:-? what is everyones favorite ammo? name synthetic (plastics), natural (clay, stone), metal, or glass. if it is a diy ammo, tell us how you made it, and be specific!

I make clay glandes and biconals.  I mold them, let them air dry for a day and throw them in a kiln at 150 degrees for about 12 hours, then I crank it up to glowing, about 1000 degrees for a couple of hours.  Let cool and throw.  If I don't let them air dry and then bake at a temp below boiling until All moisture is gone, they pop like popcorn.   Bill

that is a great idea! except for the fact that we sold our kiln at a boy scout garagr sale! >:(

Rocks. Nice smooth rocks, say baseball weight or less.

Hi, paracordslinger;
   Welcome.  I'm fortunate to live in an area with plenty of smooth, oval shaped river stones.  (South Jersey)  I use them mostly, but my very favorite ammo is golf balls.  Nothing I've tried shoots farther.  There are many golf courses near me, so I have never had to buy them.  

rocks are nice. 1-2 ounces. i like light rocks, maybe a little less than golf ball sized. i'm a small guy and i'm not very strong. a tennis ball is even a little on the heavy side.

i've slung snails as well, they go pretty far.

Rat Man wrote on Mar 15^th, 2011 at 9:51pm:

Hi, paracordslinger;    Welcome.  I'm fortunate to live in an area with plenty of smooth, oval shaped river stones.  (South Jersey)  I use them mostly, but my very favorite ammo is golf balls.  Nothing I've tried shoots farther.  There are many golf courses near me, so I have never had to buy them.

Don't you find them a little light. Just dawned on me that your heavy pouched Cobra should work fine with them. I've only ever slung stones with it. (Will try it out this WE.)

I like rail stones

Pretty much anything that i can pick up and sling Lol.

But my favourite of all is the nice, round smooth flint stones, SO much more accurate with those

i just made kansas clay balls. i treated them just right so they dried evenly and thoroughly. they weigh probobly 5-7 grams eack and i can sling them about 100 yds (91.44 meters) or the length of an American football field.

Aussie wrote on Mar 15^th, 2011 at 11:33pm:

Rat Man wrote on Mar 15th, 2011 at 9:51pm: Hi, paracordslinger;    Welcome.  I'm fortunate to live in an area with plenty of smooth, oval shaped river stones.  (South Jersey)  I use them mostly, but my very favorite ammo is golf balls.  Nothing I've tried shoots farther.  There are many golf courses near me, so I have never had to buy them.   Don't you find them a little light. Just dawned on me that your heavy pouched Cobra should work fine with them. I've only ever slung stones with it. (Will try it out this WE.)

You might think they'd be a bit light, Aussie, but I've fired them with all kinds of slings with no problems.  A Cobra does work great with them, but with every type of sling I've shot golf balls with they go farther than any other sort of ammo.  Just eyeballing it up I'd say maybe 20% farther than rocks.  Where you loose out is with hitting power.  

I had a little impromptu go with golf balls this morning, but not in the cobra as I didn't have it with me. A short sling witha very light pouch. They certainly went well but any error in technique is magnified so they veer off course readily.

My standard ammo is tennis balls mainly cause you can use them indefinitely and they are also really easy to spot if you miss. Though if I can get my hands on some round rocks I will definitely sling those.

Aussie wrote on Mar 17^th, 2011 at 4:06am:

I had a little impromptu go with golf balls this morning, but not in the cobra as I didn't have it with me. A short sling witha very light pouch. They certainly went well but any error in technique is magnified so they veer off course readily.

Yes, you need a good backspin for golf balls or they'll go anywhere.

i usually make concrete sling stones. i use a type of mix called sand topping mix that doesn't have the rock aggregate in it. makes for smoother stones. i make them egg shaped. i've more recently gone to a balearic style of slinging and i've upped the weight of my stones to around 5-7 oz. (140-200 grams). i make them egg shaped. my accuracy has gotten better ten fold with this technique. i make a lot of cast lead projectiles too. same shape and weight but they come out much smaller.

I'm going to try to get some mortar concrete soon to make my own stones, but right now I've been between different ammo. I only started last week, and had a tennis ball (which is now lost in the high grass be hind my house =P) and a few golf balls. The other day on my way home from work though, I was thinking about where I could get a large number of stones with a variety of sizes. As this thought was occurring, I happened to be passing a train track, which I realized was the perfect place to shop for stones. I now have 20 or so in my trunk just waiting for the next time I get to go practice. Most of them are between golf ball and egg size.

now that is very illegal! you cannot go within 5 feet of normal raliroad tracks unless you are going over a crossing. the penalty is up to a year in prison and a $2500 fine in kansas.

Wow, that seems really strict.  If Kansas has such a law it's a sure bet that New Jersey does too.  We have armies of _(*^&^%%s who's only function on the face of the earth is to eat up tax money and make asinine laws.  I'll have to check because I've walked many miles of tracks.

really you just have to make sure a train or popo doesnt see you. my brother and his buddy were seen on the tracks, but only the other guy got tried, but found non- guilty.

Rat Man. http://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=RailSafetyTo
Yes, we can be fined, but I doubt the cops will care if you're clearly not acting recklessly.

...Wow :-X totally didn't know that. Oh well, there's a lot of construction sites and areas with rocky gravel driveways I can get similar rocks. Thanks for the heads up though.

At this moment angular  pieces of concrete and asphalt, but later i think to try slinging clay shots.

i can get asphalt to go aways when i use my special teqniuqe

Dilyan Ganev wrote on Mar 21^st, 2011 at 10:54am:

At this moment angular  pieces of concrete and asphalt, but later i think to try slinging clay shots.

Hi, Dilyan Ganev;
  Welcome.  Angular pieces of concrete and asphalt are fine for working on your form and distance.  They also make some great sounds leaving your sling.  You'll notice a big improvement in your accuracy once you start using smooth, uniform ammo.