surgical tubing) every so often and your in business.
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Re: Slingshot ??
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09/26/21 12:41 PM
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Looking for recommendations on a great backyard slingshot. Any pros or cons when I'm shopping is greatly needed.
I'm not quite sure I understand what you are talking about.? I didn't know you could buy a slingshot. Ever since I was about 6 years old we always made them as long as we could find some good stout string or leather and then a bigger piece of leather for the holder. This is a picture of a slingshot and not everybody can learn to use one. I've always just seen that referred to as a "sling" which is different than a "slingshot". This is what most people call a sling shot.
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Re: Slingshot ??
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09/26/21 12:41 PM
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Cedar i think anybody can be taught to use one and if your serious about rock chucking those things are deadly. I like about a 5 footer.
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Re: Slingshot ??
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danny clifton
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When I was a kid I would use the tongue out of an old pair of boots for the pouch and boot laces for the cord
Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
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Re: Slingshot ??
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09/26/21 01:04 PM
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Simple Shot. Good information and products. Many videos. Flat Bands are the best option right now, The surgical tube WristRocket type of slingshot is much harder to master and have no real advantages compared to the "modern" slingshots available now. Give their site a Look. https://simple-shot.comBill Hays is another good one. https://pocketpredator.com/Thanks for these links. Adding one to my Christmas list, lol.
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Re: Slingshot ??
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I'm leaning hvy on a flat band system. Still researching and filtering thru for info.
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Re: Slingshot ??
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I agree with the Wrist Rocket recomendation. Had one for many, many, years. I would use marbles for ammo, but usually just rocks. If a guy makes a swing up through the western U.P. he could find a truckload of taconite pellets for super duper ammo. I still own my original Wrist Rocket. A new set of bands (they use surgical tubing) every so often and your in business. Two buckets full , last time up to McFarland camp. Yes it was wrist rockets and ore pellets while running around the UP as a teen. Few partridge and a fat doe in the rear is my best. I see far superior info and equipment available now. And I have a lil squirrel dog who will find them all day long for me. Its my season goal to get a meal of them with my slingshot. I figure I have till the leaves go away to practice.
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Re: Slingshot ??
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I've owned several versions of the cheap wrist rockets. I've taken squirrels and birds as a kid. The best ammo - in my opinion is glass marbles.
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