Re: Slingshot ??
[Re: T-Rex]
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09/28/21 01:29 PM
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Can we at least agree on terminology.
A sling uses cordage and is launched by swinging.
A slingshot uses elastic to accelerate ammo Thank you!
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Re: Slingshot ??
[Re: Dillrod]
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09/28/21 01:38 PM
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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. My old Wrist Rocket bagged all manner of smallgame. Lots of squirrels, the odd rabbit or two, as well as some Spuce Grouse up in Ontario. My biggest kill was a Red fox I killed in a #2 Victor coilspring. It was the second fox I ever caught. My Pappy wouldn't let me carry the .22 rifle that a.m. because I had to ride about a mile north of the house on a mini bike to check the trap. I used marbles (several) to kill the poor beast. Got $5 out of it too.
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Re: Slingshot ??
[Re: Arkansas87]
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09/28/21 06:01 PM
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Rifles are jacketed and have rifling grooves in the barrel for accuracy,has nothing to do with speed Meant to say most bullets are "jacketed" so they don't fragment during propulsion due to centrifugal force . . . and yes rifling does have an impact on accuracy as well as on speed. Study ballistics.
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Re: Slingshot ??
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09/28/21 09:43 PM
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This is why rifles have lands and grooves and are now days "jacketed" ? - Centrifugal force You are going to have to explain that one!!!
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Re: Slingshot ??
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09/28/21 10:17 PM
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sure would love to learn how to be accurate with a sling. any proper videos would be appreciated. YouTube: "using a sling"
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Re: Slingshot ??
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10/02/21 01:30 AM
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His instructional video's is what got me reinterested in trying to get serious about it.
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Re: Slingshot ??
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10/02/21 09:37 AM
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A flip is a slang synonym for slingshot that I have not heard in quite a while.
I suspect it is a regional thing.
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Re: Slingshot ??
[Re: Dillrod]
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10/02/21 09:44 AM
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If, at age 15 someone had taken away my slingshot; I would have a built a replacement within the day.
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Re: Slingshot ??
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10/02/21 12:11 PM
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Proper technique? Start shooting. You’ll figure out what works. I thought every kid in America had made inner tube band slingshots till store bought could be procured.
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Re: Slingshot ??
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10/02/21 12:21 PM
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Just ordered a couple off Simple Shot. I'm a $100 bucks into it now. I did pick up a flat band from E-Bay just to try. I'm down at the lake learning technique and anchor points. Ore pellets and Lilly pad targets.. Trying to lock in my muscle memory.
Will start beer can assassination's, as soon as the Hunter style sling shots arrive. I love to learn new stuff.
Last edited by Dillrod; 10/06/21 09:42 AM. Reason: wording
"Some Domestication Required "
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